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Originally posted by Sparklehorse
May I just say that declawing is cruel and won't solve your problem?
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I agree
Declawing is illegal in pretty much every country besides the US because it is cruel and is not a removal of the claw, as it sounds, but an amputation of the cat's foot bone at the knuckle. It is really quite nasty. See:
http://www.declawing.com/htmls/declawing.htm
Besides which, you can't leave a declawed cat safely outside since they can't defend themselves, so that doesn't help at all since you've already stated that Gus is not a strictly indoor cat.
In my experience, when they get really hungry and the people below cease to amuse them, they come down. Usually at night when you've finally given up and gone to bed.
