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[-] rockyracoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Declawing cats is animal abuse it really fucks them up mentally. And you shouldn't wash a cat unless they've gotten into something messy, they do a fine job on their own.

[-] RustyNova@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Counter point: Old cats tend to not be able to groom themselves as well and require baths, which can be stressful for them

If you bath your cat regularly, and from a young age, it will become an habit, and be less stressful the moment you actually need to wash them

Declawing is animal abuse tho. Still on your side here

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Once my cat turned 20 she needed dust baths, it's not that she didn't like the water (she liked the warmth) but rather that she couldn't groom her fur back straight and refused to allow me to brush her coat to straight, so she'd get matted otherwise.

She had an extra (clean) litterbox that I'd bring down out of storage for her to roll in that was full of diatomaceous earth and baking soda.

Sweet dusty cat, I miss her.

Edit: I didn't pay the cat Tax, this is the sweet baby at 22

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Everything is wrong with this comic!

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It also fucks them up physically, how would you like your fingertips removed at the first joint? 'Cause that's what you're doing to them!

(Not you you, the royal you, you you know what I I mean lol).

[-] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

how would you like your fingertips removed at the first joint

more precisely - how would you like to have your fingertips removed at the first joint and have to walk on them for the rest of your life?

it is not abuse, it is straight up torture.

[-] wolfrasin@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago
[-] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

anyone who would declaw a cat is. it is illegal in a civilized society.

shitty comics.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

What devils declaw their cat? Who would do such a horrible things? And I ask that as someone who hates cats...

[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I'm on the side of the cat

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think this comic is suggesting anyone declaw or dump their cat in the tub. I'm pretty sure it's just a setup to have a cat draw a knife.

[-] EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's a metaphor. The cat is the American people

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

And predictable reactionaries.

Ripe for manipulation.

[-] sartalon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

And that is why Grandma is now in a home.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

What the fuck is declawing a cat?

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Animal abuse. That's what.

It is a surgical procedure equivalent to chopping off the first knuckle of their toes.

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Ever have someone rip your finger nails off while you’re as sleep?

[-] ACindyDerg@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Oh it's much worse than that: it's cutting their fingers and toes off at the first joint and then making them walk on it for life

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

What the fuck no wonder ive never heard about it before. Its probably illegal in the eu.

[-] IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

It is, and thank God for that.

Animal declawing, ear cropping, and tail docking are illegal in every EU member state.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Does the tail docking law have any exceptions? Doing it for aesthetics is fucked up, but some dogs have a problem with wagging their tail into objects which can fuck it up and necessitate amputation. Happy Tail Syndrome.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

yes, there are exceptions for medical reasons and they are unfortunately abused by assholes and unethical veterinarians.

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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