Originally Posted by Deborah Walker
Thelma & Louise are not declawed and have not destoryed a thing in my house, I trained therm at a very young age, with a squirt gun and a stern voice to not claw the furniture and provided them with a scratching pad... got to give them something to scratch!!
They are now grown and know to only scratch the pad or outside on a tree. Their claws have never even been so much as trimmed by me... and trust me those are lethal weapons!!
Fine then. You asked how to handle wild cats. I'm just sayin' front declawed kittens are easier to handle and give away.
Everyone has their preference but cat scratches are not pleasant, or safe, for human children.
franc