Hello! Moving to CT potentially...

[Chan790]

18. That's interesting.

When I left CT about 5 years ago, a lot (most, even) of vets were just starting to refuse to perform declawings and there was a push to ban the procedure statewide. I just assumed it had happened either legally or simply via de-facto reality of no vets being willing to perform declawings.

It's an unnecessary procedure. It takes 10 minutes and the right tool to teach a pet owner how to maintain a cat's claws so that they're not sharp. Once taught, a person can trim their cats' claws in about 2 minutes every other week...it takes longer to cut my toenails than to blunt the furniture-destroying power of my cat's claws.

Also, if my building manager asked...I'd lie. It's not like they going to check...and a trimmed cat is going to do about as much damage as one without claws so they'll never know.