Desirae, I agree with your post, but if you wanted to be a bit more accurate with your analogy, you would have asked how we would like it if someone removed our fingernails by removing the last third of our fingers!!! That's what declawing REALLY is. Cats have claws and cats can be trained. If you don't want a cat that has claws, then you don't really want a cat. Dogs can bite but no one suggests removing their teeth! Some cats seem to do very well after being declawed and some humans seem to rise above their physical challenges when they become paraplegics. It's a matter of the individual creature's psyche, but I wouldn't inflict it on an animal. One last thing, most other countries have outlawed this barbaric practice! Getting off my soapbox now, ~Jan

Hello.... Can I ask which suggestion helped the most for future reference for me just in case??? I was wondering if it was one of mine, or if someone else had another good idea!! Thanks!

Jeannie, It sounds like you have a compassionate friend in Aligar name too! Dar

I have 4 cats as well My Calico Nikki (female) Passed away last October so I feel your pain on that one sometimes I even think I see her walking by then realize it's one of the others. Anyway right before Nikki got sick we adopted a little orange tabby and even though we knew that they are usually makes we couldn't tell, We had to bottle feed this one it was so tiny. Anyway we finally decided to name it Maggie and guess what one day everything just kind of dropped and Maggie was no more female than my Thirteen year old son LOL. Anyway he was about 3 months old before we could tell late bloomer I guess. We couldn't get used to calling him Mikey and he just looked at us like who is Mikey, so Maggie stuck. Oh well just thought I would share my Orange tabby story.

on the claws. My three are declawed because they kept pulling the screens out of my windows. but I just love them. We now have a beagle puppy and she loves the cats but only one of the cats likes her. when the cat swats at the puppy I crack up.