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No they really won't "destroy everything" if you don't declaw them.
I have a cat now that doesn't scratch up my furniture at all, I never trained him not to - he just doesn't.
My other cat (RIP Chutney) would cratch my couch and doorjams, but he never "destroyed everything"
i have to agree with wildsky i've had my freddie since the day she was born(her mom was a preg stray i took in, in winter) she is now 8 and she has never scratched up anything in my 2 houses we have lived in. we never taught her either she just never has been that type of cat so not all cats will destroy things.
in fact i left my 2 new abby's home today by themselves for the first time for a few hours and they r not declawed and they didn't touch anything while i was gone. i was worried sick i'd have shattered antiques and stuff torn up. i was so happy to see everything was the same when i got home. boy did they get spoiled when i found what good kitties they had been. i think it depends on the individual cats how destructive they r u can't just group them all together.
This is what my cats have done before declawing them. I have had some real psychos.
Climb the woodwork and use it as a scratching post (they had a post to use) My old cat would actually climb all the way to the top of the doorframe.
Actually attach themselves under the mattress upside down and proceed to use their claws to go back and forth the whole area of the bed. This was funny to watch until I looked under the bed and saw the whole bottom was torn to shreds.
Jump from the couch to the loveseat (which is leather) scratching it as they jump
Climb the curtains daily.
See why I had to declaw. I do want to say though once you do this it is the owners responsibility to protect the cat. Mine never go outside without me. My cat loves me.
My cats have always used the litterbox too.
No they really won't "destroy everything" if you don't declaw them.
I have a cat now that doesn't scratch up my furniture at all, I never trained him not to - he just doesn't.
My other cat (RIP Chutney) would cratch my couch and doorjams, but he never "destroyed everything"
i have to agree with wildsky i've had my freddie since the day she was born(her mom was a preg stray i took in, in winter) she is now 8 and she has never scratched up anything in my 2 houses we have lived in. we never taught her either she just never has been that type of cat so not all cats will destroy things.
in fact i left my 2 new abby's home today by themselves for the first time for a few hours and they r not declawed and they didn't touch anything while i was gone. i was worried sick i'd have shattered antiques and stuff torn up. i was so happy to see everything was the same when i got home. boy did they get spoiled when i found what good kitties they had been. i think it depends on the individual cats how destructive they r u can't just group them all together.
This is what my cats have done before declawing them. I have had some real psychos.
Climb the woodwork and use it as a scratching post (they had a post to use) My old cat would actually climb all the way to the top of the doorframe.
Actually attach themselves under the mattress upside down and proceed to use their claws to go back and forth the whole area of the bed. This was funny to watch until I looked under the bed and saw the whole bottom was torn to shreds.
Jump from the couch to the loveseat (which is leather) scratching it as they jump
Climb the curtains daily.
See why I had to declaw. I do want to say though once you do this it is the owners responsibility to protect the cat. Mine never go outside without me. My cat loves me.
My cats have always used the litterbox too.
