[FEL-L] Question for all

[Laura Morin]

They are only worried and mandated to report Bites, not scratches. 

Laura Morin
lmorin67 at earthlink.net
www.WildAboutCats.org
Exotic Feline Conservation-Education-Rescue 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: SaraServal 
To: felines-l at catbox.com
Sent: 8/6/2006 10:48:45 AM 
Subject: Re: [FEL-L] Question for all


I am re-canting my post below.....dummy me, I was doing exactly what the public, our legislators and the news media are doing, I was classifying the smaller felids right along with the bigger felids, such as the tigers and the lions.  I have no hands-on experience with the bigger felids, so I can not comment on the subject declawing.  Yup, I goofed, I made a mistake. I apologize to the list and especially to GemOJungle at aol.com.  My hubby said he gives GemOJungle permission to stick me in a box and UPS me to a foreign land, sorry gang!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: SaraServal 
To: felines-l at catbox.com 
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [FEL-L] Question for all


I have a question for you.
You and your cat are happy, he is not declawed. He is bonded to you, loves on you, and you do the same for him. One day during this interaction between the two of you, he accidentally becomes too happy, or becomes excited in play, grabs you with his claw. He does not do any serious injury, just gives you a scratch or two, maybe a gash.  It does however require medical attention. You go to the doctor's, and he has to report it to the authorities.  Will he list it as an "attack", even though it was during play or a bonding period.  How are the authorities going to react?  Willing to take that chance of being questioned or even harassed by the authorities?
Also are you going to be giving off signals of apprehension next time you go into the cage with him or her?  Remembering how bad that scratch or that gash had hurt?
Would this incident hurt the bond that you two share?
I know Doc personally, he is a great guy, and gives the best hugs ever.  I have spent time with him during the past two FCF conventions.  I value his friendship, but we agree to disagree on certain subjects, especially declawing.  
We can be shown documentation after documentation, call upon an expert to an expert, and yet to another expert, each of us have our own opinions.  There have been many declawing that have been conducted without an incident, or a poorly batched job.  It all depends on how experienced the vet is. Some vets still practice medicine on exotic felines as if they were domesticated cats.  That is why it is so imperalitive to find an experienced exotic vet who has worked on felines and knows proper procedures to ensure the safety of the feline, the declawing, the anesthesia, the recover period.
The only way I see this thread is going to go, is into a very controversial argument, we all do have the right, to agree to disagree, we all have the right to our own opinions, so let's end this thread before it gets nasty.
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