[alphabassettgrrl]

I had heard something about a laser procedure to destroy the nail bed. Sounds like it'd be better than the usual chopping off her finger routine. I've never had a cat declawed, and I guess our furniture shows a little bit of wear. The cats don't scratch on the furniture (they loved scratching on the cat tower) but they dig in when they launch off the back of the sofa, or when they're playing psycho-kitty.

We're down to one indoor-outdoor kitty now and she's calm. No more damage to the furniture. She scratches on wood outdoors (my deck, my fence, and my trees) or on the cardboard boxes in the back room. Good kitty.

As far as spaying goes... yes, both female pets are spayed and my male dog is neutered. The cat handled her spay quite nicely, the dog was spayed when we got her, and the other dog handled his neuter with no problem as well. He even still humps the other dog when he gets feeling frisky. I'm sure he's not thrilled about being neutered, but I didn't want him running off when he smelled a female in her time.