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Suzie-Q wrote:

Get your cat declawed.

Absolutely DO NOT get your cat declawed.

OK. Shoot the cat. They are cheaper than window coverings.

It's a horrible and painful process.

Perhaps, but it's not so bad for the cat.

Some cats never recover, emotionally.

All the de-clawed cats I have asked simply replied, "What claws?"

Some suffer horrible infections after the surgery.

In that unlikely event, see my first suggestion above.
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JR