We heavily encourage that adopters consider using natural approaches to managing cat scratching behavior (ex: providing scratching posts and keeping nails trimmed) for the health and safety of the cat. If you do still choose to declaw your new furry friend, it's important to know our policy:

Per the terms of our adoption contract, we allow only front paw declaws and only on kittens younger than 10 months of age.

If you declaw all 4 paws of a cat or if you declaw an adult cat, it increases the chances of them having further behavioral problems (ex: not using the litterbox) due to the pain that the surgery leaves them in.

If the cat is declawed outside of the terms outlined above, then your contract is null and void, including losing the ability to return the cat to Saving Paws if you would ever need to rehome them.