[Magdalen] Price Increase.

[Marion Thompson]

I hope that nobody read me as being in favour of declawing! Puh-lease!

Mind you, Archie is trying me and the sofa sorely!!!!!  And WILL NOT let 
me near with the clippers._  He's lucky I still come to release him when 
he is literally hanging there.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 12/17/2015 12:51 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> MMVary, but I think that declawing changes a cat psychologically...
>
> Lynn
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> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:45 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Price Increase.
>
>> Well, I don't believe in declawing.....I always kept my kitties' claws
>> trimmed, but declawing is like removing the first joint of someone's
>> fingers. YMMV.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Marion Thompson 
>> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd have expected to pay that.  Mind you, may the declawing was 
>>> pricey, as
>>> it should be!
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>> On 12/17/2015 12:35 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's ridiculous! I would be looking for a new vet.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> My cleaning lady had an unexpected litter from her housecat, and
>>>>> I agreed to take one, a male with unusual, tiger-like markings 
>>>>> extending
>>>>> clear across his tummy.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was time to have things done yesterday, so I took him to the same
>>>>> veterinarian I've used for about 30 years.  He was neutered,  
>>>>> declawed,
>>>>> had a small abdominal hernia repair, got his yearly vaccinations, and
>>>>> a small supply of analgesics and antibiotics.
>>>>>
>>>>> The bill was $650.00
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that may seem cheap for those in the affluent suburbs, but
>>>>> it's expensive here in the old coal region of Pennsylvania.  My  
>>>>> friend
>>>>> in Saint Clair, NJ, reports much larger bills for his cats.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is about twice what I think I would have paid 5 years ago, 
>>>>> the last
>>>>> time I had surgery and an overnight for a pet.  Now, there is a 
>>>>> wad  of
>>>>> printed material (using the cat's and my first names) with computer
>>>>> generated discharge instructions.  Also there has been an enlarging
>>>>> and remodeling of the veterinary offices and the original vet's
>>>>> son has joined the practice.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess it's logical that those things/persons are expensive.  I  
>>>>> think
>>>>> the general vet's are attempting to compete with the two new 24/7
>>>>> veterinary clinics in town.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Strang.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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