DON'T DO IT!!
My ex-girlfriend had 2 beautiful Siamese kittens in her house. We'll call them M. (brother) and S. (sister) (I'm abbreviating their names in case my ex lurks these forums). The kittens soon became cats and did what cats do ... play, sleep, eat and claw furniture. My ex thought of declawing them and, despite my own reservations, I helped her research for objective professional opinion. When we found there was no clear consensus she decided to have it done - explaining that they were indoors cats anyway (and she was right). So she had their front paws declawed.
I moved out after we broke up but we remained friends. Months later I got a call from my ex that S. was missing. The cats went out to play (the "indoors rule" is never 100%) but only M. returned. S. was missing for weeks and never came back. So my ex was only with M. for about another year ... and last week she called me again ... M. went outside and also hasn't returned.
Without front paws those cats can't defend themselves or escape up trees. When they were first declawed they'd bat at each other and us with blunt paws and we thought it was cute at the time. Now my feelings on the matter are quite strong.
DON'T DO IT!!
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