My cat is almost 8 (human years) is it a bad/good idea to get her declawed?

It's a very painful procedure and against the law in some states. Give her a scratching post instead.

I'd never declaw a cat, ever

No no no! Its actually really bad for them don’t it please

Horrible idea. Do some research on declawing and what it really is.

get your nails declawed and see how u like it

Never

Bad idea, in my opinion. When answering this questions with others, I always say "look down at your fingers. What would you feel if a knife cut off the end of your fingers past the first knuckles (so the nails won't grow back)? Besides the pain involved, how would that affect your life: couldn't pick up tiny objects, harder to tie shoe laces, button blouses, pull up zippers, can't scratch when you itch, etc. Many things cats without nails cannot do: escape over fences or climb trees easily, protect themselves, and when playing with a soft little toy, pick it up with one "hand" and throw it into the air, etc. Food for thought -Please like your furniture and LOVE your cat, no declawing. This is my opinion.

It's a very painful procedure and against the law in some states. Give her a scratching post instead.

It is a BAD idea to get her declawed. It's a cruel procedure that's outlawed in most civilized countries now. It causes a large amount of pain during recovery and often lingering lifelong pain. My own cat was declawed in front by his prior owners before I got him from the shelter. He was then surrendered to the shelter a few years later because he began to pee outside his litter box as the litter hurt his feet now, and bite their children, hard, likely out of a combination of pain and feeling defenseless. He had already begun to develop arthritis due to the gait alterations removing the first joint of their toes causes. To make matters worse, the vet that did the procedure did a bad job, leaving bone shards behind and causing masses of nail tissue to regrow *inside* his toes. My vet said it must have been like walking on broken glass, for years. He had to have surgery to remove the debris from his feet, essentially repeating the declaw procedure. I've never seen a pet in so much pain. Even with strong pain medications, he wouldn't even stand on his own for three days, and hardly walked for a week, just laid in his bed and cried, had to be carried to use the litter box and brought food and water. While he is substantially happier now, he still has severe arthritis. I cannot even imagine the kind of person who would put their cat through that much pain for their own convenience.

Get some glue-on rubber nail caps, and/or keep her nails trimmed. Give her plenty of acceptable places to scratch. If she's clawing your arms, examine WHY. Are you handling her inappropriately?

The alarms bells should be going off in your head. Cats are notorious for routine and keeping it the same. If they start to show behaviors they never have before, something is wrong.

This isn't some sudden vindictive "out to get you" sort of thing, this is a stress, anxiety, medical problem that she could be having, so she needs to see a vet ASAP. My cats claw their tree, their scratcher, and will lightly claw our couch. If one or both were to start clawing a section of carpet or our recliner, I would know, without a doubt, something was wrong, as they do NOT do that.