Bobert,

My cat was found about the age of 2, wandering on the streets and had been for about 6-8 months, so said the vet. She was pretty skinny like most wild cats, but before her homeless life she'd been fixed and declawed. Fast as a wild streak and it may explain her incredible aversion to other cats.

I hate that people do that to cats, but declawed cats aren't entirely helpless.