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hi everyone, was out of the house for about 6 hours and came back to see my smaller female cat with bloody paws hiding on top of the sink counter, other cat (fat male) had squeezed through the screen door and was hiding on the balcony. he wouldn't let me near him though, hissing and making deep gutteral noises at me.
after inspecting the girls paws I saw that she was missing almost all of her claws on all paws. took her to a 24 hour vet where the vet then insinuated that I had tried to declaw her by myself. obviously I wouldn't do that and the vet then said that declawing would be the best course of action.
after getting home and looking around more I found claws under my bed, in the bathroom, and in the living room. blood on the bathroom walls, and the shower lining ripped on the bottom with blood in the bathtub (she normally likes sitting in the bathtub) along with what's most likely urine on the floor and on the carpet in different spots of the apartment.
both cats are indoor only except the balcony and I'm struggling with what to do with the male cat. I can't know for sure what happened but the tufts of her hair I found near some of the claws make me assume they fought a long with his attitude towards me which is unlike him as he's normally the type to lay in your lap.
both cats are around 2 and other than playfighting have never seemed to fight before. now that she's declawed I'm unsure I want to keep him since she's defenseless now.
TL;DR got home to see my cat missing many claws and other cat acting defensive and almost feral. unsure what to do regarding keeping the attacker as I had to have the other cat declawed per vet recommendation and she now is defenseless.
thanks in advance for opinions, help, and everything else
after inspecting the girls paws I saw that she was missing almost all of her claws on all paws. took her to a 24 hour vet where the vet then insinuated that I had tried to declaw her by myself. obviously I wouldn't do that and the vet then said that declawing would be the best course of action.
after getting home and looking around more I found claws under my bed, in the bathroom, and in the living room. blood on the bathroom walls, and the shower lining ripped on the bottom with blood in the bathtub (she normally likes sitting in the bathtub) along with what's most likely urine on the floor and on the carpet in different spots of the apartment.
both cats are indoor only except the balcony and I'm struggling with what to do with the male cat. I can't know for sure what happened but the tufts of her hair I found near some of the claws make me assume they fought a long with his attitude towards me which is unlike him as he's normally the type to lay in your lap.
both cats are around 2 and other than playfighting have never seemed to fight before. now that she's declawed I'm unsure I want to keep him since she's defenseless now.
TL;DR got home to see my cat missing many claws and other cat acting defensive and almost feral. unsure what to do regarding keeping the attacker as I had to have the other cat declawed per vet recommendation and she now is defenseless.
thanks in advance for opinions, help, and everything else