You definitely need to keep these two cats apart now. What are you thinking to do with the male? Your female cannot live with him anymore.
If she was trapped in a plastic bag or several bags, her attempts to free herself would have been extremely dramatic
thinking along the lines of terestrife --some of those in the photo you posted look like just claw sheaths rather than complete entire claws. I'm assuming the vet will wait to do anything (regarding declawing) until the swelling goes down?the vet then said that declawing would be the best course of action.
Given that we weren't there, but since there were no bite wounds on either cat, or blood on him or under his claws, combined with her surprisingly, relatively calm behavior afterwards and him being so frightened (as opposed to aggressive) that he actually squeezed himself through a screen door to get himself onto a balcony - none of this sounds to me like the male cat did anything other than try to get away from the situation as opposed to being the instigator/a cat in the depths of redirected aggression.
unfortunately yes they've already done the declawing and shes now recovering. we wouldve preferred not to but the vet was pretty adamant on it being the only solution and we just wanted to make sure her pain stopped quickly.
cataccount3443 has the vet declawed your cat? From what I can see from the picture you posted there is no need to do this. She may have ripped out some claws in a panic, but they will grow back.
Declawing is de-knuckling. The vet amputates the first digit of the cat's toe. Even a ripped out claw does not require this kind of extreme surgery.
Keep an eye out for litter box issues. Some litters are painful to declawed cats. I learned about this by watching the show: My cat from hell.unfortunately yes they've already done the declawing and shes now recovering. we wouldve preferred not to but the vet was pretty adamant on it being the only solution and we just wanted to make sure her pain stopped quickly.
in regards to people saying they just look like sheaths, they definitely do. all of the nails are hollow but when we were looking at her we couldn't make any claws come out (pushing on the pads as if we were going to trim them) and the vet said most were gone from very deep inside. we also went through with it after doing some reading that if they were torn as deeply they could be problematic in growing back, and could also be prone to infection early.
about the building staff, there wasn't anyone scheduled to come in and the only time people do come in is if someone is home, or if we are given a few days notice so very unlikely that a staff member was inside. pet friendly apartment as well so many people have cats/dogs here.
I've also found an old go pro that I plan to set up before she comes home
I've been watching this thread in dismay.unfortunately yes they've already done the declawing and shes now recovering. we wouldve preferred not to but the vet was pretty adamant on it being the only solution and we just wanted to make sure her pain stopped quickly.
in regards to people saying they just look like sheaths, they definitely do. all of the nails are hollow but when we were looking at her we couldn't make any claws come out (pushing on the pads as if we were going to trim them) and the vet said most were gone from very deep inside. we also went through with it after doing some reading that if they were torn as deeply they could be problematic in growing back, and could also be prone to infection early.