Hi there, I’m going to start off by saying, I completely regret getting my kitten declawed. I thought before that declawing wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be, but now I am completely against declawing and will never have another cat declawed as long as I live.
I had my kitten declawed on the 5th of this month. She was declawed using a laser. I picked her up the following day and got her into a small enclosure with the paper cat litter and a soft ground. She has been in this enclosure since Tuesday, so a total of 19 days. She wore a cone collar for that time as well. I decided Tuesday to remove the cone collar and let her out of the enclosure because the glue they used finally fell off, as did the scabs. I went to check her paws and one paw pad was missing! I couldn’t see this before because the glob of dried glue was covering that pad. On the other paw, one paw pad was pushed to the side and not protecting her digit with its cushion, and you could see that the bony digit was pushing into her side skin that is thin. I scheduled an appointment today. The assistant that brought me to the room looked at her paw and said that yes, it didn’t look good. Then the vet that did the declaw came in and told me there was a paw pad there, and she was confused at what I meant by it being missing. I am referring to the little “beans” that cushion her feet when she walks. I asked the vet why the skin had hair growing out of it, if the paw pad was still there, and she told me it was probably glue with fur stuck to it. She told me I was thinking too deeply into it. I was appalled and asked for a supervisor. The person who supervises the surgeries came in and told me the same thing as the vet. I asked her where the paw pad(bean) went, and she said it was there, and that it looked different than the others because she’s a tortoiseshell. At that point I asked for the main vet and the supervisor brought the kitten for him to look at the paw. She came back and told me that he said that sometimes the blood flow is restricted and that the pad could’ve fallen off. So finally I at least had someone admitting that the pad was missing. I was disgusted by how these people operate, and now I’m not sure what to do at all. They tried to charge me for just looking at the paw as well.
Can anyone give me any advice on what to do? This poor kitten will now not have support for these two digits on both feet. I’m concerned that as she ages and gains weight, the bone could just pop through that thin skin. I will provide photos of the paws.
I had my kitten declawed on the 5th of this month. She was declawed using a laser. I picked her up the following day and got her into a small enclosure with the paper cat litter and a soft ground. She has been in this enclosure since Tuesday, so a total of 19 days. She wore a cone collar for that time as well. I decided Tuesday to remove the cone collar and let her out of the enclosure because the glue they used finally fell off, as did the scabs. I went to check her paws and one paw pad was missing! I couldn’t see this before because the glob of dried glue was covering that pad. On the other paw, one paw pad was pushed to the side and not protecting her digit with its cushion, and you could see that the bony digit was pushing into her side skin that is thin. I scheduled an appointment today. The assistant that brought me to the room looked at her paw and said that yes, it didn’t look good. Then the vet that did the declaw came in and told me there was a paw pad there, and she was confused at what I meant by it being missing. I am referring to the little “beans” that cushion her feet when she walks. I asked the vet why the skin had hair growing out of it, if the paw pad was still there, and she told me it was probably glue with fur stuck to it. She told me I was thinking too deeply into it. I was appalled and asked for a supervisor. The person who supervises the surgeries came in and told me the same thing as the vet. I asked her where the paw pad(bean) went, and she said it was there, and that it looked different than the others because she’s a tortoiseshell. At that point I asked for the main vet and the supervisor brought the kitten for him to look at the paw. She came back and told me that he said that sometimes the blood flow is restricted and that the pad could’ve fallen off. So finally I at least had someone admitting that the pad was missing. I was disgusted by how these people operate, and now I’m not sure what to do at all. They tried to charge me for just looking at the paw as well.
Can anyone give me any advice on what to do? This poor kitten will now not have support for these two digits on both feet. I’m concerned that as she ages and gains weight, the bone could just pop through that thin skin. I will provide photos of the paws.
I agree about getting a second opinion but preferably from a Veterinary Internal Medical Specialist if you have either a Specialty Center or University Veterinary Medical School within a reasonable distance.
