Family's Cat Is Declawed... anyone with declawed cats inform me..

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Pazzoman

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Hey Everybody,

I really didn't want my family to declaw our cat that we had for a year. He was declawed on his front paws 2 days ago. I notice he is quite doesn't lick his paws as much as he did the day after....we were told in a week he would be able to walk up and down the stairs (we kept him isolated on one floor for the time being) and in 2 weeks he can start to partake in activities that involve using his paws such as playing with a stringed toy.

Well here are some questions:

Has your declawed cat, is it still the same even after the declawing?

Is thier anything i can do to help Silvio (cats name) through the first few weeks of adjustment?

Do you use regular cat litter (sand), we switched to newspaper litter thing...kinda mini rolled up papers?

Also our cat is currently very sluggish and quite..is that normal then again it did go through a lot of work?

Any tips or comments are greatly appreciated!

P.S. I've done my research on declawing cats some sources say it's ok some say not. I was trying to convince my bro (he is the one that spent the $$ for Silvio because he wanted him in the first place) to try soft paws, however he said he woudn't keep up in the nail trimmings. Also the doctor wasn't on my side anyway...told my family it's perfectly fine just for the first few weeks is important to keep an eye on him.

Thanks Everybody
 
Wow. When my cat came back after getting fixed he was bouncing off the walls in a number of hours. So I'm not sure what to tell you about that. Although I'm personally not a fan of declawing but we cut ours claws every two weeks along with the dogs. He was raised around the dogs though so I think that helps make him cool with it when he see them cool with it.
 
We don't declaw out cats any more unless they're going to be indoor-only cats, and we only do the front claws at that; all of our cats get spayed/neutered, though, considering that we don't need any more invasive predators in the area. All of our past and present cats did just fine with their alterations and typically recovered faster than expected.
 
Thanks for the feedback,

Silvio will be an indoor cat only...the main resean we had to get the nail removed was in case the spread of an infection...my parents feared that he would one day scratch my grandmother causing her to become ill...
 
Pazzoman said:
Has your declawed cat, is it still the same even after the declawing?
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I've never declawed any of my cats, but the ones that I have known that were... they were active, normal acting cats. They played, they ran around, they were affectionate, they were normal devious lil' critters, pretty much the same as they were before the process. They all were, however, euthanized later on in life due to severe arthritis and complications that were the result of the declawing (not a like a few years after, but clearly at ages where they would have lived years longer had they not developed complications). Not all declawed cats develop issues, but a lot of them do.

Pazzoman said:
Also our cat is currently very sluggish and quite..is that normal then again it did go through a lot of work?
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You have to keep in mind that what's been done is having an important part of your cat's feet amputated. And it's not an unpainful process or adjustment, and it's going to take time for Silvio to adjust to walking, jumping, playing, etc. And he's probably not going to feel okay right away, it's not like neutering/spaying where an area is tender/sore but it doesn't inhibit movement. This affects movement, a lot... it's going to take a little while for him to be normal again.

If you've ever had a surgery or injury, did you feel like bouncing around immediately after? Probably not. Give him some time, make sure he's comfortable and not over exerting himself in any manner. He'll get better and more active as he starts feeling better and coming around. ^_^
 
I believe the surgery involves actually taking off the first "knuckle" of the cat. I probably wouldn't be too stoked if someone took off all my top knuckles on my hands. I'm sure he'll bounce back though, cats are tough.


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Thanks guys for the feed back, I greatly appreciate it the litter is not sand it's something vet approved for declawed cats.

Pretty soon I'll put up pics of silvio
 
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