My cat, Prince (the star of my blog banner), has managed to pretty much declaw himself. He’s been lethargic and limping a bit for a couple of days, and I looked and couldn’t find the front four claws on each foot and one on a back foot. We took him to the vet today, and in fact he lost nine claws. We’re pretty sure it happened Sunday night when he was climbing on the porch screen walls (he sleeps in the porch at night so the coyotes can’t attack him).
One back foot is intact, one is missing one claw, and both front feet have only the thumb claw. We have antibiotic and pain pills to give him.
They had to sedate him to examine his feet, and even though it was a small dose he got really, really out of it. Besides the fact that you could see him breathing, he looked like a corpse. His eyes were open and glazed over, and he didn’t respond to touch at all. They had to give him another shot to cancel the effects of the sedation after they were done, and they had to shave his leg for that. Poor baby. At least he’s not in pain anymore because of the pain pills, and he won’t get an infection.