Laser Declawing
We recently got our second cat laser declawed. Our first cat it went pretty smoothly with only a slight infection afterwards. We had highly reccomended it because its supposed to be significantly less painful for cats and when they come home the only thing special you need to do for them is use a special kind of litter. They are not supposed to have any pain and there is not supposed to be any blood or treatment after the surgery. With our first cat that was pretty much the case but with our second cat after 3 days he was still favoring his paws and therefore we needed to take him back in. He is now on morphine and has broken open 4 of his wounds since his surgery. He doesn’t seem to care and I probably worry more then he notices it as it doesn’t slow him down. If I had to look at reccomending laser declawing I would still reccomend it I just would warn you even if there isn’t supposed to be any problems after the surgery it all depends on each cat that has it done some will and some won’t but it definitely does not seem to slow the cats down at all.
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Jan:
I am so sorry to hear that your cat had all the issues. I was previously a proponent of declawing, but I think 21 months is too old to do the surgery. My vet does it around 6 months of age.
I am now opposed to declawing based on the 2 new cats that I have adopted. Both have all their claws and I would not change it for the world. Yes, I had a good table scratched and have a leather sofa too. I have opted to use quilts on the leather and double-sided stick tape on the wood too keep them off. The wood was scratched after the 2 were getting to know each other after the 2nd one came home.
All my cats were prevously declawed, but now with these 2, I would never declaw them again. I have opted to cover and modify rather than hurt the animals. I am very sorry to hear that your cat had all those problems and I hope that he recovers. I think my last cat that was declaw did have problems later in life with arthritis as a result of declawing. That was done in 1995 before lasers. He has since passed away.
Best of luck with your cat. Your experience has made me grateful that I decided to not do the laser declaw.
our cat is 21 months old. he is strictlly an indoor cat. he never tore up furniture sharpening his claws. however he did start to damage it by just being playfull, running over the leather furniture and creating holes amd scratchs on it. so we decided to laser declaw. (all 4 paws) the day we brought him home he started to bleed. (3 days after surgery) took him back to vet where withen a week all of his toes opened up. vet said it could have been an allergic reaction to the glue. the vet kept him for another 3 weeks, using hormone creme therapy to nurse his paws back to health. he came home 1 month after surgery, not the same cat. whereas he was playfull and outgoing, now all he gets up for is to eat and go to the litterbox. he is very lethargic. my question, could the vet have botched the surgery leaving him in pain? (perhaps going to deep with laser) the reason i wonder is he allways hesitates slightlly before jumping down off something. hopefully this will pass but i keep thinking of how people have said how great laser is and the quick healing associated with it. any feedback would be appreciated.
jan
I have read many debates on declawing and how it modifies a cat’s behavior and how they will stop using their litter box.
I have owned 2 cats in the last 29 years. The first, I got when I was 21 years old. I had him front declawed when he was approximately 3 months old. I had no behavior issues or litter box issues with him. In fact, he lived to the age of 15 when I had to have him put to sleep since he was ill and his bowels shut down.
The next cat I got when I was 36 years old. A beautiful red persian male cat. I had him four declawed at 4 months old. He didn’t even know that he was declawed. I had no bahavior issues of any sort with him. He was very diligent about using his litter box. He lived until almost 15 years old and had to be put down due to an internal tumor causing breathing issues and stopped eating 3 days prior to euthanasia.
Of course, both cats were strictly indoor cats. Both were afraid to go out of the house. Both were very happy and very good companions. Both never suffered because they were declawed. In fact, our relationship was improved.
I understand why some think it might be inhumane. That is their belief. I have my own belief and I do not believe that either one of my pets knew the difference.
I, too, use a pit-bull who stands out as the most supportive animal I have ever owned. Soon, a new dog breed will arrive together for that media to blast, as they have accomplished rotties and dobies in prior many years. Unfortunate that media sensationalism breeds so much inaccurate info.
i would like to know what is the cost for this proceeder.. My kitten is 8 weeks old and am looking to get this done as soon as possible
My kittens were declawed by laser about a week ago. They have been fantastic since the time they returned home – no bleeding, no limping – running around like little speed demons. They were even climbing their 5 foot plus tower the next day. They have done “ok” with the newspaper pellet litter, but I think we will all be glad when they can go back to their normal litter.
As to the comments about us humans having it done. My father had all his toenails removed and my brother had all his joints in his toes removed due to RA. Both of them were sore, but the pain was controlled with medicine. After they were healed, they both walked fine and said that they would do it again.
None of us can actually know what a cat does or does not feel, we can only assume based on human emotions. Given that, I would make the assumption that if my cat had the choice between living in my home declawed or going back to a shelter (perhaps even being put down), I’m sure they would choose to live with me.
This morning, as many mornings, I was awakened by my cat “kissing” me. He slams his nose into my cheek and rubs it all the way to my mouth – does this sound like an unhappy cat?