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Well this is a story about Pogo a 8 Month old cat. On February 2,1999 Pogo went in to get neutered and declawed. We dropped him off February 1, 1999 and the vet's would keep him 'til February 4, 1999. Two full days, just in case. Well I missed him terribly those 2 days and my daughter did, too. So Thursday came and we picked him up he looked great. The vet explained that he would be a little quiet and like usual should be kept away from jumping and we should change his kitty litter to paper and we did for 2 weeks (just in case). They used this special glue instead of stitches or whatever. He was doing good, 'til about 3 weeks or so after his "declawing". He started walking like on eggshells. When he had to stand for a long period of time he would stand like a kangaroo.... When he would eat he would lay down on all fours and put his head in the bowl. I felt so bad for him and what I did to him. The day I saw him doing that with his bowl I called the vet, I told them I could be there in 10 minutes and they squeezed me in. The doctor saw him, felt his paws and he said "all seems fine, maybe he bruised his toes jumping down from somewhere" and gave him anti-inflammatory pills for 4 days. Well it so happened that in four days he needed a booster so when we came in for the booster I told the same doctor that those pills did nothing. He followed by feeling his paws again gave him a booster and gave us more pills this time "prednisone 5mg" but we had to wait ten days after the booster. Well I felt real bad for Pogo, it was quite evident he was in pain or discomfort as he still walked on eggshells but I could not give him medicine till ten days. Well 4 days passed and Pogo seemed to walk around less and less and I got angry. I called the vet and told him he needs to do something now , we were bordering on abuse..... so Pogo went in that day to get some x-rays and I am waiting to see what will happen as he has to stay overnight....so I'll have to get back to you.....***BUT I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING SIMPLE AND NOT ANY OF THOSE STORIES I READ OFF OF YOUR SIGHT.....
March 14, 1999
Well here is the ending sort of to my story.....
Well the next day I get a call at work from the Vet who tells me that no they did not x ray his poor paws because he visually checked his paws and the cuts they made on his paws healed beautifully and there is no sign of infection. The vet told me he has been doing this for 25 years and has never had to redo it. So he told me there is no sign of nails left behind to give Pogo an infection so the pain that Pogo is feeling will have to go alone. The vet said that Pogo is 11 lbs so he is pretty big for 8 months and so he is putting lots of weight on his front paws maybe that is the cause for his pain. In the end the vet said "nothing could be done" He said we could give his some Prednisone 5mg "probably will not do anything" but I told him I couldn't just sit there and do nothing. So it has been a few days he has been home and he still walks with difficulty..
The vet said it could take up to 3 months after the declawing to start walking well....... It's sad.......Pogo used to run around crazy and wild.....Pogo now just lays down everywhere.....so we don't get to see him often.....It's sad.....
Thanks for listening......and I would suggest to anyone if you really don't have to *********DON'T*********
N. Chevalier
