Took in a sick cat...

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It had been healing nicely, but after 2 weeks she must have began
licking/chewing on it, cuz now it's reopened and oozing puss and blood
again.

If it is oozing puss, it is infected. She probably reopened it herself to try
to drain it. Sometimes animals know things. Take her back to the vet.

As someone who has been unfortunate enough to know what having an abscess is
like, I can tell you that sometimes some infection stays in there and they
get re-infected AFTER they close. Then they need reopened and redrained.

So, vet time. And ask about oral antibiotics if she wasn't on them, and test
her for auto-immune diseases if she hasn't been (FIV/FeLV).


I've had her spayed and declawed

Kudos to you for taking her in, but it isn't very nice to have someone remove
the last joint of every finger/toe on your cat. I sure hope you only had the
front done. And I hope you did it because you didn't know how horrible it was
or how easy it usually is to train them to scratch a post.
Shame on your vet if (s)he didn't tell you what the procedure really is. More
shame that (s)he even did it at all.

Purrs to the kitty and I hope she feels better.

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"Brigitte" wrote

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a
blind pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to speak
of, their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably
more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.

Bridgett. Your pug is ALREADY BLIND. What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes?? Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

"Brigitte" wrote

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a
blind pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to speak
of, their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably
more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.

Bridgett. Your pug is ALREADY BLIND. What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes?? Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

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Arrrrrgggg!!! Why did you have her declawed???

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a blind
pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to speak of,
their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.


Um, one's normal worry about the eyes is that one might BECOME blind.
To declaw a cat to prevent some remote possibility of a future injury to
another pet seems a bit extreme. I mean, it IS the amputation of the last
joint of the toe. Cats walk on their toes - like ballerinas. Try that trick.
Cut off the last joint of each of the toes of a ballerina and see how well
she does.

But hey, maybe that's just me. The idea of declawing makes me feel shuddery.

Anyway, hope your kitty gets better.

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Arrrrrgggg!!! Why did you have her declawed???

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a blind
pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to speak of,
their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.


Um, one's normal worry about the eyes is that one might BECOME blind.
To declaw a cat to prevent some remote possibility of a future injury to
another pet seems a bit extreme. I mean, it IS the amputation of the last
joint of the toe. Cats walk on their toes - like ballerinas. Try that trick.
Cut off the last joint of each of the toes of a ballerina and see how well
she does.

But hey, maybe that's just me. The idea of declawing makes me feel shuddery.

Anyway, hope your kitty gets better.

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"Brigitte" wrote

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a
blind pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to speak
of, their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably
more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.

Bridgett. Your pug is ALREADY BLIND.

There are other injuries that can occur to an eye besides blindness.

What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes??

Cause further damage requiring the eye be removed.

Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I mine.

Brigitte

"Mary" wrote in message
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"Brigitte" wrote

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a
blind pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to speak
of, their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably
more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.

Bridgett. Your pug is ALREADY BLIND.

There are other injuries that can occur to an eye besides blindness.

What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes??

Cause further damage requiring the eye be removed.

Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I mine.

Brigitte

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"Mary" wrote in message
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"Brigitte" wrote

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a
blind pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to
speak
of, their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably
more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.

Bridgett. Your pug is ALREADY BLIND.

There are other injuries that can occur to an eye besides blindness.

What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes??

Cause further damage requiring the eye be removed.

Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I mine.

Brigitte


You bet. I'd laugh if this weren't so sad for the cat.

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"Mary" wrote in message
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"Brigitte" wrote

I would have preferred not getting her declawed, but because I have a
blind pug, and as you know, their eyes protrude and have no snout to
speak
of, their eyes are "out there", so to speak, so their eyes are probably
more
susceptible to injury. And being blind compounds that problem.

Bridgett. Your pug is ALREADY BLIND.

There are other injuries that can occur to an eye besides blindness.

What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes??

Cause further damage requiring the eye be removed.

Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I mine.

Brigitte


You bet. I'd laugh if this weren't so sad for the cat.

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What did you think the cat was going to
do to his eyes??

Cause further damage requiring the eye be removed.

Via your logic everyone with a sighted, bugeyed dog and a
cat needs to have the cat declawed. Ridiculous.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I mine.

Brigitte

You could have gotten the cat Soft Paws. These are plastic caps that you
apply to each nail. They are harmless to the cat, in fact, they hardly
notice they are there. Read about them at www.softpaws.com You could have
saved your cat's toes. Did your vet even mention any of the negative
aspects of declawing?

I'm not saying your fear for the dog's safety is unwarranted, but were there
any incidents that caused such a drastic measure?

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