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Dewclawing Spicey
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:08:40 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: Poor Spicey. Did you get to see the vet? Yes. I took Spicey to TED for her dewclaw issue, and while waiting in the examination room, she looked so wide-eyed and plaintive, that I took gathered her out of her carrier, and planted her on my lap. She's not exactly a lap cat, of course, but she buried her little harlequin face in my armpit for a minute. Then she seemed to decide that she wanted her explore her new surroundings, and tried to make off. The vet said that despite its impressive shape and size, the ingrown claw wasn't causing much damage, and sent her home with a simple claw trim and a shot of antibiotics. When she got home, boy was she mad! Spicey avoided me for hours, and snapped at me when I tried to look at her newly trimmed paw. It occurred to me later that I should have asked for the overgrown claw as a keepsake. She seems to have forgiven me now, and will even come up to me if I call her. She's been bopping Buster on the head every time he comes up to sniff her though, so she must still be a little steamed. But I notice she's slapping him with her right paw, so it must be feeling all right. |
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Dewclawing Spicey
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:17:59 -0800, The Other Guy
wrote: On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:02:48 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: Hope it goes well. How any country allows declawing I don't know. HOW in the HELL did you get DEclaw out of DEWclaw??? This made me LOL. Fortunately, they didn't need to declaw her dewclaw, but I'm burning with curiosity about what her stub of dewclaw must look like after they clipped it. It was huge compared to her other claws! I wonder it'll shed its sheaths properly now and eventually go back to a normal size. |
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Dewclawing Spicey
On 11/22/2013 10:24 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:08:40 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham wrote: Poor Spicey. Did you get to see the vet? Yes. I took Spicey to TED for her dewclaw issue, and while waiting in the examination room, she looked so wide-eyed and plaintive, that I took gathered her out of her carrier, and planted her on my lap. She's not exactly a lap cat, of course, but she buried her little harlequin face in my armpit for a minute. Then she seemed to decide that she wanted her explore her new surroundings, and tried to make off. The vet said that despite its impressive shape and size, the ingrown claw wasn't causing much damage, and sent her home with a simple claw trim and a shot of antibiotics. When she got home, boy was she mad! Spicey avoided me for hours, and snapped at me when I tried to look at her newly trimmed paw. It occurred to me later that I should have asked for the overgrown claw as a keepsake. She seems to have forgiven me now, and will even come up to me if I call her. She's been bopping Buster on the head every time he comes up to sniff her though, so she must still be a little steamed. But I notice she's slapping him with her right paw, so it must be feeling all right. All around great news, Tak! Thank you so much for the Spicey update. Jill |
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Dewclawing Spicey
On 11/22/2013 10:24 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:08:40 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham wrote: Poor Spicey. Did you get to see the vet? Yes. I took Spicey to TED for her dewclaw issue, and while waiting in the examination room, she looked so wide-eyed and plaintive, that I took gathered her out of her carrier, and planted her on my lap. She's not exactly a lap cat, of course, but she buried her little harlequin face in my armpit for a minute. Then she seemed to decide that she wanted her explore her new surroundings, and tried to make off. The vet said that despite its impressive shape and size, the ingrown claw wasn't causing much damage, and sent her home with a simple claw trim and a shot of antibiotics. When she got home, boy was she mad! Spicey avoided me for hours, and snapped at me when I tried to look at her newly trimmed paw. It occurred to me later that I should have asked for the overgrown claw as a keepsake. She seems to have forgiven me now, and will even come up to me if I call her. She's been bopping Buster on the head every time he comes up to sniff her though, so she must still be a little steamed. But I notice she's slapping him with her right paw, so it must be feeling all right. Thanks for the update and for taking such good care of Spicey. It's nice to hear that she will sit on your lap and come when you call her. Ann |
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Dewclawing Spicey
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 11/21/2013 5:17 PM, The Other Guy wrote: On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:02:48 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: Hope it goes well. How any country allows declawing I don't know. HOW in the HELL did you get DEclaw out of DEWclaw??? At first I read the subject as DEclaw, too. Had to look twice because I knew my eyes must have been fooling me. Sure enough! It's especially clear if you actually read Tak's entire post. Yes, there may be a little surgery involved for the apparently painful ingrown DEWclaw. It's not the same as having Spicey declawed. To me it just sounds like USA bashing. Yes, I live in the USA. But I don't have any control over whether veterinarians choose to declaw cats or dock dogs ears. I wouldn't choose a vet that would do so, but that means very little. Jill I misread it, sorry all. I thought Tak was about to declaw her but I should have know better. Actually, if your vet declaws and you tell them you'll stop using them if they do, it will make a whole load of difference. It's illegal almost everywhere in the world except USA. My vet would be struck off if he offered this at the same time as spaying/neutering. The only time a cat would be declawed here is if they had a nailbed infection which wouldn't respond to anything else, and even then it would be an unusual thing to do, with no alternative. I have never met a declawed cat here. Dewclawing is different. I got my whippet pups dewclawed at a few days old, because when they are after things(like rabbits or whatever) they turn and chase and can rip them off. June did the dewclawing for me. The poor puppies sobbed for hours and the mother of the pups, when let in again, attacked her face, like she knew she'd hurt her pups. It needs doing but they get over it. June got a very black eye from this. You hurt my puppies and that's you in the face from me. I bite you and she did. |
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Dewclawing Spicey
On 11/23/2013 2:02 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 11/21/2013 5:17 PM, The Other Guy wrote: On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:02:48 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: Hope it goes well. How any country allows declawing I don't know. HOW in the HELL did you get DEclaw out of DEWclaw??? At first I read the subject as DEclaw, too. Had to look twice because I knew my eyes must have been fooling me. Sure enough! It's especially clear if you actually read Tak's entire post. Yes, there may be a little surgery involved for the apparently painful ingrown DEWclaw. It's not the same as having Spicey declawed. To me it just sounds like USA bashing. Yes, I live in the USA. But I don't have any control over whether veterinarians choose to declaw cats or dock dogs ears. I wouldn't choose a vet that would do so, but that means very little. Jill I misread it, sorry all. I thought Tak was about to declaw her but I should have know better. Yes, you did. But it turned out okay. He posted he didn't have to have the dewclaw removed. Actually, if your vet declaws and you tell them you'll stop using them if they do, it will make a whole load of difference. It's illegal almost everywhere in the world except USA. My vet would be struck off if he offered this at the same time as spaying/neutering. I wouldn't necessarily strike the vet off the list now. That's because there are so few near me. When Persia came to live with me there were more and easily accessible. I'm pretty if I'd asked her vet they would have done their best to dissuade me. Moot point since someone else already had her front declawed. Dewclawing is different. I got my whippet pups dewclawed at a few days old, because when they are after things(like rabbits or whatever) they turn and chase and can rip them off. A torn dewclaw would no doubt result in something painful. That's what Tak was afraid of with the ingrown dewclaw. I'm glad you realized he wasn't talking about declawing Spicy. He's just looking out for her comfort and well being. Jill |
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Dewclawing Spicey
Christina Websell wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes:
"Takayuki" wrote in message ... Spicey's become tame enough these days that she'll only give me a firm slap and a growl for my little transgressions, like petting her. Today, I had a close enough look at her while we were chatting, that I noticed something odd about her right paw - a little lump where I wouldn't expect a lump. I was a bit concerned, so I *picked her up* (to her protests), reflexively gave her a head-kiss, then held her close against my chest so that I could take a look. Spicey squirmed. And growled a little. But I took a hard look at her paw. The lump I saw was her dewclaw - and what a dewclaw! It was large and semicircular, a spiral with no distinct beginning or end. Instead of a slender needle (like her other dewclaw), a pearlescent seashell. Uh-oh. Definitely ingrown. So I'm going to have to make an appointment tomorrow to see if her claw needs to be surgically removed or what. Poor girl! And I have no idea how long she's had to walk on that. Hope it goes well. How any country allows declawing I don't know. It's illegal almost everywhere. It's time you USA's stopped your vets from doing it by refusing to use them if they declaw. I can just imagine if I asked my vet to declaw Boyfie. He'd strike me off if I even asked. It seems to me that it's not a good idea to have a cat if you don't like claws. They come with them. google about how many countries do declawing Might have been just the USA. You mis-understand a medical declaw although I am hoping it can simply be snipped normally. This is not the same as declawing all toes on a foot but the potential to remove one abnormal nail that is causing the cat pain. -- |
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Dewclawing Spicey
The Other Guy wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:02:48 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: Hope it goes well. How any country allows declawing I don't know. HOW in the HELL did you get DEclaw out of DEWclaw??? In fairness, OG, they do look awfully similar. Even after I read the original post, I still look at that subject line and see "declaw". Factor in the fact that Tweed's eyesight isn't the best, and it's easy to imagine her making the same mistake. I don't think the similarity is an accident, BTW - it's a pun, which is not surprising, considering the post is from Takayuki. If the claw had needed to be removed, I'm sure he would have gone along with that. Not at all the same thing as removing all of a cat's claws for decor reasons. Joyce -- "...she tells with a little bit of humor the story of the song and the Jews as they move from the Shtetls of Eastern Europe to Western Europe to America, to the suburbs, and to the Internet. As one interviewee says, "It's been a long, strange journey from Ukraine to YouTube." -- "Hava Nagila": The Movie |
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Dewclawing Spicey
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
jmcquown wrote: On 11/21/2013 5:17 PM, The Other Guy wrote: On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:02:48 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: Hope it goes well. How any country allows declawing I don't know. HOW in the HELL did you get DEclaw out of DEWclaw??? At first I read the subject as DEclaw, too. Had to look twice because I knew my eyes must have been fooling me. Sure enough! It's especially clear if you actually read Tak's entire post. Yes, there may be a little surgery involved for the apparently painful ingrown DEWclaw. It's not the same as having Spicey declawed. To me it just sounds like USA bashing. Yes, I live in the USA. But I don't have any control over whether veterinarians choose to declaw cats or dock dogs ears. I wouldn't choose a vet that would do so, but that means very little. Jill So when my neighbor across the hall moved out and left his (declawed) cat, what was I supposed to do - refuse to give her a home because she'd been de-clawed? scratching head How does not choosing a *vet* who performs declawing equate to refusing to take in a declawed cat? If there's anyone who can't do anything about the situation, it's the cat. -- "...she tells with a little bit of humor the story of the song and the Jews as they move from the Shtetls of Eastern Europe to Western Europe to America, to the suburbs, and to the Internet. As one interviewee says, "It's been a long, strange journey from Ukraine to YouTube." -- "Hava Nagila": The Movie |
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Dewclawing Spicey
Takayuki wrote:
Yes. I took Spicey to TED for her dewclaw issue, and while waiting in the examination room, she looked so wide-eyed and plaintive, that I took gathered her out of her carrier, and planted her on my lap. She's not exactly a lap cat, of course, but she buried her little harlequin face in my armpit for a minute. Aww... that reminds me of the first time I took Licky to the vet. It was a day I had been dreading, because I had no idea how I was going to manage to get him into a carrier. Anyway, we made it there, though late - it was a long chase. When he first got out of the carrier in the exam room, he immediately came over to me, and like Spicey, buried his head in my armpit. I had gone from terrifying predator to protective mother in a very short time. It was so sweet when he did that. I realized that, despite his anxiety and avoidance of letting me get too close to him, we had more of a bond than I thought. Of course, this was all before he started demanding I pet his belly so he could go into toe-spreading, turbo-purring trance mode. She seems to have forgiven me now, and will even come up to me if I call her. She's been bopping Buster on the head every time he comes up to sniff her though, so she must still be a little steamed. But I notice she's slapping him with her right paw, so it must be feeling all right. I'm glad she's OK and didn't need surgery! -- "...she tells with a little bit of humor the story of the song and the Jews as they move from the Shtetls of Eastern Europe to Western Europe to America, to the suburbs, and to the Internet. As one interviewee says, "It's been a long, strange journey from Ukraine to YouTube." -- "Hava Nagila": The Movie |
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