Indications for a declaw paw repair surgery
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Holding either paw up.
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Calluses on the front of digit pads especially digits 3 and 4.
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Very reluctant to have digits straightened or even touched.
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Radiographs show distal P2 cartilage damage or P3 fragments.
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Tight muscle knots in lumbar muscles.
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Excessive biting
- Inappropriate elimination with no other identifiable cause.
Acknowledgements
I want to thank Letrisa Miller MS DVM for her invaluable input and for sharing her astute observations of the declawed cat's problems.
"I looked but I did not see, she illuminated then I did see."
Reference
Bilateral flexor tendon contracture following onychectomy in 2 cats
Maureen A. Cooper, Peter H. Laverty, and Emily E. Soiderer
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