{"id":447,"date":"2012-05-28T19:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2012-05-28T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T19:36:08","slug":"chronic-lameness-occurs-in-some-cats-after-declaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/chronic-lameness-occurs-in-some-cats-after-declaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Lameness Occurs in Some Cats After Declaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cat-claws.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-449\" title=\"cat claws\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cat-claws-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In a review of multiple studies involving a total of 582 declawed cats, five suffered from persistent lameness after declaw surgery. That&#8217;s 0.86 percent, or 1 cat in 116 that are declawed.<br \/>\nWhen a cat is declawed, the end of each toe is amputated. The procedure is quite painful, so veterinarians give pain medication before, during and after the surgical procedure.<br \/>\nSigns of pain may include limping and lameness, reluctance to run or jump, presenting a guarded posture, sitting up like a prairie dog or diminished appetite.<br \/>\nMost cats resume their normal activity within a couple of weeks after surgery. Of course, we cats are stoic, so often it&#8217;s difficult to determine just how uncomfortable we are and for how long after the procedure.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;d rather not subject your cats to the risk of chronic pain, you can do what my mom does: She regularly trims my claws, and she offers me several legal objects to scratch. 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