Vet clipped claws FAR too short!

I took my girl in for her spay surgery almost two weeks ago. When she came home I noticed her paw looked sore. 

Upon further inspection I was horrified to see that the vets had clipped her claws down to tiny little nubs, well past the quick. 

I am going to try to refrain from being over emotional here, but I'm sure as animal lovers here you can just guess how upsetting this is. 

When I took her in I made sure to tell them that I had already clipped her claws, because I knew she would be terrified and I didn't want her to scratch them. They were not overly short, but they were blunt. I don't feel there was any need to do this to her! 

Am I being over sensitive about this? Is it common procedure to cut claws down this short, perhaps so that they do not pick at their sutures? 

When I called to ask about it, they just told me not to worry about it but if it looked like there was any sort of infection I was welcome to bring her in. 

I cleaned her paws well with diluted Hibiclens the first few days, and there hasn't seemed to be an infection but then today I've noticed little dark red spots on the carpet and her fur on the shortest claw, but of course now it's Saturday. She has her appointment for her recheck Monday. 

These pictures were taken just now, after almost two weeks of time for it to heal over and begin to regrow. 

Ouch! I'd show these pics to your vet. It may have been a tech who did it but regardless yes, they look sore. Does your cat seem bothered?

She seems stressed really. She has lost a little weight and her fur seems to be scruffy looking. 

I was told this was normal when they go through traumatic experiences. Which, I feel this one was more traumatic than it had to be. 

She hasn't been limping or anything that obvious, but she has taken to turning in circles more before she lays down, and extensive cleaning of her paws. Other than that, I'd say she's been far more high energy from the day she came home than normal, more talkative and more needy and clingy with me than normal. Oh, and a bit grumpy towards the other two cats. 

I do plan on showing them her claws. I wish I had taken pics of them when I first brought her home. They were even shorter, and bloody. It was horrible. I am 100% against declawing and this, while not as extreme, hurt to see my baby girl like this. 

Even if it were a tech, if this is not procedure, if there were no real reason for it ..... even I with no medical training know better than to do this! 

Oh, I'm praying I can go in there and keep calm. Other than this, it was a nice experience. The staff were all friendly and her sutures were done well and have healed up beautifully. 

Talking and looking up while trimming leads to that happening...it should never be deliberate. IF it was, you can ensure they put a patient note that pops up on her digital chart, DO NOT TRIM NAILS EVER.

Vets are more likely to over-short nails in my particular department as they rarely perform them. Quikking a cat is perfectly preventable, unless she jerked on one or two toes while recovering, as her anesthesia was wearing off and surprised the trimmer.

That one claw in the 2nd photo down is definitely quikked.

If it starts to bleed, hold her still in a towel to restrict movement after applying corn starch or flour to the bleeding claw, if you don't have stypic powder in your arsenal of supplies as of yet.

Patient notes and pop ups exist not only for patient do's, but patient don'ts as well; tell 'em what you want her warnings/notes to say, here on out. Client/owner preferences for their babies go in that window also, as some people are allergic to certain pet meds or supplies and can't touch these potentially deadly catalysts, some prefer no nail trims just as a preference, not b/c they trim them themselves, some need you to always carry the carrier to the car for them etc.

And emphasize they must pay attention, and take time if they insist on a nail trim for every surgery patient, or they shouldn't do them. Not following your directive to not trim was a no no regardless. They're just nails, vets and staff have to cope with a cat's claws every day, there is no reason to insist on a trim, even if they're long as hell. Some cats go outside, for whatever reason, and cutting their claws is never done, and shouldn't start just because a nurse or doctor is in auto-mode or persistent-all-cats-need-nail-trims mindset. That's just silly. From my professional and mother of cats opinion. Silly humans.

It looks like just the one claw is that short. The others look quite reasonable. I wonder if it was an accident or happened at home, not at the vet's. Give them a call and ask if anything happened or if they cut one claw short to get a blood sample or something like that (they did that to my brother's bird).

I did that with one of my kitties claws,  I felt so bad when I did it.  She has longer fur with the tufts of fur around her toes she is also my little squirmer.  I usually have to do her claws in two or three sessions..  The longer we go in a session the more she squirms and it's hard to get a clear look because of the tufts of fur and I cut one to short.  For awhile after that she was even harder to clip but eventually she forgot about it and went back to her usual squirming self.