shes missing her thumb pad on her right paw.

Norma Jean has had a lot of problems since I got her because she was rescued but I had to get her declawed if I wanted to keep her which I truly regret! on her right paw she is missing her thumb pad. and she has extreme hair loss on that paw. the vet said its fine but she sometimes limps and will sit without that paw touching the ground. and shakes it constantly. its been a little over a month since shes been declawed and that's the only thing that now worries me. when I bring it up to the vet he tells me she needs more time to heal, but why isn't there a pad there now and why hasn't the hair grown back at all but looks more bald everyday? what should I do?

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this is what it looks like its really hard to see in pictures I tried my best because anytime I touch it she crys.

I don't see any hair loss. :dk:

A lot of times it's not possible for the vet to remove the entire "thumb" joint without removing the pad, so that's fairly common in de-clawed cats. The pad is just empty even if it's not removed so that shouldn't cause anything out of the ordinary as far as pain is concerned. It's very common for older cats to be in pain for many months after de-clawing---I would recommend asking the vet for a cat-safe pain killer, for at least a couple weeks. It is a major orthopedic surgery, although many vets treat it casually. But insist on him taking it more seriously; you don't want your kitty to be in pain.

She is a very young cat. Only about 5 to 6 months old. And the hairs slowly growing back it's where it's white because she's all solid grey cat.

It's not quite as hard on a younger cat because their bones aren't as calcified but it's still an extremely painful surgery. I recommend insisting on the vet giveing you a pain killer---did he give you any for post-op? Too many vets don't. And they can't heal properly if in pain.

Sometimes fur will grow in white over scar tissue. Sometimes it goes back to the regular color, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes fur won't grow at all over scar tissue. No way to know at this point how it will turn out, really.

Yeah they gave me pain meds for her when she was all done but it was only one days worth she took the other one when she was in there.
So it's okay that she doesn't have a pad there on that paw anymore?