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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.
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.