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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / April 2006Tabby cat Dew claw
I am new here, but Dean/Papa Red suggested that I post my question here with you. Our tabby cat's "dew claw" seems to be growing large and into his paw..sort of like an ingrown toe-nail on a human would do. I don't dare take the regular cat claw clippers to it because I won't know what I'm doing and I don't want to injure the little guy. He isn't limping or favoring that paw, but he seems to spend a bit more time on it than when he is washing/licking his other paws. Is he trying to massage it? Is he in pain? Yes, we can afford to take him to a vet and will. I just wanted to have any information that you can provide. Thank you, and you can either e-mail me at dianakahn@webtv.net or post a reply. I will stop by later, and again, thanks in advance for your help! ~Diana~ He needs to go to the vet today to get that claw clipped back. It is reasonably common for the dewclaw or any of the other nails for that matter to grow right around and start to dig into the paw. It causes pain and infection and yes the cat will spend more time licking it. They do not always show lameness but will have a foul smell once infection sets in. Your cats claw may not have got to that stage yet but I would get it clipped now before it does. the vet will show you how to regularly cut that particular nail back so that the same thing does not happen again. > I am new here, but Dean/Papa Red suggested that I post my question here > with you. Our tabby cat's "dew claw" seems to be growing large and into [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > either e-mail me at dianakahn@webtv.net or post a reply. I will stop by > later, and again, thanks in advance for your help! ~Diana~ Thank you so much for your response, and we will get the little guy into the vets tonight, if at all possible..if we can find one open after 5:00 p.m. If not tonight, I will put him in his little cat carrying container deal, and take him to the nearest vet open Tuesday morning. But thank you also for answering my un-asked questions about his behavior. He is a wonderful cat, and I don't want something like this to bring him down or have him "put down", as in "put to sleep"..euthanasia. Thanks again! ~Diana~ |
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