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| 4496.1 | | MPO::ROBINSON | did i tell you this already??? | Fri Mar 29 1991 09:02 | 7 |
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Not to worry - cats claws grow in layers, as she
scrathes (post, furniture, etc?), layers flake off,
leaving a nice sharp claw behind...
Sherry
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| 4496.2 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Fri Mar 29 1991 11:20 | 10 |
| If you are at all concerned, just check her nails. Unless you
see blood or find just a "nub" with no nail then she's just
sluffing off the outer layers of her nail as the new stuff grows
in - as Sherry said.
Isis has managed to declaw two toes (at different) and Batman has
done it once. In all three cases the cats were put on antibiotics
and the nails grew back in perfectly. You could never tell which
nails had been lost.
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| 4496.3 | Paws where they don't belong! | MIVC::RIVETTS | | Fri Mar 29 1991 14:14 | 10 |
| While we're on the subject, my cat recently got his paw in a place
it didn't belong. He was stuck and my daughter released his paw. This
was in the middle of the night so we didn't know that his claw was
bleeding. My question is.....do I have to do anything. The paw looks
fine, no swelling or infection. It's just that the claw itself has
dryed blood in it. I soaked it a couple times in warm water. Will it
just grow out. I also put an antibiotic on it.
Dandy's mom
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| 4496.4 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Mon Apr 01 1991 08:42 | 14 |
| If you can't see any open wound then I'd just continue to clean it
with Hydrogen peroxide daily and keep a close eye on it.
If there IS an open wound of any sort I would talk to the vet about
antibiotics. The reason the feet are so susceptible to infection
is because of the catbox. Fecal material is full of E Coli and other
bacteria which can very easily infect any open cut on a foot. You
can't really bandage it - I know, I've tried. Antibiotics do a good
job of protecting the foot from infection.
Consult your vet.
Nancy DC
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