I love Oscar's paws. With big thumbs and extra little digits hidden between his other ones, he looks like he is wearing mittens. But the claws on his extra toes have been causing serious problems. They are too big for the toes and usually they would be fine but the one on his left foot kept growing inward. Oscar absolutely hates clipping his toenails to begin with and it was impossible for me to get to the ones on his extra digits. His left paw was infected again.
One should never declaw his/her cats, yet Oscar's was a special case. It was either clipping his nails on extra digits every week or just having them removed. Oscar probably would have opposed to both of the options, but it was my duty to make the decision. The veterinarian recommended the latter, and I agreed it was for the best.
He had his surgery yesterday, and everything went great. I get to go pick him up today. My poor kitty. He would hate me for a few days, but he won't suffer the same infection anymore!
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