Caring for a Declawed Cat

Indoor cats are often declawed and either spayed or neutered in order to calm them down and also to save damage to furniture around the house. Even though declawing your cat is a good idea and getting him or her spayed or neutered is an excellent idea if you don't plan to have a mate for him or her, the surgery and operation is a painful one for your cat! My own precious cat, Cystal, was taken to the vet this past weekend for her to get the two operations done: declawing both her front and her back claws and also to get spayed. Unfortunately, she came home scared, afraid, and even hurting in some spots of her body.

There are several things that one can do in order to help make their pets' life a little bit easier after getting declawed and spayed or neutered. The first thing that you can do is to shred newspaper and put it into his or her litter box. Even though newspaper is the primary ingredient that you'll want to have in your pet's litter box, it is okay to have a little bit of cat litter in it. But shredding the newspaper and spreading it around in the litter box will create extra padding for your cat's paws.

Make Food Easily Accessible!

Declawing a cat can make their paws feel miserable for the next week, so helping him or her along their way is also an excellent thing that can be done! For example, is the food dish all the way across the room and is your cat under the bed or in the opposite corner of the room from the food dish? If your cat is spending all of her time in one area of the house or bedroom, place food in a conspicuous spot so that it is easily reachable. Your cat will definitely appreciate this gesture so that he or she will be able to eat easier!

No Touching!

An important aspect of a cat's surgery to keep in mind is to consider how you would feel having a comparable surgery to the one that your pet just endured. How would you feel following any surgery, actually? If you think that you would be in a lot of pain, consider how much more your cat is in pain because of the small body parts that they have! Being mindful of how often you pick your cat up is important because you don't want to cause unnecessary pain to the already bruised and hurting parts of their body!

If your cat is already good about communicating with you on what he or she wants, chances are that you'll have no problem adjusting to the changes that you'll have to make throughout your pet's recovery process. Usually cats are back to their old self within one to two wees, but it is during this time that they need extra care, love, support, and protection for the whole ordeal!