Standard post surgery story - antibiotics for 10 days - no running. I took Eddie to the vet, the vet confirmed what was going on so we scheduled surgery - no preliminary x-rays, which I thought may have been deemed 'necessary'. A dewclaw is the stump of an additional toe that roughly. The problem began when our local dog park was renovated with wood chips - running around in the loose chips, I'm assuming, rubbed the dew claw area and started to cause some pain.Īfter a couple Google searches and feeling the area it seemed pretty obvious what was happening. Sierra Animal Hospital strongly recommends that only indoor cats are declawed. It turned out to be far less nasty than it sounds because it never seemed to bother him or cause any irritation for the first 2 years of his life. In Eddie's situation the initial dew claw removal area had healed and the dew claws began to grow back under the skin. What Are Dewclaws Dewclaws are the toes on the inner edge of your pets paws. When she was little, she had dew claw removal surgery. Most pets recover very well following dewclaw. When removing dew claws you have to ensure the entire root of the nail has been cut off or the nail can grow back - unfortunately this is what happened in Eddie's case. Stella taught me about trust more than any other being that Ive ever encountered. Dewclaw removal surgery for dogs is a fairly simple procedure that is generally performed at 3-5 days of age (usually coinciding with tail docking procedure). Dewclaws are perhaps best known in dogs, and they are often removed in young puppies, though there is debate on whether this is necessary.'Įddie, had his dew claws removed when he was a pup - by the breeder - usually it is done when they are a few days old. It commonly grows high on the leg so that in digitigrade species, when the animal is standing, it does not make contact with the ground. Hemostasis is performed, and a bandage with antiseptic ointment is placed on. 'A dewclaw is a vestigial digit on the foot of many mammals, birds, and reptiles (including some extinct orders, like certain theropods). Either Burdizzo or Sharp dissection with a scalpel is used to remove the dewclaw. First - since I knew what they were but not what they were called,
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