Virtual Surgery Suite
White Bear Animal Hospital
Otter Lake Animal Care Center


Feline Front Declaw or Onychectomy

The surgical excision of a claw to eliminate damage due
to scratching or to remove a diseased claw.

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In preparation for the surgery the anesthetized cat is placed on its side with the foot to be declawed on the top (black arrow). A tourniquet is applied to temporarily slow bloodflow to the foot (red arrow). The hair on the foot is wetted with alcohol. The green arrow points to the endotracheal tube through which the anesthetic gas is delivered to the cat's lungs. The blue arrow indicates the tube which connects the endotracheal tube to the anesthetic machine.


White Bear Animal Hospital
1909 East County Road E
White Bear Lake, MN  55110
651-777-1393
 

Otter Lake Animal Care Center
6848 Otter Lake Road 
Hugo, MN 55038
651-426-8871



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