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Cat Forum / General Topics / October 2003Sebastian's polydactyl feet
I finally got some pictures of the undersides of Sebastian's feet, and I'd like thoughts and comments on the strangely deformed claw on his front paws. I've read most of what Google turns up on polydactyl cats, but I haven't found anything quite like this. The claws are not anchored to anything, but they are beginning to curl around close enough to his feet that I'm wondering if I should clip them, take him to the vet for clipping, or just leave them alone. The one not shown is longer than the one in hte picture. <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/sebo.1.html> I need to get a good portrait of him for the page, but he really doesn't cooperate at picture time - he was sleeping on a shelf head to head with Fleagor when I took the ones of his paws. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. >The claws are not >anchored to anything, but they are beginning to curl around close >enough to his feet that I'm wondering if I should clip them, take him >to the vet for clipping, or just leave them alone. If he can wear them down by walking, then he's okay. If it does start to grow in a circle, it may need to be clipped. As he's over a year old and they haven't bothered him yet, he may be okay. >>The claws are not >>anchored to anything, but they are beginning to curl around close [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >in a circle, it may need to be clipped. As he's over a year old and they >haven't bothered him yet, he may be okay. He's one of the unknowns - he was an intact adult stray when I took him in - he was probably at least a year old when I got him, but the claws are not being worn down and they are growing slowly. Since they aern't anchored to anything solid, they might not penetrate even if they do grow around. I guess I'll just keep an eye on them. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. The > claws are not anchored to anything, but they are beginning to curl > around close enough to his feet that I'm wondering if I should clip > them, take him to the vet for clipping, or just leave them alone. > The one not shown is longer than the one in hte picture. > > <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/sebo.1.html> First, Sebo is a beautiful cat! I am partial to black cats. Second, I do think that claw looks like it could be trouble because it looks like the curl is pointing inward and I'd imagine that it is piercing his paw pad when he walks. Can you clip his claws easily? I know you have tons of cats, but has a vet seen it? How unusual! I've never seem a claw/pad growing like that...I would just keep it clipped. It looks like it may become ingrown if you don't, or he could snag it. The vet could remove it pretty easily (he removed this weird pseudo-toe with claw off of Yoda because it was impossible to clip and kept getting ingrown). But if you can keep it clipped for him, I think that's what I would do. He's a very handsome boy. Sherry >How unusual! I've never seem a claw/pad growing like that...I would just keep >it clipped. It looks like it may become ingrown if you don't, or he could snag [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >But if you can keep it clipped for him, I think that's what I would do. >He's a very handsome boy. He's not so handsome right now - he's got partially healed wounds all over him from fighting with Mooch (see "Visitors night" message). He's very selective in which cats he fights with: he is meerly assertive with the other resident cats (this gets him nothing where Fleagor is concerned - Fleagor neither fights nor yields) and the neighbor's cat (Mickey), and most transient cats just get a threat display, but about once a week he attacks Mooch. Mooch keeps coming back though, I think the food I give him is about all he gets to eat. Now, Mooch is a really handsome black cat - more so than either Sebastian or Mudpie. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. >The >> claws are not anchored to anything, but they are beginning to curl [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >his paw pad when he walks. Can you clip his claws easily? I know you >have tons of cats, but has a vet seen it? I had his feet examined when I had him neutered, but the claws were ver small and the vet may have missed them - he certainly didn't count them as toes. I don't think they are hitting the ground, but if not, it's pretty close. And no, I can't clip his claws easily - he's strong and puts up quite the struggle. In fact, I haven't managed to get all of the front ones clipped at the same time. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. Hello! I have a cat with feet exactly like Sebastian! My Floyd has 21 working toes and two extra claws. I keep them clipped and he's had no problems for over five years. Good luck with your new boy - Floyd's Mom >Hello! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Good luck with your new boy - Sebastian is not a new one: he's been living with me for over a year now. There are a couple of new ones, but I didn't mention them: Tigger and Andrew (<http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/tigger/tigger.andrew.cat_bed.1.jpg>). Tigger has been there a couple of weeks longer and has his own page (<http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/tigger/>), but I am waiting until Andrew's brother comes out of hiding, or I give up on him and decide he ran away one of those nights when some cat removed the blocking plate from the cat flap to build a page for either Andrew or him and his brother. I've not been even 50% successful in getting cats to stay when they had been living no more than a few miles away - I'm not going to take any more from within ten miles by road of where I live. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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