How do you like Brown Veterinary? I am not sure about them. I took my cat there to get her nails trimmed an they told me that she had an infection in her feet. Instead of giving her an antibiotic they suggested that I get her declawed.

Dr. Brown has come to my house personally (along with Greg Reilly) to treat my 3 cats since I'm disabled and unable to catch them to get them into their carriers. They've always been very gentle, thorough and knowledgeable. I can't believe any veterinarian would recommend declawing unless the infection had eaten away the bone. I'd have asked lots of questions.

Rebecca, you should get a 2nd opinion from another vet - not come on the Internet and ask strangers who have no expertise in your cats health. As Brian suggested - it sounds like there is more to this - than you understood. Ask questions while you are there - don't leave the vet's office confused. You have a right to ask about your pets health and procedures. The vet doesn't expect you are an expert and will understand immediately. Maybe there was some aspect to the infection that meant your cat would lose its paws after an amount of time of untreated infection. Maybe your vet was just suggesting that it would be very easy to declaw the cat at the same time of treating the infection - not that the cat needed the declawing but recommending it if your cat might have a problem with too much scratching (maybe you said something like that to the vet - or maybe the vet assumed scratching was a problem). I'm not sure I've heard of too many cat owners taking their cat in just for a nail trim.

Seems like they would work on getting the infection straightened out first. My cat cost 300.00 to get him declawed (front paws) the doctor stated it was considered an amputation. I'm not comfortable. To many doctors.