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    r/AITAH • 6 days ago lisathevet AITA for Causing My Sister-in-Law to Have a Mental Breakdown After I Yelled at Her for Declawing a Cat?

    We won’t lie… if someone close to us ever declawed their cat, we might have yelled at them too, even if the cat healed better than the one in this story. It’s cruel, we would think that everyone knows that by now. 

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    Firstly, English is not my first language, so bear with me on this ♡. Also throw away because of privacy reasons So, I (32F) made my sister-in-law (28F) cry because I was too harsh about the fact that she put her cat in lifelong suffering for her comfort.

    But knowing that this person is a vet, and knowing that the reason the sister-in-law declaws the cat was just because she was just scratching some things, and the level of hurt and neglect the cat was experiencing… yeah, not wrong for yelling at her. We would have definitely done the same. 

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    I'm still angry and salty about it, so sorry for the harsh language. Two weeks ago, my husband's sister came back to town. She is your basic dumb blonde who thinks the whole world belongs to her. I only met her at my wedding seven years ago because she lived in a different country for a while.

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    A week ago, she came by my hospital (I'm a vet) and started talking about her cat. Based on what she told me, her cat had gained too much weight, didn't walk around, was too lazy, didn't bury her litter anymore, and had become more aggressive. She was a little worried and asked if I had any suggestions.

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    I obviously said to bring her cat to me so I could take a look and run some tests to make sure if she's just lazy or if there's some other problem. She was reluctant at first, saying how the cat was too heavy and too aggressive to put in the carrier, blah blah blah. But I stood my ground; I wasn't going to recommend anything without proper tests first. She eventually gave up on the excuses and made an appointment with me.

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    Now, three days ago I finally saw the cat, With one look, I could already tell the cat was in discomfort. I started asking basic questions about the cat as I put on gloves. I offered the cat a treat and slowly lifted her paw. It was declawed, but it was obvious that it had been done by a terrible and probably unlicensed vet. The paws had healed terribly, and the cat was in constant pain. Her condition was so heartbreaking that I had to swallow my tears as I felt a huge lump forming in my throat.

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    To explain it simply: when you declaw a cat, the procedure involves removing the bone that the claw grows from. If done correctly, the cat will feel pain after the procedure, lose some mobility, and might have behavioral changes. if done wrong, you risk lifelong suffering for the cat. They might get infections, long-term pain due to nerve damage, or improperly removed claws regrowing. Because of all that, declawing an animal is a highly unethical practice that no true vet would ever do.

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    many vets refuse to perform this abusive procedure, only a small number of vets or unlicensed

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    I cannot describe the absolute rage I felt after observing the cat. But I still calmly started. explaining that because she had taken her to a terrible vet to be declawed, the cat developed complications that will affect her for the rest of her life. She has basically been in constant pain and discomfort this whole time. I also said that her treatment would take a long time, and she immediately needed surgery to remove the bone spur and the regrown claws. So guess what? More discomfort for the k

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    And after I was done talking, guess what this dumb woman does? She starts crying, saying the cat was scratching her shoes, her bags, her furniture, and she didn't know what to do, blah blah blah.

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    And that did it. I mean, why the would you, as a grown adult, get a cat and then alter her to prevent her from behaving like a cat? That doesn't make sense. So after, what, the fifth vet tells you no to declawing her, you don't think,

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    Anyway, I lost it at that point and exploded. I said many mean things and basically shamed her for not having any decency. She started wailing and left the clinic, and by the evening, everyone was yelling at me for making her cry over a cat. Well, they got yelled at too, pretty harshly, and now five members of my husband's family won't talk to me. My husband keeps teasing me about how he married a wild animal. And since I tend to overreact sometimes, tell me: Am I the Ahole for yelling at her?

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    NatashOverWorld • 6d ago Good job OP. Awful people need to made uncomfortable. And you can tell that to her 'fans'. NTA and well done!

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    Apprehensive War9612 • 6d ago ΝΤΑ And I really hope you have plans to remove the cat from her care.

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    lisathevet OP • 6d ago Actively working on it kitty just went under the surgery so before I'm done helping her recover i will not let anyone take her as she is in really bad condition having infection and other complications. In all that time I'll keep trying to make her let me adopt her or i will contact friends that work in organizations for helping or protecting animals. I'll also look into the legal aspects of it all. overall there's no way she's taking that cat home. No matter how evil i so

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    anoanddrama • 6d ago Ntah. She did terrible thing to a poor kitty you were professional but i can understand loosing the patience on someone so irrational. i hope that's not your everyday practice tho and you don't just yell at people who bring you their pet that might discourage them to do so in future. Also please update me on kitty how is she feeling?

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    lisathevet OP • 6d ago No i don't yell at people at all actually. I keep my composure no matter what but in this case i was doing a personal favor and wasn't getting paid so they got both my professional and personal response. Kitty is not feeling well considering alll the terrible things that happened to her but i believe we are off to a good start i did the surgery already fixed the initial problems that were caused by the first surgery but recovery is hard and time consuming.

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    Beneficial_Test_5917 • 6d ago That poor cat. At least she didn't

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    • lisathevet OP 6d ago Exactly causing so much pain on poor animals to fit their lifestyle is just not something i can close my eyes on and say nothing.

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