@isquidly That’s odd. the shelter I got my cat from had spaying as part of my commitment, and they went through the Army vet clinic on base. De-clawing as an additional option was made easier to obtain if you had both done at the same time and you got a discount.
I didn’t think about it at the time, @gailcalled. Up until then, de-clawing was academic, as I never had a cat before. It was something I heard about but never gave much thought. She was in some pain when she came home. I put her in her little fooffy cottage I had bought and let her stay on my bed. I asked the dr for some pain meds and he said best not, that she’d maybe tear open her stitches if she moved around much. She forgave me, but I’ve thought to myself since then that if I ever got another cat, I’d not have her claws taken out.