Just wanted to add.....I tried my best with the little bit of time I had to educate this girl and hopefully make her reconsider long enough for me to fully educate her but she wasn't going to listen and things were moving along quickly. On top of that, I didn't want to make a huge scene and tick off the vet's office by causing them to lose business and then have them tell me to go find a different clinic because of interfering with their business! This is the only clinic in a fairly large town that offers laser surgery and nerve blocks so if they had gotten mad at me and told me to take a flying leap, it would have kept me from getting the best care and surgery for MIL's kitty. I also LOVE my vet at this clinic and would not have to find a new one.....I trust her and she genuinely cares about her patients.

As far as mentioning to this girl that she'll have to make sure this kitty always stays indoors now....I didn't even think of that. I guess I just assumed that people declawing a pet would KNOW this but that was a poor assumption to make. I am going to write her a note and ask the vet clinic to give it to her and let her know that if she is ever in a position where she cannot financially afford to care for her kitty and needs to get him a new home to call me and I'll take him. I probably wouldn't keep him but I'd re-home him myself to make sure he gets a really good one!