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Hi everyone,
I‘m a new cat mom of a 7 month old classic tabby, Mishka. I’ve had her just over a month and she just got spayed last Friday. She had a laser spay and internal stitches so there are no exposed threads to chew on.... however the vet requires her to wear a cone for 10 days.
First night, she takes the soft cone off within 10 minutes of being home from the vet. I drove back to the vet and picked up a hard plastic cone. She takes that one off in the middle of the night. Next day, I drove to the pet store and picked up a Velcro cone and a donut. Takes both off in minutes, but I try the Velcro cone overnight and she kept it on. She seems so depressed and miserable in a cone, so I bought her a onesie/cat recovery suit. She somehow wiggles out of that in the middle of the night too! I’m at my wits end.
She is smart and sneaky about licking her incision. She only does it when we look away for a minute. I’m supervising her as much as possible, but she wiggles out of everything.
What else can I do?? Thanks!
I‘m a new cat mom of a 7 month old classic tabby, Mishka. I’ve had her just over a month and she just got spayed last Friday. She had a laser spay and internal stitches so there are no exposed threads to chew on.... however the vet requires her to wear a cone for 10 days.
First night, she takes the soft cone off within 10 minutes of being home from the vet. I drove back to the vet and picked up a hard plastic cone. She takes that one off in the middle of the night. Next day, I drove to the pet store and picked up a Velcro cone and a donut. Takes both off in minutes, but I try the Velcro cone overnight and she kept it on. She seems so depressed and miserable in a cone, so I bought her a onesie/cat recovery suit. She somehow wiggles out of that in the middle of the night too! I’m at my wits end.
She is smart and sneaky about licking her incision. She only does it when we look away for a minute. I’m supervising her as much as possible, but she wiggles out of everything.
What else can I do?? Thanks!