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Hang in there!
Feeding tubes can have a lot of stresses and challenges. But it absolutely saved her life.
Instead of the cone, can you try a bandana or T-shirt wrap? She may still scratch but you’ll have put some material between her tube/stoma and her claws.
In the meantime, if she’s eating on her own again, see if you can get her back on a feeding rhythm that’s not using the tube. The more meals she takes by mouth, the less needed by tube. You may have to break her meals up into three or four of them. But that’s better for cats anyway.
Feeding tubes can have a lot of stresses and challenges. But it absolutely saved her life.
Instead of the cone, can you try a bandana or T-shirt wrap? She may still scratch but you’ll have put some material between her tube/stoma and her claws.
In the meantime, if she’s eating on her own again, see if you can get her back on a feeding rhythm that’s not using the tube. The more meals she takes by mouth, the less needed by tube. You may have to break her meals up into three or four of them. But that’s better for cats anyway.