How To Humiliate Your Cat
7:18 AM
No, this post is not really about how to torture your cat. Well, at least it's not about how to torture them for no reason. See, we had one of our cats fixed on Wednesday. She is a complete indoor cat, so just the ride to the vet plus waking up with part of her insides missing kind of freaked her out anyway. When we went to pick Izzy up, the vet did not mention having a cone. In fact, a cat that we had fixed in the past was sent home with one, but ended up never needing it. So, I thought nothing of taking Izzy home without one.
Unfortunately, when we arrived home, it became apparent that we were going to have to do something, because she began biting at her stitches like they were fish flavored snacks. Since we live about an hour from the vet round trip and they were already closed, we had to try an make our own Elizabethan collar for her. Below you will some of our first attempts. One was too small and she could simply reach over to resume biting, one was wide enough mostly, but she found she could proper her butt up on something and still reach the stitches, the black one was too skinny and she wouldn't have been able to eat or drink in it.
Finally, we came up with a winner. We stapled two styrofoam bowls together to make them more sturdy, cut hole in the bottom for her head and taped around the edges so they wouldn't hurt her neck. She is clearly oh so happy with us, as you can see from the picture. I don't care though, I would rather her be wearing a rather ugly cone collar, then be hurting herself.
Did you cat need a cone when they were fixed?
26 comments
my dog had to wear them and he hated it.
ReplyDeleteOh no. Poor kitty!
ReplyDeletePoor thing :(
ReplyDeleteAww, poor thing!
ReplyDeleteAw, my cat would have gone crazy in one of these. He was fixed when we got him so we didn't have to deal with this.
ReplyDeletePoor cate!
ReplyDelete(but I think your collar is pretty clever!)
*cat*
ReplyDeleteAwww, I feel so mean laughing but it's too cute not to giggle. I hope she is healing up from her stitches.
ReplyDeleteThe title is TOO funny!
ReplyDeleteAww, poor kitty!
ReplyDeleteNot a cat but our dog did. You're so resourceful :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would have thought of that!
ReplyDeletePoor kitty! Fortunately our kitty came from the shelter already neutered.
ReplyDeleteOh poor thing! I haven't had to get a cat fixed, but I think you did the right thing making the cone since she was going to pull her stitches out. :(
ReplyDeleteMy dog had to wear something like this after surgery. She HATED it!
ReplyDeleteShe is plotting her feline vengeance upon you. Be careful :P
ReplyDeletePoor kitty! I think they remember things like this, and will definitely give you some 'tude about it later on! haha
ReplyDeleteAhhh yes. Our cats give us serious attitude over things like this when we are just trying to help them.
ReplyDeleteawwww poor baby. When we had our cat fixed he didn't do what your cat did so no he didn't need a collar. But glad u found something to help her
ReplyDeleteAwwwww. Poor things, glad you could figure out something.
ReplyDeleteHoping for a speedy recovery!
ReplyDeleteMy husbands dog had to wear that. Poor kitty.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I did laugh at your title. Hope the kitty gets better quick!
ReplyDeleteWe just got our kitten fixed and we didn't need need a cone. He healed quickly though.
ReplyDeleteOur old cat (who now lives with my parents) was fine after getting fixed, however my parents' dog was an absolute nightmare after she was spayed and had to return to the vet!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a cat, but had to do this to a dog we had years ago.
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