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Pepi has damaged the tip of his tail today - not a clue how! But he has @ 1 inch cut that has had to be stitched.
The Vet said that if he tried to lick it, he would have to wear a Cone to stop him, or he'd tear the stitches out
So, I've just put it on my normally timid cat after he started to lick.
He paniced. As in wet himself paniced
I've had to remove it, I can't be that cruel. But how else do I stop him licking?
Any suggestions please?
The Vet said that if he tried to lick it, he would have to wear a Cone to stop him, or he'd tear the stitches out
So, I've just put it on my normally timid cat after he started to lick.
He paniced. As in wet himself paniced
I've had to remove it, I can't be that cruel. But how else do I stop him licking?
Any suggestions please?
you are right Bex, I was kinda hoping there was another way, that this was just the cheap option!Where did you get it from please J?
Traumatic night I was up at 5am yesterday, so carried him to bed just after my last post! Exhausted! With the cone on.
He sat on the bed & cried. Bast hissed, spat & shouted at us both, attacking my feet when I started to doze, until I got fed up & shut her out of the room at 2ish. Pepi & I snuggled up with my hand under him.
I woke to a wet hand and crying Pepi about 2:15 - he'd wet the bed, not even tried to move, he got pillows, duvet, duvet topper (thank heavens!) and a bit of mattress '
After I stripped the bed, soaked up the wet mattress as best I cpuld & soaked it in the odour eliminator! I went to bed in the spare room, Pepi was under the bed and slept!
4ish I was woken again, this time by him landing on the bed, how he got up there I dont know - the cone was open & bandage round his neck & foreleg, and that bed is at least twice the height of a normal bed (it's antique). He crawled under the duvet, I removed the cone & he has been hiding at the bottom of the bed under the duvet since, with that scared purr they do he hasn't washed himself (at all yet).
He won't even come out from under the duvet for Tuna!
Googling other options there are inflateable & soft ones & ones that go the other way round but I can only find USA links
One woman improvised with a stuffed sock!
I'm worried he'll get caught again, friends cat nearly died doing that (caught leg in his collar during the working day)
Traumatic night
I was up at 5am yesterday, so carried him to bed just after my last post! Exhausted! With the cone on.He sat on the bed & cried. Bast hissed, spat & shouted at us both, attacking my feet when I started to doze, until I got fed up & shut her out of the room at 2ish. Pepi & I snuggled up with my hand under him.
I woke to a wet hand and crying Pepi about 2:15 - he'd wet the bed, not even tried to move
, he got pillows, duvet, duvet topper (thank heavens!) and a bit of mattress 'After I stripped the bed, soaked up the wet mattress as best I cpuld & soaked it in the odour eliminator! I went to bed in the spare room, Pepi was under the bed and slept!
4ish I was woken again, this time by him landing on the bed, how he got up there I dont know - the cone was open & bandage round his neck & foreleg, and that bed is at least twice the height of a normal bed (it's antique). He crawled under the duvet, I removed the cone & he has been hiding at the bottom of the bed under the duvet since, with that scared purr they do
he hasn't washed himself (at all yet).He won't even come out from under the duvet for Tuna!
Googling other options there are inflateable & soft ones & ones that go the other way round but I can only find USA links
One woman improvised with a stuffed sock!
I'm worried he'll get caught again, friends cat nearly died doing that (caught leg in his collar during the working day)
VinceFox said:
Pics?
Of his tail? lolThat looks like Simba at the moment!
DSC00115 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
Pepi is on the left, Little Miss Noisy aka Bast (appropriately lengthened to bsatard last night) is on the right
bexVN said:
Oh hell, that is not good , there are other collar styles around it may be worth phoning your vets to see if they have alternatives or can order one in for you but they won't be able to get one straight away. You may have to get the tail bandaged after all. It'll just be important that they keep it light and not too tight.
Take the collar off for now let him recover but you'll just have to be very vigilant.
No Becks , there are other collar styles around it may be worth phoning your vets to see if they have alternatives or can order one in for you but they won't be able to get one straight away. You may have to get the tail bandaged after all. It'll just be important that they keep it light and not too tight.Take the collar off for now let him recover but you'll just have to be very vigilant.
It's off; she is locked in the study, he has finally come downstairs & eaten and is having a wash
He appears to be carefully licking around the wound.He's purring and back to loving me again
hew: See how long that lasts when I put the cone back on later as I have to go out Ring the Vet today? It's not an emergency!
Thevet said:
If you want a soft collar and can't get one from your vet, pm me and I'll send you one in the post, as every day goes by without complications, the less you'll need a collar, but until the tail is fully healed, it's possible that your cat could chew/damage the unhealed part.
Thank youI've found them on Amazon, so have ordered one - should be here tomorrow! (if they do what they say on the tin
)hahahahaha I've been looking at those this morning too!
Unfortunately, they won't fit & are a bit too heavy for the tail tip.
For now... I have loosely (but so it sticks) put Micropore tape on the fur about a cm either side of the shave. Then an eye patch from an eye bandage, covered in Micropore and 'joined' the whole thing together with Micropore, again, not tightly just so that there is a loose light covering stopping him from getting at the stiches.
He is running around the house like there is nothing wrong with him, and just came for a cuddle
Bast is still being a hateful b
h - hissing and spitting at him, but he doesn't seem quite as worried about that now & nor is he depressed and scared
I've been looking at those this morning too!Unfortunately, they won't fit & are a bit too heavy for the tail tip.
For now... I have loosely (but so it sticks) put Micropore tape on the fur about a cm either side of the shave. Then an eye patch from an eye bandage, covered in Micropore and 'joined' the whole thing together with Micropore, again, not tightly just so that there is a loose light covering stopping him from getting at the stiches.
He is running around the house like there is nothing wrong with him, and just came for a cuddle
Bast is still being a hateful b
h - hissing and spitting at him, but he doesn't seem quite as worried about that now & nor is he depressed and scared 
I think we all might have missed a moment of comedy gold, right there! Heheheh! CTFU!Thank you, it occured to me but as he can get to the tip of his tail with it on, thought better of it!
We had a check up with the Vet today - he is doing well, stitches can come out next Thursday.
The damaged tail
003 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
The cone of shame
001 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
New, happier Pepi - this is an amazing device - worth every penny!! He'd kinda CTFU and got used to the cone of shame, but had to be carried up/down stairs and was really very unhappy in it. In this one he jumps, bounces, eats & sleeps happily!
009 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
We had a check up with the Vet today - he is doing well, stitches can come out next Thursday.
The damaged tail
003 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
The cone of shame
001 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
New, happier Pepi - this is an amazing device - worth every penny!! He'd kinda CTFU and got used to the cone of shame, but had to be carried up/down stairs and was really very unhappy in it. In this one he jumps, bounces, eats & sleeps happily!
009 by ali_kat_xx, on Flickr
Thanks Becks, it's in an awkward place to photograph!
Sorry Steve I'm lucky in that 'our' Vets do their own out of hours I guess; I got him to the surgery just before they closed, but the work was done out of hours - thank heavens for M&S Insurance as the bill so far is £310!
The inflatable collar is a Kong Cloud BTW, in small. It attaches to the cat's collar & velcro's up.
It really is well worth having one as a 'just in case' because of the difference it makes - Bast has stopped hising at him since it went on too!
Sorry Steve
I'm lucky in that 'our' Vets do their own out of hours I guess; I got him to the surgery just before they closed, but the work was done out of hours - thank heavens for M&S Insurance as the bill so far is £310! The inflatable collar is a Kong Cloud BTW, in small. It attaches to the cat's collar & velcro's up.
It really is well worth having one as a 'just in case' because of the difference it makes - Bast has stopped hising at him since it went on too!
Unfortunately not Becky
Indeed you may post anywhere you wish Paul, but when your only posts in however many months it has been since you last bothered with PH is in here, and a thread I posted to over a month ago; I think stalking is the appropriate word to use...
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Indeed you may post anywhere you wish Paul, but when your only posts in however many months it has been since you last bothered with PH is in here, and a thread I posted to over a month ago; I think stalking is the appropriate word to use...
Everyone else - Apologies for the slight irritation in your reading, move along please, nothing to see here
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