I started a thread about my cat who had pelvic surgery and was resting in a cage. She's doing ok, but was walking on three legs earlier so we took her to the vets as a precaution - they're not worried and she has a check up on Thursday. But I mentioned she had licked her scabs (from the accident, not surgery wound) and the vet gave her a soft e collar to stop her doing this. She really freaked out - wet herself and tried desperately to escape. When we took her home she couldn't see, couldn't get around her cage and couldn't drink - she then tried to get in her bed, messed up and fell out heavily onto her hip/leg (which she just had repaired). It was so awful that we took it off so she would calm down and not do any damage to her leg. Is that ok? Does anyone have any experience of this? So worried about my girl!