Poor little Cone Head!

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Random title- I woke up in a silly mood!

My female cat was spayed a week ago (last Saturday). She's been wearing one of those cones around her head.

DH had to cut it off last night, as she somehow got her leg stuck through the tie that kept it on her head!

So now she has no cone on. It can't be retied or fixed.

Will she be ok? She has her stitches out on Wednesday. The wound has healed beautifully. She's made a fantastic recovery ( being the usual PITA within 24hrs).

How much of a risk am I taking letting her be without it?

On a side note, two of them have started fighting. I've read conflicting advice on the net about intervening/not intervening.

We've just moved, which is probably why they're fighting.

TLDR: um...help?

Oh, Dennis (the one who has been spayed) is 7, if that makes any difference? Willing to accept the "why didn't you spay before?" And the flaming. There was a reason (bit of a stupid one). We got Dennis as a companion for Arnie, when they were both about 3 months old. (Both came from hellish former homes). We got Arnie spayed- but too late. Dennis had already been caught.

The three kittens (one of which we still have) were spayed at the earliest opportunity. Dumbledore (f) and Snape (m) were fine: Magonugal didn't survive the operation. Selfishly, I put my own fear of Dennis not surviving before anything else. In my defence, I was 6 months pregnant at the time, and emotional. Because she was a house cat, it didn't seem overly important. Now we've moved, however, she has the opportunity to go out if she'd like to.

I'd keep them apart if they fight. She should be healing by now.

Is she messing with the wound?.

You could try an inflatable 'buster collar' instead.

If she starts messing with the wound (scratching/licking too much) I’d get her back to the vets for a new cone. Ours said it had to stay on (apart from brief supervised periods of respite, and only if we could tackle getting it back on again!) until the stitches came out.

If they’re fighting the may be stressed from the move. Feliway tends to work well - always did with my old sensitive girl.

She will be fine. Leave the cone thing off now. The wound will be healed by this time.
When I had mine spayed I didn't even bother with the cone thing and she was fine.

My dog had his bits done last week and the vet advised a baby vest rather than a collar as he would tolerate it better and they still
Can't get to the wound.

She's not trying to lick it at all!

Re: the fighting, I've read that the hierarchy (sp?) can get fucked up with a house move. In the old flat, Arnie was around first, then Dennis, then Dumbledore the kitten. So logic tels me that Arnie would probably have been The Boss. (Crap choice of leader- he's more like a mix between a toddler and a dog!). Now we've moved, maybe Dennis is trying to "claim" his spot as boss?

I'm a massive overthinker! 😃

Leave the cone off. We don't use cones for spays at all. Obviously keep an eye on the wound but it should be fine.