My poor 8 month old kitten had to have his abdomen opened up to remove an undescended testicle. He' been sent home with a plastic cone of shame which he has to wear for a week 🙁. My female was spayed a few months earlier and didn't need one, but vet said that my boy was licking the wound too much which can lead to a potentially fatal infection due to the bacteria in his mouth.
The cone is awful. It prevents him from licking the wound, but it also prevents him from doing lots of other things, like eating and drinking easily, licking any part of his body including paws, face and bum, scratching, playing, curling up to sleep etc, and he keeps bumping into everything. I can't believe that vets still give these things out. I don't know whether I can keep it on him for much longer so I've ordered him a cat onesie. He probably won't like that either, but I thought at least it will keep the wound covered and allow him to move more freely.
Does anyone else have experience with anything like this? Is a onesie a good substitute for a cone or did your cat hate it or manage get out of it? Has anyone made their cat wear a cone for a long period of time and found that they got used to it?