Neck wound

[Harpydragon]

My dozy cat has been scrapping and ended up with an abscess on his neck. We have had him to the vets, he's been treated But the wound is on his neck kind of at the back but towards the side. He can't get to it with his tongue but he is scratching it constantly and so it is not healing. The wound is too low for a cone of shame, we have tried bandaging it, which stays on for a bit but he always manages to get it off.
I'm wondering if a tubular bandage would work, cut it long and put his legs through it?
If that's a really daft idea can you think of anything else?
Thank you oh wise ones!

Baby grow or vet suit.

He might murder you in your sleep though if it’s not his colour.

Had the same few months ago, got him the suit , disgusted, came in my bed during the night, no suit. Found it under spare bed.
Took weeks but what helped was an antiseptic powder, onAmazon, which dried it up. Now fully healed, only can tell because he is semi long haired and coat slightly thinner

Thank you, we got a suit. He is really not impressed and has been acting like a right drama queen in it. We also had to use a tubular bandage and the combination really works. He was still trying to scratch with the bandage on its own, but the suit has stopped that. He also has calmed right down and stopped screaming to be let out which is a bonus! Just one night had already made such a difference and allowed the area to start y drying out. He is still properly unimpressed!

Tell him he looks gorgeous in his suit. Very handsome!

and stopped screaming to be let out

Can you blame him? 😂 the body suit is far better than a cone of shame but it's going to do nothing for his street cred.

hopefully it will heal quickly now he's not scratching it 🙂

@SoupDragon that made me laugh 😊 He made a run for it last night, followed by a mad 10 minutes chasing him round the garden to get him back in. He's had to stop pretending that the suit restricts all his movements, his garden antics proved that 😂