Bit of a long one, sorry.
Our cat has recently had surgery on her paw to remove a toe. This stemmed from getting a small scratch on the pad which got infected, then licked to buggery, then more infected and eventually, after a long period of antibiotics barely touched the side, they decided amputation was the best solution.
However she will not leave it alone to heal. First bandage got flicked off within 4 hours, the second bandage (applied by a very £££ out of hours vet) lasted overnight before being discarded before breakfast. The vet suggested any further bandages would be dealt with in the same way so has left it be. I’ve just come into the living room to find her contorted around and CHEWING on the stitches, all the while wearing a cone!
Short of sitting next to her for the next X days and watching her like a hawk, are there any other options to stop this self-sabotage? I presume they don’t do extra long cones because it might interfere with drinking.