Desexed cat won't wear collar or onesie

[edwardscissorpaws]

She is not messing with her wound. Any suggestions? Thank you!

When my cats were done the collars lasted about two hours. They were fine.
I future though get a soft collar off Amazon. They tolerate it a lot more than the stiff plastic ones.

Desexed? You mean neutered/spayed? Desexed is not possible.

She is a girl. Thank you for your helpful comment!

Thank you so much - I have a plastic collar, and 2 soft collars. She won't wear any of them! And I have a onesie that she wont wear. She's not messing with the wound so I'm just monitoring her.

None of mine tolerated collars after being neutered. So long as she's leaving the wound alone (and any other pets are also leaving it alone) she'll be fine

Mine wriggled out of the onesie within 24 hours and got the cone off too so after a couple of days I just kept an eye on the wound for signs of infection. She was fine and healed well. They are clever!

De-sexing is the wrong expression. it doesn’t now make it a Non-Binary cat. 🤣🤣🤣

It’s called spaying for a female and neutering for a male cat.

One of my fosters got her collar off 3 times on the way back from the vet.

She ignored her stitches & was fine.

Her sister, on the other hand, went straight for her stitches as soon as I tried taking her collar off & had to have it straight back on again. If your girl’s ignoring her wound it sounds as if she should be ok.

We used a man’s sock but a hole in the toe for her head, holes for the front legs and then the cuff kept it snug at the end of her torso before her back legs. Wasn’t bothered by it at all.

Our vet doesn’t bother with collars or vests for spaying. She says they are fine without. I think that’s becoming more common nowadays. It’s called spaying for girl cats, by the way. I only say because people might be confused.

Very often used in the US to describe neutering not wrong just different to UK.

I was trying not to be rude to the poster that called me out on that - but that is the terminology used in Asia too. All good and no worries!

You're wrong. Male cats are castrated. Neutering is an overall term for either spaying or castration.

Just keep an eye on her OP. Cat's are very intolerant of collars/bodysuits and most leave their wounds alone.

Yeah both of mine got the collar off within minutes.

as long as they’re not messing with the wound it’ll be fine

It's not rude. This is a British site and it's neutered or spayed here, per PPs. You could have simply explained you're foreign, not "call me out" 🤣

Mine were more at risk of hurting themselves with the collar in than without it. I took them off and they were fine.

I am British and I live in Asia. I disagree with you about it being incorrect terminology. Thank you all for your responses. My cat is not scratching at the wound so we are monitoring her with the collar off.

Surely the terminology’s irrelevant here anyway?

Great that she’s not messing with it, OP. When I had cats who were recovering & needed to be kept quiet, I often put Cat TV on YouTube on for them - some of them would sit & just watch, some tried to catch the birds & squirrels 😸

If she's not messing with the wound she will probably be fine - just keep a watch on her in case she does start licking or biting.

Mine never wore them, they're more uncomfortable than the wound itself! If your cat does over-lick the wound then I'd say to get a fabric collar instead as it will be easier to wear.