The "The Weather Changes More Often than the Thread Title" Complaint Thread

Richard Haseltine

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out. 

I imagine she is thinking something along the lines of "traitor". Sadly cats don't listen to explanations (not that humans always do).

richardandtracy

I always try to give a detailed explanation to my cats. Never makes a blind bit of difference, but it makes me feel better about it. Ozzie had an intersusseption where 18"/45cm of his intestine telescoped inside itself and died. He had to be opened up and the bit cut out and the open ends stitched together. He was so frightened that afterwards when supposed to be quiet and resting, he did a wall of death round our study. But 12 years on, he's still fine. Regards, Richard.

Gordig

The English Don't Know Nothing About No Sanford and Son Complaint Thread.

SilverGirl

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out. 

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat? 

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

butterflyfish

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out. 

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat? 

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

I'm not sure. If she can get to the stitches, she might bite through the cloth. I could ask the vet what they think, though. The stitches on her side are near her left shoulder.

She finally came out from behind the litter box about an hour ago, and I got her pain meds in and fed her some treats and a squeeze-up treat. Plus her dry food is out now, although I'm not entirely sure she can reach it with a cone on. This is going to be interesting. I ordered her some elevated bowls that will get here tomorrow, so maybe that will help her get to the food.

SilverGirl

butterflyfish said:

SilverGirl said:

butterflyfish said:

We're back from the vet. Shasta did really well with the surgery. She has to wear a cone for two weeks until she goes back to get her stitches out. She hates the cone and already pulled it off in the car on the way home. We tied it on tighter when we got here, but it's going to be a battle. She's really upset now. She went and hid in the corner behind the litter box and won't come out. 

I hear small dog sweaters or infant onesies can do as well to keep them from licking what ought not to be licked. Would something like that work for your cat? 

(I realize the answer to this might be "heh, no, I don't want to die trying to get it on")

I remember we put a little kid shirt on the family dog after he had an issue (I think I was 12 or so at the time), and he seemed a lot happier than with the cone, but... dog.

I'm not sure. If she can get to the stitches, she might bite through the cloth. I could ask the vet what they think, though. The stitches on her side are near her left shoulder.

She finally came out from behind the litter box about an hour ago, and I got her pain meds in and fed her some treats and a squeeze-up treat. Plus her dry food is out now, although I'm not entirely sure she can reach it with a cone on. This is going to be interesting. I ordered her some elevated bowls that will get here tomorrow, so maybe that will help her get to the food.

If the shirt won't work, there are other non-plastic cone options... they make fabric cones, plus there are donut-collars that keep their mouths from being able to get back to the rest of their body, but aren't as much of a barrier to daily living like eating and navigating the house. Of course, still not going to like it, but maybe it would be a lesser evil? Lots of options on Amazon for either of those, and some of them are whimsical and cute.