Superior post-surgical feline & canine appliance. (Or: Dump the cone!)

Step 6 Finished products.

Only 3 more days to go and then the stitches come out; no more cones or jackets.

Hope this helps someone else's pets avoid some suffering.

Comments

[jon.buford]

 I did this in about five minutes after seeing the first couple of steps. 

My changes that I made to this were to use the bottom seam on the t-shirt that is finished as the back end edge. Since this is the one they are likely to be able to access directly, having it cleanly finished is probably better. 

I just cut slits into the material rather than actually making holes. It is for a cat, so larger beasts may need holes. 

Thanks for this great idea, Scooter is much much happier now without the collar, and it will be a lot easier to make sure she is well fed and rested now. She is happy to finally be able to groom herself after three days of the dreaded collar.

[OGKush]

A substitution of velcro on the spine seam would be neat...and tidy!

[Naomi2969]

I thank you so much for this. My dog Winnie (English Springer Spaniel/Basset Hound mix) is being spayed tomorrow. Winnie would not be happy wearing a cone and actually I believe it would slow down her recovery! While she is at the "spa", I am playing to make some of these jackets for her. Thank goodness she is black and white, so she matches everything!! Thank YOU so much for your ingenuity.

[kukoknox]

Wonderful idea! Our boy Louie had stitches on his neck and hated hated the collar! So we got a sports sock and cut away the toe so it was open ended and placed it gently over the stitches! It worked wonders and was actually the vets idea! Hope they are doing well!!

[trudi_1974]

What a fantastic idea! You should consider getting your design patented and start approaching vet clinics with your invention. This is very clever, easy, logical and practical. Well done!

[Smalfrii]

how do the pee?

[Knuten]

Thanks for all the comments! Here's some more info for you: Yes, they could pee & poop just fine; see the last picture and you can see that their tail and rump are quite open -- the kitties used thir box normally and the cloth never got soiled. Also, yes the vet gave some meds for the kitties for pain when they came home.

[alesha]

Too adorable! I will use this in the future thanks!

[ItsTheHobbs]

neat!