We and our pets know those Elizabethan or lampshade collars are the pits. Here’s a handy do-it-yourself alternative for protecting an incision or wound site on your pet’s torso from Instructables. You’ll find good instructions for making a body sock or “cat jacket” out of an old t-shirt.
This could also be used on dogs, rabbits, ferrets, etc. It might not be enough to stop an obsessive pet from messing with their stitches, but I think it would work with a lot of pets. A side benefit could be that wearing this body sock might help curtail their activity, which is another post-surgery need. Try it out!
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Wow! what a great idea. We recently went thru a few weeks of agony with my poor dachshund stuck in one of those collars. He hated it; so we hated it too. This looks like a much better alternative. I guess you have to take it off for them to pee, tho. Or else cut it a little differently.
I recently tried it on my poor kitty who had gotten sick and the only way to save her life was to spay her. she seemed so miserable with the Elizabethan collar however she was too sore and cried very hard and bit at me till I took it off I will try again in a few days when the ouchieness is gone.