NO cone No shame just use your noodle

Here is a tip that could save you the “cone-charge” from your vet bill. These cones were obviously designed for long-nosed dogs!

- Cathy Scarbrough

Having surgery is traumatic enough for a cat, but to be subjected to the additional obstacle of heavy headgear afterward for weeks adds even more misery. One of my cats required a medical procedure where he was not allowed to lick the surgical site, so the veterinary clinic sent him home with the obligatory ugly plastic “cone of shame” around his neck tied professionally with surgical gauze.