Xandria did very well at the hospital; her surgery was untroubled.
When she came home, she was of course wearing a little cone, to prevent her from licking her incision. I usually take a cone off a cat, and then see if she will bother with the wound. I did this with Xan, placing her cone on an upper shelf of a bookcase. I watched her for an hour and she was more sleepy than annoyed. I fed her a small portion of food and went about my business. Later, I came back to find this.
She had put her own cone back on.
How? I can only speculate. An end-table was tipped over, so I think she saw the cone on the bookshelf and, for some reason, wanted to investigate it. She probably jumped from the table - that action in her condition causes me to wince - onto the bookshelf, where she knocked the cone to the floor. There, she stuck her head in it to smell and - voila.
Silly cat.
Anyway, she went the night without a cone and her incision looks no different than when she came home. She has eaten, used the litter-box and is too active for my liking. I think she will be fine without the cone. If she will keep from putting it on.
Well, that's pretty impressive. Cats always seem to have unexpected talents.
ReplyDeleteshe izza pritty little girl
ReplyDeleteIf I didn't know better, I would think this is a joke. Xandria certainly does have interesting talents! 🤣
ReplyDeleteNope, no joke. I had to think twice when I saw Xandria with the cone as to whether I had removed it or not. The up-ended table - which of course hit her water dish, spilling the contents - was an added touch of hers.
DeleteI think this is the first time I've ever heard of a cat putting a cone on...Usually they want to take it off.
ReplyDeleteSilly girl! Most cats try to get their cone off, but not Xandria. Quite an impressive talent though.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I saw this on FB earlier today, and can only think, 'don't that beat all!'
ReplyDeleteShe managed to get it on by herself that's cool usually don't animals try to escape the dreaded cone
ReplyDeleteThat is too funny.
ReplyDeleteFunny girl! I recall bringing the cats home from the vets and telling thm, they could not jump or climb...they rarely listened. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm quite impressed with the reconing too!
ReplyDeleteShe must have been paying more attention to the doctor's orders then you were. He said to leave the cone on. I'm so glad she's doing good and this is funny.
ReplyDeleteThat beats anything I have ever seen! Look at the precious little face and the little cone! Oh what a sweetie.
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