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Any cat people have advice on how to feed a cat wearing a cone? Poor Tommy had a bleedy toe and he's not allowed to lick it for three days.
He's currently walking into things and complaining, and looking sad.
A small plate raised up slightly should help cone-cat eat. You could also try hand feeding him (disposable gloves, for food safety and because cat food is gross).
If possible, try and find a plate and something to place it on that is smaller than the diameter of his cone, so he can get to it. May not even need to raise it, just use a small, flat plate. But raising it up will help if he's cone is large, he might not be able to reach it.
Edit: you could also try something entirely different, such as a sock repurposed to fit his leg, so he can't lick it, but wouldn't need the cone. You could try securing it with a scrunchy. You could also attach the repurposed sock to a body suit (I made one out of the leg of my old leggings), sew the sock onto one of the holes for his leg, and that way no cone, and less likely to come off.
You could also try vet wrap bandages, instead of a sock, it isn't adhesive to fur, just itself, and you could again secure it with a scrunchy.
I keep editing because now I'm going full mcgyver on this haha
Thanks! I will try a raised plate first because yes, cat food is gross and I'd just as soon not deal with hand feeding. But if we have to we have to.
I just made an edit as well. But yeah, I reckon a plate raised up would really help, moreso than hand feeding. Cats like to feel independent haha
Thanks for the sock idea! I'll see how he goes tonight with the cone. Apparently they adjust reasonably fast? He's looking less drunk anyway.
Mr Sad Cat:
My heart breaks for sad conecat π he looks so defeated
Poor fluffy butt.
Naw big baby, hell feel better soon! ππ
Aww, poor sad boy
If you get some coban tape (stretchy adhesive manage stuff) could you cover the paw so he can have some cone free time to eat? And some of those dine squeezy treats could work as a supplemental thing, you don't want him to go off his food. You can also get a soft collar that can squish up when he bumps into things.
Thanks! I'll look into coban tape. Squeezy treats have already been administered!
Apparently because it's his front paw, a soft collar will be too easy for him to get around. But it's only a couple of days, and he's already happier.
Poor Tommy :(
Edit: I had the suggestion of a neck donut but since itβs his front paw and cats are stretchyβ¦ probably not
The bandage idea is a good one but they have it off fast. A baby sock over that might mean the bandage lasts .5 seconds longer.
Maybe he can take his cone off for 5 minutes for a supervised meal and it goes right back on before he can attend to his toe!