Abby has the collar because she is BAD. I keep trying to trust her and take it off, but she is an over-zealous groomer. So she licks her front paws, then works her way up to her shoulder, down to her chest, works down to her tummy and starts licking the wound. BAD girl! She won't leave the incision alone once she starts licking it - she actually BIT it this afternoon!

I don't think she is licking it because it hurts or is infected... if that was the case, she'd go straight to licking the incision as soon as the cone coes off her head. Nooo... she sits and scratches her neck for a few minutes (the cone must be itchy) and then proceeds the whole grooming ritual and works her way down to the belly.

I'd like to remove the cone and trust her, but she's being BAD. She is starting to get a little mark on her chin from the cone (how fast does a cat get kitty acne? I'd swear that is what she's getting!)

She is acting completely normal and the only time she seems to be in any pain is when I clean it. I tried to take the cone off and wrap the incision with gauses -- that apparently was painful so I didn't do that and replaced the cone. I guess the pressure of the gauze hurt to much.