Indigo had a patch of spots at the side of her face a while back. The spots she got elsewhere at the same time have cleared up, but this patch is obviously in prime itching territory, and Indigo KEEPS scratching off the scab and making her head bleed. She's making the wound worse and worse as she goes- as you can see above it's looking rather sore. I'm worried it will get infected, and she'll end up back on the antibiotics- again.
So I bought this.
I did think that I would get her a Buster Collar- one of those clear plastic ones. So I had a search online and found this... from comfycollars.co.uk. It's an inflatable, adjustable collar which does the same job as a Buster, but is apparently less traumatic for the animal. I remember when my girls were neutered, they had the greatest trouble getting to their food bowls and I really wasn't happy about this given that Indigo is pregnant... but this collar doesn't interfere with her eating.
It cost slightly over £12, but it is of course reuseable so I will be able to add it to my kitty medicine box after Indigo is done with it. My dealings with the company were excellent I must say, fast delivery and I managed to check the wrong delivery option... they noticed, informed me and refunded the extra I'd paid before I even noticed my mistake. Many companies wouldn't have been that honest, or refunded the money, given that it was my error not theirs, so it was really really nice!
Anyway, it arrived today, and after some struggle I managed to get it on Indigo.
She is furious with me! But she can't scratch her head... she even tried with her back paws and she can't do that either... so all in all a good result!
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