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3:31 am
Bucketeers
11 July 2016
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I did a blog post on how I made Purrkins onesie/T-shirts for recovery. Purrkins is a front leg amputee.
What size to buy and how I made his;)
Interested here is the link Diy Baby Onesie/T-shirts
Hope this helps any of our future Tri-kitties & pawparents😽
Questions post on the blog or this forum or Private message me - happy to help .
Holly & Purrkins
8:58 am
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25 September 2009
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Thanks for putting the info here! It will definitely help others.
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What an excellent idea.
My cat is scheduled for amputation on Monday. I'm curious if anyone has successfully adapted this idea for a rear leg amputation. My instincts tell that's probably not possible due to the proximity of the wound to the business end of the kitty.
8:40 pm
Bucketeers
11 July 2016
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Hi Raven
Welcome I’m sorry you had to join us but glad you found us!
Here is a post on recovery suits Easy DIY Pet Surgery Recovery Suit Ideas for Cats and Dogs
Easy DIY Pet Surgery Recovery Suit Ideas for Cats and Dogs
One of our members with rear leg kitty Tia used a Pet Good recovery suit that may be a option. You don’t have too much time to get it? They have some recovery suits on Amazon too you will see in the above post.
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( I copied this from her blog!) http://tiatheca.....ipawds.com
"Today her larger sized suit arrived from Vetgood. The medium was so tight on her torso it was making her “freeze and flop”. The large size fits better in the torso, but the bottoms were too big. So, I am using the smaller size bottoms and the large top. She no longer freezes and flops over and seems to be mobile in this new configuration. She is happy to have the cone off, I think.
https://vetgood.....-and-cats/
In her comments section a member asked her what she thought about it"
azrael
It worked OK. She tended to get it dirty when using the litter box, so it was rotated with the cone for washings fairly frequently. It did keep her away from the stitches and she seemed more comfortable vs the cone.
If one was a little more crafty than me, you might be able to sew up the extra fabric where the missing leg is, which might help keep it cleaner when using the box.
http://tiatheca.....om/page/2/
I did ask the surgeon if the onesie would be ok and he approved ! Run by any idea by the surgeon. I do hope you can do without a cone , We have had mixed results with types of cones working & not working.
This one worked recently for Rusty a rear leg kitty
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