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Just to clarify my earlier post, I meant to say to stick the tape to the shirt itself just above where it will lay over the incision.
We couldn't keep a tshirt up around Harmony's neck. It always creept back toward her butt exposing her incision, etc. It was later that I realized it was doing so because the nap of her hair grows back toward her tail and the tshirt was moving along her hair direction, kinda like how a rug on carpet will creep along the nap of the carpet. Any-hoo, the only way to keep the tshirt in place is to secure it at the neck.
Again, just thinking out loud.
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
Thanks Pam, great thought (I understood what you meant 
) but we've ditched the shirt - even though he was so comfortable in it. Time for the cone again. We tried bandaging his neck so the cone wouldn't chafe, but that wasn't successful. Honestly, pet aids here are almost non-existent. I see so many items available in the US and UK, but here in Australia, pet comfort, forget it. I'm also really disappointed in what our vets here discharge their furry friends with. I went to every major pet store in a 10k radius today, the best I could get was another rigid cone - at least this one has a slightly padded edging. I ordered a Comfy-cone from an on-line store over here, and if I'm lucky I'll get it on Tuesday (today is Saturday) I did tell them I need it urgently.
Lucky was licking furiously during the night, and there was a bit of discharge on the t-shirt. I'm keeping an eye on the wound. His sutures are supposed to be coming out in 6 days, but I doubt the bottom of his wound will have healed enough. He is miserable today, poor boy. He hates the cone, and I don't blame him. I hate it too!
Our girl Casey had a front leg amp 3 weeks ago. We used one of my wifes small t-shirts for her. I cut off one arm and sewed up the other, fit her pretty good.
Welcome Casey, your future posts will not have to wait for approval.
Thanks so much for your input, Casey looks quite stylish!
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Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
Maggie's Story Amputation and Chemo
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