Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Other Alternatives To Elizabethan Collar You Can Use

By Elaine Guthrie


You can never tell what accidents you will ever encounter. This is the same for your pets. They might get severe skin diseases or get into an incident that would need surgery. These types of things are situations that you cannot foresee. The only way you can help them is to be alert and prepared for what it is about to happen in the future.

If they ever receive surgery because of their accident and if they have severe wounds, you can utilize several options to help improve their condition. For the scars or the stitches to heal faster, they have to prevent themselves from biting or scratching it. However, this is already their nature and you can really expect them to do that. To protect their wounds from themselves. You can use an Elizabethan collar. For those who are not very fond of it there are alternatives to Elizabethan collar for you to use.

You can easily recognize e collars because they are cone in shape. They are usually attached to the necks of your pets especially when they are just done with the surgery. It wraps the head around with plastic cone so that they can be prevented from biting their wounds and it would not open up again. It is always considered as effective but there are certain times when it can be more of an obstruction than help.

Because it is usually made of plastic, it can easily break and you would have to replace it again. But plastic is lighter so it can still allow your pets to move around. Sure there are different sizes of for it to suit the size of your pets, but in other times, these things might be ineffective. There are other alternatives for it though.

There are BiteNot collars that usually look like neck braces that are utilized to support the neck. But this is very effective to make it easier for you to prevent them reaching the wounds. This is usually better for dogs with bigger sizes since the collar cannot contain them because of their strength.

Wearing the brace might not be best to do at all times. They will feel stiff and this might make them even more uncomfortable. You can switch with the blow up cushion. These are just like the ones that you see being used by those who ride planes to make their necks relaxed. But these are the types that are suited for the smaller necks of your pets.

There are several other alternatives. If you do not want to spend more on these braces, you can make use of other things that are already used. For example, you can use socks and and shirts. You can use it according to where the wound is located. If it is in the legs, you can use the socks. There are others who make use of the shirts to cover the body.

Most of the time, the e collar would not work because they are not comfortable when they are restrained. Aside from that, they will also feel pain and itchiness on where the wound is. Because of this, they would try to remove it on their own. They are usually doing it through bumping it through things.

Most of the time, they would resort to breaking things because of the needs to break free from the collars. If they see that it is not working at all, they would divert their attention to you and your knees. Every time you are on site, you can expect them to ram the collar to you.




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