re: #500 thedopefishlives

I don’t know about that. How many times have we seen videos of cats crashing full-speed into walls, doors, and other solid, opaque objects?

I’ve seen the crashing into things more often with dogs than cats. But cats are not the perfect dexterity machines they think they are.

With the e-collar (aka the Cone of Shame) you get to decide how to hobble the cat:
A. (folded up) - cat’s whiskers and periphial vison blocked - lots of walking into things that are now not wide enough for cat + collar
B. (folded down) - cat’s front legs do not have full range. Mild difficulty walking, cannot run, and jumping is affected as well. Leads to cat doing header into side of couch attempting to jump up onto it.

I prefer “B” since the cat basically decides to not walk around as much - so she settles down and sleeps eventually. Preferably on the towel I’ve put out for that purpose.