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I read a little about what some people thought about the use of the elizabeth collar after spay surgery. Just wanted to get some more feed back. So my 7 month old kitty was spayed Saturday morning. We are approaching day three. I was advised to use the E-collar and did try it but I couldn't seem to keep it on her. She is still very tiny and her head seemed to small for it. I put it on her three times and she got it off all three times. She has been licking her incission or at least the area, not constantly as of yet but she does it fairly often and only for a few seconds at a time. Is there anything I should be doing to treat the wound to prevent infection. The wound looks ok to me. Its a fresh wound so it is obviously red and slightly scabbed looking but there is no discharge and it is not opening. I just want to get an idea of how likely it is that it will become infected if I don't use the collar and she continues to lick it occassionally. Some have told me not to worry, one lady told me she had three females soayed and never used the collar and others have said they have to wear the collar. I believe the clinic used a glue to seal the wound. She was also micro-chipped. Thanks in advance for any feedback.