Poor kitty.....they so hate restraints. I had a cat who was a genius at removing IVs, bandages, etc and so he had to wear the cone and he absolutely refused to eat until they took it off. I even sat in his cage at the vets' and tried to spoon feed him but he was so mad about the collar that he refused to look at the food. I'm glad the thundershirt covers the incision. One of my friends used to put her (small) dogs in baby clothes to prevent them from getting at incisions. It looked funny but it did work.