Rufus, my 1-2 year old beagle rescue, got neutered about two weeks ago. It was quite an invasive surgery because he had one un-descended testicle, which they had to go in and find. *shudder*
Anyhow, today he got the staples out, and they took the cone off of him. So we come home, and he's so happy. But then about 15 minutes after he finished eating food, he started "eating" his belly. Really digging into it, to the point that it started bleeding. So I put the cone back on. Poor Rufus.
The spot he chewed up isn't the suture/scar spots. It's about three inches off to the side. And he has another spot where it looks like he got an abrasion on his belly. I assumed it was because he got too squirrelly during the shaving or somesuch. But now I'm pretty sure he did that one to himself as well.
Other than keeping my poor Rufus in a cone forever, how do I discourage him from this?
Anyhow, today he got the staples out, and they took the cone off of him. So we come home, and he's so happy. But then about 15 minutes after he finished eating food, he started "eating" his belly. Really digging into it, to the point that it started bleeding. So I put the cone back on. Poor Rufus.
The spot he chewed up isn't the suture/scar spots. It's about three inches off to the side. And he has another spot where it looks like he got an abrasion on his belly. I assumed it was because he got too squirrelly during the shaving or somesuch. But now I'm pretty sure he did that one to himself as well.
Other than keeping my poor Rufus in a cone forever, how do I discourage him from this?