How Do You Make An Elizabethan Collar?
If you ever have to keep your dog or cat from scratching or rubbing any place on his/her head, or you have to keep your pet from licking or biting on a wound or stitches on the body, use an Elizabethan collar. You can buy these at pet stores or get one from your veterinarian. Or you can make one. This is how I make mine. You are really just creating a cone that sits over the head of the pet, but you want to make it as comfortable as possible for the pet. The idea is to keep the trouble-making part of the body (that scratches or bites) from the part of the body that’s in trouble (and mustn’t get scratched or bitten! I like to make mine out of a fairly stiff clear plastic so the pet retains some peripheral vision. Cut a large curve at the top and a small one at the bottom where the collar will fit around the neck. Plan on using a much bigger piece of plastic (or cardboard) than you’d expect. Make loops along the bottom of your cut out collar to thread a ribbon through so you can tie it c
