My cat had foot surgery about 5 weeks ago. It's a long story but it was successful. She had a bandage on her back foot for the last 5 weeks but that was removed yesterday. The vet had to put an e-collar (Cone) on her for the next week because she kept licking her exposed foot. The vet said because of the bandages being on for so long she got a rash kinda like athletes foot. When I take the cone off she is pretty normal but I have to put it back on after while cause she won't stop licking her foot. When she has her cone on she mainly hides out behind the TV or in the closet. Why does she do that and how can I make her more comfortable for the next 5 days with that stupid cone on? Has anyone else heard of this kind or rash from a bandage?