My 13 year old cat, Titus, had his eye rupture over the weekend and had to get enucleation surgery on Tuesday. Yesterday he figured out how to remove the cone, always when I was out of the room. At first he let me put it back on with minimal complaint but now he gets really fearful and aggressive when he sees it. The veterinarian didn't have any good advice - they basically just said to make it tighter but I already had it as tight as I could reasonably get it. Today I haven't been able to get it back on him at all and even sedation hasn't helped. The thing is, he's quarantined in the bedroom and is mainly just laying in bed watching cat tv and not moving around much. I haven't seen him scratch it or groom it but when I pet him he seems to get excited and start rubbing his face on things, which is a problem. I'm at my wits end. I know all the professionals say the cone has to stay on for 2 weeks no matter what to prevent reinjury/infection but at what point is it not worth the distress?