Doodad was neutered Friday. Weighing in at only 50 grams, it was tough getting my smallest ejacket on him, but I got it on him. The first night after neuter, I stay up all night and watch them. He did great. Didn't even try to get out of the ejacket! So, last night, I got some sleep, waking and checking on him only every couple of hours. At 6 this morning, all was well. At 8, I looked in on him, to find him looking back at me....ejacket lying on the cage beside him!

I looked and sure enough, he had gone after his site. Thankfully, he didn't do major damage, but made himself raw enough that I knew he was going to need an ejacket or ecollar for at least a week or two.

Herein lies the problem. No matter how I tried, I could not get the ejacket on well enough for him to not be able to get out of it. So I tried the velcro ecollar. I couldn't get it on tight enough either. He's just too small. I finally duct taped it on but he threw a fit and a half, crabbing and rolling around like a mad man.

I called Denise and ordered an extra small ejacket. She suggested I make an ejacket out of vet wrap, to hold him until I got the extra small ejacket. Here are the results.

Thanks Glider Godmother!!!!

The silver is duct tape, to make sure the straps and corner doesn't come off. Doodad is a regular Houdini!

Wow! Whatever works. Silly little boogers don't always get it that we're just trying to help them!

Awesome McGuyver Job!

Duct Tape fixes everything

I'm just SO PROUD of Connie! When I got the first call on Sunday about Doodad, I started fussing about what she could POSSIBLY do til I can get an extra-small e-jacket to her...WHY does this stuff always happen on a weekend when there's no mail service??? (because...) I came up with a basic concept and relayed it to her via PM then over the phone...and I certainly WAS NOT expecting it to come out that well!

You never know what you can do with those everyday things that you already have....until the need arises! Just AWESOME, I tell you.

Denise, I couldn't have made it without you stepping me thru it!

I had thought about using vet wrap but didn't know how to do it. So Denise says, make an ejacket out of vet wrap, make straps out of vet wrap, stick the straps inside, along with the plastic tab, fold and mush together real hard. I still used duct tape on the straps and edge, so he couldn't get it off and this morning, he was still wearing it! Gonna have to make another one today cause this one is dirty already but it's great to know I can use this while waiting for the super small ejacket to arrive.

Now, going to paypal to see if the Glider Godmother sent me an invoice YET!

We don't call it Duct Tape here. It is "McGuyver Tape".

I have but one thing to say, m'dear:

No, I'll take that back. I got something else to say:

Yours is coming.....oh yes it is!

So cute and so inventive! Duct tape isn't just for your significant other anymore!

lol, Sheri!!! How cute he is. Connie, get that boy some shallow dishes, hes kinda "top heavy" HUGS to you and headrubs to the boy!!!

You DO remember that I have your "number" now. right?

That IS my shallow dish! LOL! It must not have deterred him too much. He ate nearly all of it plus drank all of his milk replacer!

The vet wrap ejacket really isn't as heavy as it looks believe it or not. He got a clean, new one tonight. Boy, did he enjoy his grooming time, even tho I wouldn't let him linger too long in certain areas. LOL!

Looks like a bullet-Proof Vest...hehe....Commando DooDad!

LOL! It does, doesn't it!

I think it is very inventive! Good job you got to do what you got to do to keep your little one safe and healthy.

Take a lil gun from an army man and attach it to the vest and he has the whole thing down!

Where can I even order an e-jacket? We are getting our lil one neutered in a couple weeks.

Awsome job Connie!

Ciara, I sent you a Private Message about how to get an e-jacket for YOUR glider...

Oh man that one is going to be as fiesty as his papa Little Man. Thank you Denise for the idea and thank you Connie for doing an amazing and inventive job of keeping Doodad safe. HUGS to you both!

LOL! Oh, I so wanted to do this! I just didn't think Doodad would find as much humor in it as I would tho! So tempting!

Connie, since he is dressed in his bullet proof vest, you can set up a squad of army soldiers and let him take them out commando style.

that is awesome!!! wow! i am in shock how well you did that connie! way to go! and might i add, i am banning duct tape from this house and hubby the tool man tailor lol thinks he can fix broken pipes and drains with it and even electrical cords , yup who gets shocked from turning on a lamp? ME! who has a ceiling leaking water on the tanning bed... ME! who has to stuff a sock in a hole in the ceiling cuz he duct taped a leaking pipe and it drained three floors down until he gets home... me! i THINK women do it better

hahahaha that would be epic! tooo funny! Got me to smile today!

Nice job!!!

wow that thing is awesome! go connie and denise!!

That's IT!!! I'm renaming Doodad, Houdini!!! Argggggh!!!

I got the tiny ejacket on him and he did great....until I had to run to the store. Xander's school notebook fell apart and since he has to have one, I hurried to the store. I was gone 40 min. The first thing I did when I got back, was to check on him. I picked up the pouch and saw it was partially unzipped, just enough for him to squeeze thru....and lose the ejacket in the process!!!!

We're frantically looking for him and all I can think is, OMGosh, I just KNOW he's gone after his scab and ripped himself open. I'm almost in tears as I'm searching. Then Xander spies him sitting where the tray goes, under Kanani and Serendipity's cage, all the way at the back. (Of course )

I manage to get him scooted to the front just enough to reach him, but not enough to get him out. Sigh. So I wiggle my hands around until I can get him out. He wasn't pleased, as evidenced by the three good bites he gave me! I put him in my shirt as I'm asking him what in the world did he think he was doing? Didn't I already have enough gray hair!? He was too busy trying to dive into my bra to answer.

I got the vet wrap out and made yet another McGuyver ejacket to go OVER the tiny, tiny ejacket Denise overnighted me. (Thank you so much to the transplanted Hoosier who asked Denise to send me two tiny ejackets! I don't know who you are, but your thoughtful gift is very appreciated!)

Here is a now well-groomed (he took advantage of being free!) Mr. Doodad Houdini, happily munching on a grape while I hurried to make a McGuyver vet wrap ejacket.

I think he started to get suspicious...

Here is the damage done by removing the scab. Thank God, he didn't do serious damage to himself!!! He was so close to opening himself up! He's been on pain meds and antibiotics since the neuter, so I'm guessing that's why he just removed the scab and groomed himself, instead of SM'ing.

And here is a disgruntled Mr. Doodad Houdini, wearing his McGuyver CAMO (I couldn't resist!) vet wrap ejacket, OVER his regular ejacket. Let's see the stinker get out of THIS!

His Rambo impression...
"I'm comin' after YOU!"


Here are directions for making a temporary McGuyver vet wrap ejacket...
How to make a McGuyver ejacket

He's saying "Commando DooDad Wants You!"...Now give me a Yogie woman!...I love the "Connie Camo" lol...your crazy...lol