Did they sleep with you?

Everyone but Arthur snuggled with me. Like I stated in another reply, they were likely distracting me while he perfected his Houdini routine. At 3:30 he as still in the collar. By 5:30 he had escaped. Clever boy.

You're outnumbered!

that relieves his discomfort and, at the same time, tastes unpleasant, so as to discourage him licking himself.

That is such sensitive tissue, I'd be afraid to use much of anything. (I'm losing track of time. One more day to the vet.)

Maybe it would be easier to put a pair of toddler underpants on him with a hole cut for the tail.

But he'd probably wiggle out of it.

Do you think you might have to go back to the clear cone?

I'll just keep an eye on him, today and tomorrow. I think it's just a question of him getting used to it. He settled right in to eat.

Hopefully he will spend a lot of time on my lap.

Barring anything unexpected, the procedure sounds pretty minimal. Hopefully he won't have to wear the collar afterwards, or just for a few days.

Arthur is one determined kitcat!!