Kitty returned tonight from a weekend at the animal hospital, where she had her sterilisation. It order to prevent her from ripping through the bandages over her shaved belly, she has to wear a protective plastic collar. She now walks mostly backwards, which is really a strange sight to behold, and occasionally rams her shoulder into walls, door, tables, or furniture in an attempt to get rid of it.

Update: Half an hour later. We took off the collar and stuck Kitty into a knee-warmer that tightly fits over the bandages and that she hopefully cannot pry off.