# What is the "lampshade" device on pets' necks called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 3, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294 "2003-04-03T20:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/1 "2003-04-03T20:35:35Z")
I’m thinking of the cone-shaped device that vets use to keep dogs or cats from biting at their stitches or whatever. What is that thing called? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/2 "2003-04-03T20:36:55Z")
My vet calls it an Elizabethan Collar. ---
**Author:** ![Gelaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Gelaan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gelaan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/3 "2003-04-03T20:40:33Z")
Elizabethan Collar is what I’ve always heard them called, along with “the thing the cat hid”. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/4 "2003-04-03T20:46:26Z")
Yes! That’s it, apparently…thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/5 "2003-04-04T01:26:51Z")
As an aside; Naval ships in port use a similar contraption on the ropes that hold the ship to the dock. Rat catchers if I remember correctly. To stop rats from coming aboard. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/6 "2003-04-04T01:50:14Z")
We called 'em medicollars when I worked for a vet. Not sure if that’s just a brand name or what. ---
**Author:** ![FyreFiend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FyreFiend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FyreFiend)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/7 "2003-04-04T03:42:16Z")
If you’ve ever had a dog that needed one you’d know they’re called megaphones 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/8 "2003-04-04T03:47:46Z")
Not at all. When I put it on my dog this morning (knee operation) he confirmed it was a ruff. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/9 "2003-04-04T03:48:47Z")
My dog had to have one after he got himself hit by a car. It was to get him to leave the cuts on his face alone. The fam just called it a “cone collar” (nontechnical term). It also earned the dog the nickname of “Conehead the Barkarian” from my mom. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/10 "2003-04-04T03:54:26Z")
It’s called a “bucket” 'round here. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/11 "2003-04-04T04:46:59Z")
I call them hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-lampshade-device-on-pets-necks-called/166294/12 "2003-04-04T04:50:34Z")
On a semi-related note: I was inspired to ask this question because I rented One Crazy Summer, and Bosco of course has the collar…