Cat in a cone

I have never had a cat in a cone before. About a month ago, we took Mittens (she has extra claws - 6 in the front and 5 in the back) to the vet to have her spayed. After picking her up the vet stated we had to keep her in a cone for 2 weeks. Are you kidding me? This has never happened with all the animals I have had over the years; spayed or neutered. The vet stated that kitties mouths are very dirty and her incision could become infected if she licks it. Wow - who knew.

I'm thinking if the incision is looking good the cone will be coming off soon.  But after watching Mittens sit on her bottom (did you know kitties had bottoms?) she somehow contorted her body to lick her flank with her belly up and her paws resting on her tummy covering her incision. I'm wandering is this is good for her. Her incision is enclosed with glue not stitches- maybe it's a cleaner way of closure. The incision looks ok to me. A little puffy, but I'm assuming this is normal.

 

                                                      She looks like she should be in space.

When she cleans she licks her cone - it's cute. Another thing I have noticed since her surgery she is very lovey. She and her cone sleep on me every night. And she is constantly purring. I know that the purr can be when she is in pain also- but she is so cute.