they didn't recommend the cone collar for him so I never got one for him, i've already had to stop him from licking his stitches over 10 times. For males it's not as bad as the females i think, smaller incision i do believe.
for myself, never a catless downpipe without a full 3inch catback exhaust and neither of those will happen till it's a Track ONLY vehicle pulled on a trailer to and from various events I will be competing in down the road.