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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004Clyde - Collared
This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip one that snaps off with pressure on it. Let's see how long he has it on. I haven't attempted it with Bonnie yet, with her it will be a whole new ball game. I collared FSP a year ago because I was terrified she would wander off. She didn't mind a bit the little sweetie. One or two neighbours have told me that they have read her tag and knew she lived with us. FSP was a lost kitty when John found her two years ago, if she had had a collar then perhaps we could have found her slaves! Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. > This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one > of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > -- > I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. I had to use a solid non-safety collar on Bruiser for the first few days. Otherwise it never would have lasted the hour. The dramatics were quite impressive though. He got used to having one and then I switched to the safety collar. >> This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about >> one of them getting in a car and being carried off. (snip) >> Bev >> -- [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > were quite impressive though. He got used to having one and then I > switched to the safety collar. Yeah, Persia was quite hilarious the first time I put a collar on her. She leapt and rolled all around and fussed with it, trying to pull it over her head. After about an hour she settled down. Now, if I have to remove it for any reason she sits patiently (although I swear I can hear her sigh) while I put it back on. I've only had a problem with it one time - somehow she got her front paw hooked under it. Woke me up squirming around in bed trying to free her paw. Apparently she didn't want to yank too hard for fear of waking me; if she had, the snap-away catch would have simply come undone. Goofy cat. Jill >>> This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about >>> one of them getting in a car and being carried off. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Apparently she didn't want to yank too hard for fear of waking me; if she > had, the snap-away catch would have simply come undone. Goofy cat Bruiser was sitting up on hind legs with his front paws on the collar and was seemingly vibrating from the agony and indignity of it all. It was very high drama. >Bruiser was sitting up on hind legs with his front paws on the collar and >was seemingly vibrating from the agony and indignity of it all. It was >very high drama. Poor Bruiser! Bosley, the grandcat, hated his collar at first, too. He did this bizarre dance, it reminded me of the "Chow Chow Chow" in those old Cat Chow commercials. Sherry > >>> This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about > >>> one of them getting in a car and being carried off. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > was seemingly vibrating from the agony and indignity of it all. It was > very high drama. George (RB) got his first collar on and promptly *flopped* on the floor, telling me that he was totally paralysed. Next morning the collar was off, but still fastened. Happened every time we tried it and since he was an indoor cat with NO desire to get out, we eventually gave up. Since Apache and Dakota are totally indoor cats I haven't bothered with collars for either of them.  SignatureJette Goldie jette@blueyonder.co.uk Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html > I've only had a problem with it one time - somehow she got her front paw > hooked under it. Woke me up squirming around in bed trying to free her paw. > Apparently she didn't want to yank too hard for fear of waking me; if she > had, the snap-away catch would have simply come undone. Goofy cat. Be glad it was only her paw! I had a cat who got his lower jaw caught under a slightly too loose collar! Fortunately I was there to release him, but what if I had not been? (That's why, despite the high mortality rate on break-away collars, I wouldn't put any other kind on one of my cats.) so! you made your collar, sorry couldn't help that Purrs that they dont mind Jean.P. > > This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one > > of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > impressive though. He got used to having one and then I switched to the > safety collar. I originally had a collar on Betty, but after about a month, I decided to take it off. It makes it easier for her to scratch behind her ears, easier for me brush, and shows off her elegant white ruff. If there were any chance she would get out, I would put the collar back on, even though she's microchipped. >This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one >of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Bev Microchips are also good to have in case the collar gets lost. > >This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one > >of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Bev > Microchips are also good to have in case the collar gets lost. I have seriously thought about microchips but mostly people seem to want a visual thing. I know vets and possibly the SPCA would scan an obviously pedigree cat. But people look at a tag on a cat and might ring you. The kitties go outside in the day-time and are in at night. Bev -- > This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one > of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip > one that snaps off with pressure on it. Let's see how long he has it > on. Is anyone making book on that? (8>)} >> This morning I put a collar on Clyde. I worry all the time about one >> of them getting in a car and being carried off. The collar is a clip >> one that snaps off with pressure on it. Let's see how long he has it >> on. > >Is anyone making book on that? (8>)} Be careful with those snap collars. I used to have one on Waffles - *never* again. She got her paw stuck in it, wiggled it in, and it was *so* tight, it should have broken - but it didn't - it cut into her. I had to cut the collar off :-( I promptly removed same kind of collars from Francis and Marble. Then with the boys' collars, I tried to snap one myself - no matter how hard I pulled, tugged, applied pressure in lots of ways - neither would snap as supposed to. If I, a large lady, couldn't manage to snap one, there was no way a domestic cat was going to snap one if required. I've changed their collars to ones that are all soft elastic. No problems at all - the odd collar has been lost but never again the experience Waffles had where she got a paw caught & the collar cut into her. I'd rather have the cat lose the collar than the cat be in difficultly because some stupid snap collar *doesn't* :-( Especially since my cats are active indoor/outdoor ones, climbing trees, playing in the undergrowth a lot. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- On 28 Apr, Helen wrote: >Be careful with those snap collars. I used to have one on Waffles - *never* >again. She got her paw stuck in it, wiggled it in, and it was *so* tight, it >should have broken - but it didn't - it cut into her. I had to cut the collar >off :-( There's a type of collar that has a small plastic disk with grooves around the edges on one end and the disk is slipped into a shaped spring on the other end. You won't be able to picture it from what I have written, but you should be able to pick it out from the collars at the pet store. We've used that design and it will assuredly release with the weight of the lightest cat. Regards and Purrs, O J > There's a type of collar that has a small plastic disk with >grooves around the edges on one end and the disk is slipped into a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Regards and Purrs, >O J Sounds very similar to what I used with Waffles. Never again in this household. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >Sounds very similar to what I used with Waffles. Never again in this >household. > >Cheers, helen s Helen, I just bought one of those for the grandcat. Bosley. I yanked on it and it seemed to break free pretty easily, but now you're scaring me. I am mostly afraid he will hang it on a fence or something. Sherry >Helen, I just bought one of those for the grandcat. Bosley. I yanked on it >and >it seemed to break free pretty easily, but now you're scaring me. I am mostly >afraid he will hang it on a fence or something. > >Sherry I don't mean to scare you Sherry, but I'd be lying if I said I'd consider using that type of collar on my cats ever again. The ones I've settled on are made of soft elastic about 1cm in width. For my three they are much better - no problems with them at all. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >I don't mean to scare you Sherry, but I'd be lying if I said I'd consider >using [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Cheers, helen s OK, I got the collar out. (I haven't given it to him yet). I yanked it straight apart--it broke apart easily. But when you yank on it in a diagonal pull, it doesn't. I'm not using it. Thanks for the heads-up, Helen. Sherry >OK, I got the collar out. (I haven't given it to him yet). I yanked it >straight >apart--it broke apart easily. But when you yank on it in a diagonal pull, it >doesn't. I'm not using it. Thanks for the heads-up, Helen. You're welcome. Try out a few different types - see which suits. Just make sure that there's at least a stretchy insert so that the cat can slip the collar off if needs arise. It's one of the reasons I always have the collars on my three quite loose - to aid that slipping off if the need arises. I'd rather loose the collar than the cat. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > >OK, I got the collar out. (I haven't given it to him yet). I yanked it > >straight [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- I changed to the idea of the snap collar because I heard a horror story from a woman who had one of those elastic inserts collar on her cat. Seems he got stuck in a tree with the collar ending up around his middle and couldn't get away. Some ten days later when the cat had lost a lot of weight he was able to slip out of the collar! So you see, horror stories abound. I have a light elastic insert collar on FSP and the snap one on Clyde. I am really torn between trying decide on this or that one. If I had had a collar on Ollie I might have saved him. Sigh. Bev -- I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic. |
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