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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005Permanent mark on fur instead of collar?
My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I write my cell phone #) when playing outside. Would it be possible to somehow mark their fur with a die to make it obvious that they are pets? I've considered writing my cell phone number on them with a permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. Your thoughts? Thanks! Now I've never done this but i have taken red marker and marked the fur where I needed the vet to do a needle biopsy on. Barney had such thick fur that when I found a lump it sometimes was hard to for the vet to find it later and I couldn't rely on Mike to find it either so I started marking them with marker prior to his vet visits. Celeste > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. > Your thoughts? Thanks! > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. > Your thoughts? Thanks! That's probably not a good idea. How about getting them microchipped?  Signature-Kelly >> My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I >> write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > That's probably not a good idea. How about getting them > microchipped? Microchips aren't obvious to the casual observer. You should still get this done, however. Ivor > >> My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > >> write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Microchips aren't obvious to the casual observer. You should still get > this done, however. Ear tattoos? Yowie > >> My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > >> write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Microchips aren't obvious to the casual observer. You should still get > this done, however. What about a collar tag that says, "I'm microchipped!" Okay, it was just a thought . . . Signaturehttp://www.slywy.com/ >>>> My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I >>>> write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Okay, it was just a thought . . . The OP indicated the cats lose the breakaway collars. I tend to think this is a case of outdoor cats. Persia is strictly is indoor, is microchipped and still wears a collar with a tag indicating she's microchipped. Permanent Markers... if the OP ever smelled them they'd never consider marking a cat in this manner. Jill > The OP indicated the cats lose the breakaway collars. I tend to think this > is a case of outdoor cats. I let them out around sunset for a couple of hours. That's when they manage to lose their collars > Persia is strictly is indoor, is microchipped > and still wears a collar with a tag indicating she's microchipped. Poor cat :( > Permanent Markers... if the OP ever smelled them they'd never consider > marking a cat in this manner. Agreed, those markers stink. My girfriend used (human) hair die to mark a spot on her cat. 6 months later, the color is still there. Writing a phone number on fur is much harder though. >> The OP indicated the cats lose the breakaway collars. I tend to >> think this is a case of outdoor cats. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Poor cat :( I won't get into the indoor/outdoor debate. Suffice to say someone had declawed Persia before she came to me; she has no natural defenses so OUT is not an option. I also live on a very busy street corner. 'Nuff said. >> Permanent Markers... if the OP ever smelled them they'd never >> consider marking a cat in this manner. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > a spot on her cat. 6 months later, the color is still there. Writing > a phone number on fur is much harder though. Long hair or short? You could probably do it with a very stiff artists's brush if the fur is short. Long, no way. Jill > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. Have you tried a totally elasticized collar? I've been using this type of collar for 15 years and haven't had a cat lose one yet. > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. > Your thoughts? Thanks! Tiedye. or you could tatoo the inside of an ear or something > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. > Your thoughts? Thanks! I'm glad to hear that they work, I never heard anyone say they've lost them before. I will go out and buy some tomorrow for my two cats to wear on weekends when the folks come up to their cabins. Always afraid they'll scoop one of the cats up and take em back south with them. Resisted the collars cause there are a lot of things to get snagged on here. You would think they'd come up with an ID tag that could clip onto the hair or something, like a braid. Stone http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: 223rem <223rem@sbcglobal.com> I don't have any advice, I just like the moniker. AR-15 or a clone? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > From: 223rem <223rem@sbcglobal.com> > > I don't have any advice, I just like the moniker. > AR-15 or a clone? No, a bolt action CZ rifle. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: 223rem <223rem@sbcglobal.com> >No, a bolt action CZ rifle. Damn fine choice. I picked up a 452 VT last summer and it's the best 22 RF I've ever had. Sub-dime groups at 50 yards. And I'll swear that Ceska Zbrojovka makes the best set trigger in the world. I've been eyeing one of those 550 VT laminates in .308 for a while, now. : My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I : write my cell phone #) when playing outside. It seems that once a cat learns to use both back feet at once to get rid of the collar, nothing is going to work again. My city gov't requires cats to wear a tag on her collar. The problem is the collar is never where the cat is for long. She also seems ot be in major distress when I put the collar back on. -tim http://web.abnormal.com > She also seems > ot be in major distress when I put the collar back on. Exactly--my cats totally hate collars. To make collars tolerable I have to make them really loose. That makes them easy to lose, however. Even if there were a convenient and non-toxic way available to dye a cat's fur in the image of a faux collar, the way cats shed their fur, you'd have to keep doing it repeatedly. There are a couple of other steps you can take that would be easier on you and the cats. Have the cats microchipped, so they'll always be able to be IDed, even if they've lost their collars. And see about training them to get used to wearing non-breakaway collars, so you can put a regular ID tag on them. Or, if you prefer, there are collars that you can have custom information embroidered onto them (such as your cell phone number and the pet's name). If you don't want them to wear a collar and tag, an embroidered collar might be the answer. HTH. Donna > And see about training them to get used to wearing non-breakaway > collars, so you can put a regular ID tag on them. But isn't the whole point of breakaway collars to prevent the cat from choking or otherwise injuring itself? If normal collars were safe for adventurous cats, I doubt any of us would use breakaways. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca I'm a little leery of both the non-breakaway (strangulation possible?) collars and hoomin hair dye (which I use) as w/all the "pre-testing" cautions re hoomins possible allergic reactions, what if it got on cat's skin and caused some reaction? You have here (me) a person so nervous re cats possibly escaping in the OUT in a neighborhood full of huge rotties and even bigger d-pets running loose that I only sat beside them as they ate grass confined in a big dog cage w/plastic bottom taken out! However...... did someone mention an elastic-type collar on which you might hang a tiny tube w/411 re your address, phone, etc inside? Where you would get this tube I dunno.... >> And see about training them to get used to wearing non-breakaway >> collars, so you can put a regular ID tag on them. > > But isn't the whole point of breakaway collars to prevent the cat from > choking or otherwise injuring itself? If normal collars were safe for > adventurous cats, I doubt any of us would use breakaways. > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. > Your thoughts? Thanks! I can't think of any way to mark there fur, but if you haven't already, I would have them microchipped. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > considered writing my cell phone number on them with a > permanent marker... Is this what they refer to as "the mark of the beast"? Just joking, I couldn't resist. Boo > My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I > write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permanent marker, but I wonder about toxicity issues. > Your thoughts? Thanks! Have you considered gluing one of those styrofoam Union "76" balls to your cat's tail? Maybe a little orange flag on their tail, like they put on dune buggy whips? (LOL) oh, oh, thats sooooo awful! (meanwhile I am laughing my head off here, just so you know the tone I have taken *G*) too too funny, as I can just picture this cat with that flag glued to his tale- - - too bad I am not a graphic artist, or I would paint that image. !!! Thank you for the laugh! :) Mel Signature. >> My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I >> write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > cat's tail? Maybe a little orange flag on their tail, like they put on > dune buggy whips? (LOL) >>> My cats keep losing their breakaway collars (on which I >>> write my cell phone #) when playing outside. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Mel Anytime Mel! Laughing at your cat is what keeps them humble and wondering. ;-) |
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