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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2007collar that doesn't come off?
I just read the glo collar post which made me wonder if any of you know of a collar that will not come off my cat. my cat stewie finds a way to get off EVERY collar. the breakaway ones are a waste of my time. those are off in 15 minutes. Then I got some fabric one which was loose but not breakaway. he chewed through it in 3 days. finally I bought a leather studded collar - kept it a little loose but guess what...he chewed through a leather collar. it took 10 days but he managed to tear it in half. anyone know of something that isn't going to come off but loose enough that my little guy doesn't choke? Collars on dangerous on cats. I would not use one especially one that does not come off. Gail >I just read the glo collar post which made me wonder if any of you know of >a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > that > my little guy doesn't choke? > Collars on dangerous on cats. I would not use one especially one that does > not come off. Especially on an INDOOR ONLY cat, ffs. > > Collars on dangerous on cats. I would not use one especially one that does > > not come off. > > Especially on an INDOOR ONLY cat, ffs. I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped on her a few times without it. She does not meow. She often comes near me without me knowing it. Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? > I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped on her > a few times without it. She does not meow. She often comes near me > without me knowing it. > > Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? Exactly..especially for cats that like to run near your feet. I'm sure on rare occation a cat might get hung up on something and same for the dog but you can bet it's ultra rare..there's a thousand things in their lives which are alot more dangerious..like getting stepped on and/or a 150lb person falling on them. I've done some fairly deep archive searches and never found an instance where a cat died from hanging? > > > Collars on dangerous on cats. I would not use one especially one that does > > > not come off. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? Exactly..especially for cats that like to run near your feet. I'm sure on rare occation a cat might get hung up on something and same for the dog but you can bet it's ultra rare..there's a thousand things in their lives which are alot more dangerious..like getting stepped on and/or a 150lb person falling on them. I've done some fairly deep archive searches and never found an instance where a cat died from hanging? > I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped on her > a few times without it. She does not meow. She often comes near me > without me knowing it. > > Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? Exactly..especially for cats that like to run near your feet. I'm sure on rare occation a cat might get hung up on something same for a dog but you can bet it's ultra rare..there's a thousand things in their lives which are alot more dangerious..like getting stepped on or a 150lb person falling on them. > I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped on her > a few times without it. She does not meow. She often comes near me > without me knowing it. > > Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? Exactly..especially for cats that like to run near your feet. I'm sure on rare occation a cat might get hung up on something and same for the dog but you can bet it's ultra rare..there's a thousand things in their lives which are alot more dangerious..like getting stepped on and/or a 150lb person falling on them. I've done some fairly deep archive searches and never found an instance where a cat died from hanging? > I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped on her > a few times without it. She does not meow. She often comes near me > without me knowing it. > > Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? Exactly..especially for cats that like to run near your feet. I'm sure on rare occation a cat might get hung up on something and same for the dog but you can bet it's ultra rare..there's a thousand things in their lives which are alot more dangerious..like getting stepped on and/or a 150lb person falling on them. I've done some fairly deep archive searches and never found an instance where a cat died from hanging? > I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped on her > a few times without it. She does not meow. She often comes near me > without me knowing it. > > Is there something indoors that would snag a cat? Exactly..especially for cats that like to run near your feet. I'm sure on rare occation a cat might get hung up on something and same for the dog but you can bet it's ultra rare..there's a thousand things in their lives which are alot more dangerious..like getting stepped on and/or a 150lb person falling on them. I've done some fairly deep archive searches and never found an instance where a cat died from hanging? Response from mystro <highpurity@gmail.com>: >> I find the bell specially useful INDOOR as I've already stepped >> on her a few times without it. She does not meow. She often [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > fairly deep archive searches and never found an instance where a > cat died from hanging? Hey um, mystro. Do you know what latency or lag is? Network congestion and whatnot? There is normally no need to post, wait 2 minutes and post again if you do not see your own post. For example... I see your post 6 times. At first I thought it was a mistake at the server end or maybe you even hit send twice, but it appears you rewrote the message 4 times. Have a little patience friend. Good luck.  Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. Lost, It was the same message and I was waiting..sometimes ten min or so, weird. sorry folks Oops, I had connection problems and sending my post was accidently sent everytime I tried to reconnect. There is a lot of information on the dangers of collars and an alternative type of electronic cat flap at http://www.microchipcatflaps.co.uk/ >I just read the glo collar post which made me wonder if any of you know of a >collar that will not come off my cat. >my cat stewie finds a way to get off EVERY collar. the breakaway ones are a >waste of my time. those are off in 15 minutes. Then I got some fabric one >which was loose but not breakaway. he chewed through it in 3 days. >finally I bought a leather studded collar - kept it a little loose but guess >what...he chewed through a leather collar. it took 10 days but he managed to >tear it in half. >anyone know of something that isn't going to come off but loose enough that >my little guy doesn't choke? There's no such thing. Put a chip under the cat's skin if you need ID. Put kitty in a carrier if you need to restrict movement. Colars are a waste of time and money. >I just read the glo collar post which made me wonder if any of you know of >a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > that > my little guy doesn't choke? Did you miss the point that when the collar "will not come off" the cat can hang itself and choke to death because of it? > I just read the glo collar post which made me wonder if any of you know of a > collar that will not come off my cat. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-health/200710/1 It might be futile in the case of your cat. Some are like that. I was surprised that my cat made no fuss at all the first time I put it on her. Maybe it's more comfortable for long hair cats. The collar is very light and kind of float on her fur. >> I just read the glo collar post which made me wonder if any of you know of a >> collar that will not come off my cat. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >on her. Maybe it's more comfortable for long hair cats. The collar >is very light and kind of float on her fur. It's futile with my Marlo. She is from the neighborhood and I was afraid that she would get out of my backyard (fenced in) because she is much more streetwise than my other two. So I put a collar on her and it was gone in five minutes. I tried another one and that was gone by the time she came inside to eat an hour later. So I gave up. If she gets out, she can take care of herself pretty well and I'll find her I hope. for a while I gave up on the collar altogether because stewie is indeed an indoor cat. but he slipped ou when I was bringing in the dry cleaning one day and I was in a state of total panic that he didn't have a collar (and of course that he got out). as for the choking thing - obviously I don't want my cat to chock on his collar - but I also think he needs to wear one. that said this requires that he wear one that will actually stay on. to the individual who so rudely chastized me, my question is this - do you want your cat to get lost and end up picked up by animal control and killed? well neither do I - some things are a tough call and I think my cat is more likely to get lost than hang himself. as for the chip - how does one get one of those and how does it work? > as for the chip - how does one get one of those and how does it work? Your vet can fill you in. I didn't know too much about microchips until I adopted 2 sister cats from a local shelter 3 years ago. The shelter puts the chips in all their animals. I liked the idea so much, I put it in my other kitty we adopted. The vet charged me about 40 dollars. Well worth it!!! All vets and shelters in the US have a scanner to read the chips, I believe. Trish >I didn't know too much about microchips until I adopted 2 sister cats >from a local shelter 3 years ago. The shelter puts the chips in all [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Trish Well, not all, and the big problem is that there are several standards and most vets can only detect one type. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. My vets (two brothers) who I like very much, don't do the chipping because they're waiting until there is a single standard. Also, I have read that there is some risk associated with the chips, well, there is with everything I suppose. I've been using this collar, made by Harmony. It can stretch over the cat's head if he gets caught on something. http://www.harmonybuckles.com/merchant/index.html >for a while I gave up on the collar altogether because stewie is indeed an >indoor cat. but he slipped ou when I was bringing in the dry cleaning one >day and I was in a state of total panic that he didn't have a collar (and of >course that he got out). >as for the choking thing - obviously I don't want my cat to chock on his >collar - but I also think he needs to wear one. that said this requires that >he wear one that will actually stay on. >to the individual who so rudely chastized me, my question is this - do you >want your cat to get lost and end up picked up by animal control and killed? >well neither do I - some things are a tough call and I think my cat is more >likely to get lost than hang himself. >as for the chip - how does one get one of those and how does it work? It negates your entire post. Why don't you do a google search for "cat chip ID" and quit making such a fool of yourself? perhaps I could have done a google search... but what luck I have this marvelous resource...a cat forum of owners that have EXPERIENCE with the chip! what luck...hmm maybe I'll get info and assessments on the chip from them since they're right here! and I'm not giving up on the collar - I just think that adding the chip can only help as long as the chip isn't harmful to the cat in any way.... not everything is one or the other...sometimes both is useful...esp. when you cat constantly chews off his collar...the chip sounds like a nice backup option....not a contradiction. >perhaps I could have done a google search... but what luck I have this >marvelous resource...a cat forum of owners that have EXPERIENCE with the chip! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >cat constantly chews off his collar...the chip sounds like a nice backup >option....not a contradiction. Both is not a bad idea. Someone finding the cat might no nothing about chips, but a collar is obvious. > >perhaps I could have done a google search... but what luck I have this > >marvelous resource...a cat forum of owners that have EXPERIENCE with the chip! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Both is not a bad idea. Someone finding the cat might no nothing about > chips, but a collar is obvious. Whole Foods stocks a nice purple plastic herbal collar that I've found to be successful even though Beebe is a male cat and I guess purple is a sissy color. His pelt is so thick that it really cant be seen anyway. Its called Pet Guard Herbal Collar and it smells real nice. Beebe has his mind on so many other things that he doesn't seem to care about the collar. I put a tiny bell on it and his name tag. >perhaps I could have done a google search... but what luck I have this >marvelous resource...a cat forum of owners that have EXPERIENCE with the chip! >what luck...hmm maybe I'll get info and assessments on the chip from them >since they're right here! >and I'm not giving up on the collar - I just think that adding the chip can >only help as long as the chip isn't harmful to the cat in any way.... >not everything is one or the other...sometimes both is useful...esp. when you >cat constantly chews off his collar...the chip sounds like a nice backup >option....not a contradiction. If kitty goes outside, a non-breakaway collar is deadly and a breakaway collar will get left behind somewhere. It's a no-brainer like the decision to get kitty neutered. Response from "kitkat via CatKB.com" <u26561@uwe>: > and I'm not giving up on the collar - I just think that adding the > chip can only help as long as the chip isn't harmful to the cat in > any way.... http://www.homeagain.com/3_3.html#myth9 "The chip is made out of an inert, biocompatible substance, which means it won't cause an allergic reaction or degenerate over time. In addition, HomeAgain is the only microchip on the market today that has the Bio-Bond Patented migration feature to help ensure that the chip stays in place." I actually meant to post this in response to someone else recently who mentioned something about the chip migrating. I forgot where I read that though... Good luck! (Also, if you are truly sincere about helping your cat and not just sticking a noose on his neck then I'd ignore the personal attacks. YOU are the smart one for trying to do the right thing. Just make sure you have all the facts so that you STAY the smart one.) 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