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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2008my cat keeps losing his collar!
Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This doesn't count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of the times he's come in without it, he's also been a bit muddy, so I suspect he's been crawling under some brush that's snagged it. It's expensive because we have a magnetic cat door, so each time we replace a collar, we also have to replace the magnet and his tag. We've tried several different types of collars - break-away and stretchy. Obviously we want to continue to use a safety collar, so that he CAN get out of it in an emergency. Does anyone have a particular type of collar to recommend? I've also considered getting some kind of device which would track the collar, like one of those key rings that beeps. Any suggestions there? Thanks, Maxine  Signaturemgusenet+this year at pcg dot net > Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This doesn't > count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of the times he's [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > mgusenet+this year at pcg dot net I have the same problem with those Glo Kitty break away collars that are supposed to reflect a cars headlights. He loses about one a month or more. I wish they would make them so they just stretch over a cats head to get them on, and they would be stretchy enough to protect the cat should he get caught on something. I'm beginning to think mine just hates the bell, and has figured out how to get it off. I caught him on his hind legs trying to turn the door knob a few times, so that doesn't seem unlikely...LOL! A great stretchy collar that you can try is Beastie Bands. They velcro together but are made of a stretchy material that you could just slip over the cat's head if you wanted. They are very light weight too. My cats wear them and don't seem to mind. Check them out at catconnection.com. (That's where I bought mine from.) S. Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- >> Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This doesn't >> count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of the times [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > him on his hind legs trying to turn the door knob a few times, so that > doesn't seem unlikely...LOL! > A great stretchy collar that you can try is Beastie Bands. They > velcro together but are made of a stretchy material that you could [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > S. Thanks. That's the first one he lost! Signaturemgusenet+this year at pcg dot net Yes, my one cat somehow manages to get his off every once and awhile, too. But he is strictly an indoor cat so I don't have the same issue as you. My comment about Beastie Bands was also directed to sheelah who asked about a type of collar that you could slip over the cat's head. S. Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- >> A great stretchy collar that you can try is Beastie Bands. They >> velcro together but are made of a stretchy material that you could [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks. That's the first one he lost! > > A great stretchy collar that you can try is Beastie Bands. They > > velcro together but are made of a stretchy material that you could [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > -- > mgusenet+this year at pcg dot net the beastie brand velcro collar looks great but the site is impossible. YOu cant order one because it piles all these other things on it. I give up. I wonder where else you can get those collars. I ordered mine from catconnection.com S. Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- >> > A great stretchy collar that you can try is Beastie Bands. They >> > velcro together but are made of a stretchy material that you could [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > things on it. I give up. I wonder where else you can get those > collars. > > > A great stretchycollarthat you can try is Beastie Bands. They > > > velcro together but are made of a stretchy material that you could [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > things on it. I give up. I wonder where else you can get those > collars. I just wanted to say the beastie brand velcro collar is a perfect collar. I was going on a 2 week vacation and Beebe was staying at the house of a friend and I wanted him to have his identification lavalier on just in case he slipped outside so I ordered the collar from the cat connection. The problem was it didnt come in time. If you order a collar, you must realize that the cat connection is in Texas and if you dont pay for 1st class shipment, the collar is sent like a letter and it takes a very long time to come to Philadelphia PA from Texas indeed. I dont understand why the us mail is sooo slow. So I had to use the same old elastic collar from Petsmart. Beebe is very has a very puffy coat and the beastie brand collar with a velcro closing is so much more comfortable for him. Its very worthwhile getting this collar plus the collar is quite attractive. Anyhow he never wanted to escape. Quite the contrary. Someone here once wrote about his cat looking for the "door to springtime." Well, Beebe has been doing just that. > A great stretchy collar that you can try is Beastie Bands. They velcro > together but are made of a stretchy material that you could just slip over > the cat's head if you wanted. They are very light weight too. My cats > wear them and don't seem to mind. Check them out at catconnection.com. > (That's where I bought mine from.) I have to color code three red tabbies that I otherwise can't tell apart - I make their collars by stapling the ends of a piece of 1/2 inch wide sewing elastic that I have colored with permanent markers (sewing would be better than stapling). SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). >Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This doesn't >count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of the times he's >come in without it, he's also been a bit muddy, so I suspect he's been >crawling under some brush that's snagged it. >It's expensive because we have a magnetic cat door, so each time we replace >a collar, we also have to replace the magnet and his tag. >We've tried several different types of collars - break-away and stretchy. >Obviously we want to continue to use a safety collar, so that he CAN get >out of it in an emergency. >Does anyone have a particular type of collar to recommend? There's no collar that can be kept on a cat if kitty doesn't want it there. Choice 1) get a breakaway/stretchy and lose it. 2) get a standard collar and risk kitty strangling 3) just do without. Do you really need a magnetic cat door? Are there other cats trying to get in? Raccoons? Very small children? >>Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This >>doesn't count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Do you really need a magnetic cat door? Are there other cats trying > to get in? Raccoons? Very small children? Raccoons getting into cat doors are a big problem around here. Maybe we just need to accept frequent replacement of collars. Signaturemgusenet+this year at pcg dot net > Raccoons getting into cat doors are a big problem around here. Maybe we > just need to accept frequent replacement of collars. Or you could just let your cat out when you can be there to supervise. > Raccoons getting into cat doors are a big problem around here. Maybe we > just need to accept frequent replacement of collars. Been there, solved the problem. I have 15 cats and live in raccoon and possum teritory. I used to have to chase them out nearly every night - I even found a possum taking a nap in my computer room. The only varmin that got inside in the last year was a coon that came in one night I left the back door open too long. The cats, all but the oldest (very frail) come and go at will through the new cat flap. The secret is not the design of the cat flap or some special recognition device, it's the placement of the flap: if the platform outside the flap requires a leap of three feet or so to reach, cats have no problem but raccoons and possums can't leap, and therefore can't reach the platform. It has to be constructed so that the vermin can't reach it by climbing. In this picture (<http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/cats/cat_flap.jpg>), Tigger is on the platform for the vermin proof version - the hole next to the bottom of the door is the old one and has been blocked off. It would be practical to put one in a window - just watch the length of the leap and provide a reasonable platform for landing in both directions (mine are the top step and the shelf. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). > Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This doesn't > count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of the times he's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I've also considered getting some kind of device which would track the > collar, like one of those key rings that beeps. Any suggestions there? Boo f.cking hoo. Keep your cat indoors. The money you've spent on collars and cat doors will pale in comparison to what you spend to cure the illnesses he gets from roaming. >> Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This doesn't >> count those that neighbors have found and returned. Many of the times he's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> I've also considered getting some kind of device which would track the >> collar, like one of those key rings that beeps. Any suggestions there? >Boo f.cking hoo. >Keep your cat indoors. The money you've spent on collars and cat doors will >pale in comparison to what you spend to cure the illnesses he gets from >roaming. please don't feed this troll >>> Hi. My cat has now lost about 5 collars in the neighborhood. This >>> doesn't [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > please don't feed this troll The sad thing is, the bitch is not a troll. Just another shallow a.shole who sees cats as not worthy of good care.
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