Thread: Collars?

Collars are normally used for two reasons,to identify the animal & or give flea protection.
As you say our cats don't go out but I think most MC's are ID chipped so if they did escape then they have that to identify them & as for the nasty little bugs they can pick up we all have our remedies for combating them so again no collar needed.A friend put one on her MC as she always did her moggies & her cat ended up as you have pointed out with a super mark around the ruff.
I don't like collars anyway,working at a vets I have seen too many nasty injuries caused by them.

that's what I thought.... so I don't think gryfn will have a collar at all.

My only worry is I doubt the rangers here scan a cat for a microchip. I will just have to be on to the kids, though they do know not to let the cats out!

On another forum that I go on, a breeder had rehomed a cat to new owners who put a collar on her, Within 2 weeks, she had got her collar trapped on a door handle and hung herself.

I think even safety collars are dangerous and none of ours have collars on at all. I am super vigilant with opening doors etc and the children are well trained to watch out for Maine Coons trying to escape!

Many years ago when I was sharing with a friend she bought a burmese cat. I used to have flea collars on my cats so she put one on hers. I got home from work and found the collar was caught in his mouth and had jammed his mouth open for how long I dont know. He must have scratched it over his head but didnt get past his mouth. I cut the collar off and he had a very sore jaw and mouth for many days

I have never used a collar since.

I dont know if it is politically correct but I go boo at the front or back door when I come in when I have a new cat and they jump backwards. Over a period of time I come home and they are sitting at the door and just get up and walk back when I come in and never try to get out. I hope this works for Zack.

They are dangerous, unsightly, ruin ruffs & all my pets are chipped anyway if they do sneak out. Many collars fall off anyway if caught on branches (should they not actually hang the poor cat) so to rely on one to ensure that a missing cat is returned is misguided.

I dont like collars for the same reason as Woodsi has said, I got our old MC one & within about 5 mins he had his back foot stuck in it & was chocking himself it was suppose to release itself if a cat got stuck but this did'nt & I so glad I was in the same room or ARG! dosent bare thinking about.

I don't think there is much point on a collar anyway especially if they are indoor cats. And if not, if a cat disappears it is probably because a)it's been stolen in which case a collar is useless as can be just removed or b)it's got hurt somewhere (collar not much good there either) or c) lost in which case we hope some honest nice person finds a cat and they are more than likely to either take it to a local vet in which case they would look for a microchip or they are a neighbour that knows you and your cats. I think collars are dangerous on cats too - if they are outside they could get caught up on any number of things so a big no no in my opinion.

Totally agree !

Well Scrapdragon do you think DH is overuled well & truly now about the wearing of collars, some good reasons now you can show him,as I said earlier I have seen some really nasty things concerning them & not only cats,one client had two puppies {rather large breed} & had put soft collars on so they got used to wearing them,left them on at night & when they came down in the morning one of the pups had got its foot through the collar of the other one,it had obviously tried to pull it out & had twisted round & the other pup had been strangled with its siblings foot still caught,the one that was still alive had problems as well as the circulation had been cut off where the collar was wrapped round its leg,what a nightmare for them & so sad.