Topic: Collars! (Read 2203 times)

maddercow · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2012, 13:25:26 PM »

Am not a fan of collars. I know there are safer ones now but having seen the damage they can do I wouldn't put one on my cats.

Having said that though I did put a red velvet flea collar on my old chocolate point Persian Rosie for a few weeks once (RIP) and she looked SO CUTE in it.

Mine are indoor cats and have chips and I think they would be like Suzanne's cat, they would hide uner my bed rather than run off.

Still, being indoor cats they are less likely to come a cropper without you knowing about it so should be ok.

X

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2012, 22:17:18 PM »

Mine are indoor cats and they don't wear collars. I dont really like collars and the chances of them being escapees are so small that I don't feel the negatives of collars are justified. They are microchipped. If I was burgled, Jaffa would hide rather than escape and Mosi would probably lose any collar he had on!

caz1979 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2012, 22:02:06 PM »

Thanks for the replies! Shall be buying 2 collars and tags x

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2012, 21:58:48 PM »

I agree with Snarf, indoor cats may well be frightened if they find themselves in the big bad world so even more important that they can be identified and returned than a regular 'streetwise' cat. I do confess that only one of mine wears a collar though, mainly because the other one takes on average 10 minutes to get it off so it's pointless putting one on him! On the collar tags instead of 'indoor cat' so the person knows they had escaped, I have 'new to area, if you are reading this he is lost' as I'm aware that some people don't approve of indoor cats and therefore might think twice about returning him/her thinking that they are 'rescuing' them - probably a bit paranoid but there you go!

snarf · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2012, 21:18:18 PM »

for my tuppence worth mine are currently all indoor and all wear collars. theyre all microchipped as well but its my experience that alot of people either dont know or dont think to scan for chips. my mobile number is clear on all the collars and theyre the easy release type. My concern isnt day to day potential escapes so much but what would happen if i were to be burgled or some other frightening event- car accidents etc. My sister has a blind cat and his collar also states BLIND! as its important if he is found that hes made safe straight away and hes so good at hearing and sensing he appears to see

caz1979 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2012, 13:14:26 PM »

My 2 are inoor cats,just wondered for any of you that have indoor cats do you put collars in them? i was thinking i wouldnt but since Poppys little falling out the window accident i am wondering if i should! x