Scary collar!

[Sonia59]

Something scary happened to Jasmine yesterday with her new collar! I bought a lovely pink collar for my princess and tried to put it on Jasmine's neck Saturday. She did not like it so much. I first removed the bell but she still wanted to get rid off the collar. So for the night I decided to remove it and put it back on her neck the next morning. She tried a bit to remove it, but not so hard and it seemed she started getting used to it. She had it the whole Sunday night and Monday.
When my partner came home after work on Monday evening, Jasmine was looking at him with her mouth open. After taking a closer look my partner saw that Jasmine has the collar in her mouth, like the bit of a horse, and she could not close her jaw!!! Of course he tried to catch her, but she ran all around the house (she was playing ). He finally caught her and removed the collar completely. How scary !!! How could this happen May be the collar was not tight enough around her neck and she could pass her jaw in it to get rid of it, but poor girl! It probably just happened because there was no saliva on her face (I guess after some time there would be a lot of saliva if she could not close her mouth) but what if this would have happened in the morning By shaking her head hard the collar may have been released, but I am not sure she is strong enough to open it!

Jamsine is fine now, right after the adventure she ate and played as usual.
Here is a picture of her on Monday morning with the famous collar:


And a picture of her this morning, WITHOUT the collar!


Sorry for the bad quality of pics, they are taken by PawPaw with a small webcam and I receive them every morning (I work abroad)

[catnapper]

Yup.... thats why Pouncer does not wear a collar. Thats why I decided not to even try to make Harry and Abby wear collars when we got them. After a whike, I thought it was pretty silly that Allen wore his (and he's the only one of the group who I completely trust to not wander away!)

Thanks for reminding me -- I still need to get my guys microchipped!

[Killearn Kitties]

Aww, scritchies to baby Jasmine! Cat's certainly can injure themselves with collars and I'm glad Jasmine's experience didn't upset her too much.

How nice that you get photos sent to you.

[catmandu]

I used to put Ova Collars on the Cats for Flea Prevention but they kept losing them,and at Twenty Dollars apiece I couldnt afford them.
We are glad that Your Kitty is unhurt,and none worse the wear for her bad collar experience

[Don Juan's mom]

Don Juan and Zerlina both wear Safe Cat(TM) collars, which have a pull-apart clasp. Zerlina has managed to remove hers a few times, so I know they're OK.

Liz

[elizabethann]

Poor kitty. I hope she's okay. Perhaps you can try break-away collars? If the cat trys to take it off or it gets caught on something, it just unsnaps. This prevents hanging or chocking. Just a thought.

[Sonia59]

Don Juan and Zerlina both wear Safe Cat(TM) collars, which have a pull-apart clasp. Zerlina has managed to remove hers a few times, so I know they're OK.

Liz

It is exactly the kind of collar I chose! Even more scary, isnt' it? But you need to pull quite hard (well, not for a human, but for a little cat, I think) to open it!

I still need to get my guys microchipped!

Jasmine has a chip, but I wanted to put her a collar and may be also a medal because the chip is not visible and if she is lost (there is no reason for it but we never know) people will know she belongs to someone. Microchips are not very common in France so I am not sure everyone will have the reflex to check for it. In the Netherlands where I adopted Jasmine, the chips are put on every cat or dog to be adopted, so everyone knows that if he finds an animal he can go to a vet and find the owner.