Don't Know What To Do?

[katladyd]

Our cats are microchipped and that works better than a collar. Of course, they have to be taken to a shelter and have it scanned, but I know it works. None of my present cats will tolerate a collar, they actually fight to get them off, Mac is especially adept at this. I don't want to stress Ming because of his FLUTD tendencies, so, microchips it is. If he's worn one before, he should tolerate one now. Keep trying.

[Freedom]

Break away collar gets my vote, lol.

Make sure Highway is NOT looking to read this: I have 2 who figured out how to snag the breakaway collar on furniture and get it off, so they don't wear collars.

Mine are indoor only; no kids here, just Dad and I so I don't worry about them getting out by mistake either.

[apbtmom76]

Freedom - Highway has not figured out how to read but he does know how to make the collar come off, hahah is why it was missing for 6 months, lol. Thank you both for your replies

[Cataholic]

Weird. I have never collared my cats, all indoors. I think I toyed with it one time when I fancied strutting my RB Tuxie, Tex, around, but it never materialized. I guess I don't 'get' collaring an indoor only cat.

And, from what I have read- harnesses are not meant to be worn like collars. They are unsafe, apparently, if there isn't close supervision. Just passing along what I have heard.

[Medusa]

I put a collar on Boo when I first got him b/c he's such a beautiful black cat. The collar was rhinestone studded but it didn't matter to Boo. He chewed through that thing in a matter of minutes. I put another one on him and he did the same thing. So no more collars for Boo or any of my Fur Posse. I've had up to 8 cats at once and none of them have had collars b/c they're all indoors and I don't see the sense in it. To each his/her own.

[catmandu]

My Found Cats all hate collars , and run around knocking them off.
I used to use Ova Collars , but got tired of getting new 20 dollar collars!!!

[krazyaboutkatz]

The main reason that I decided to put collars on my indoor only cats is because I live in a condo complex and my front door leads to a hallway. Sky used to door dash all the time and he's so friendly that he'd follow any one home. He'll still do it once in a while. Their tags have my address and home phone number on them as well as their names.

A lot of people don't think about checking animals out for microchips. I used to buy the fabric type safety collars but they tear them up by scratching them. Now I buy the leather/vinyl type and they seem to last forever. If all of my cats seemed stressed out by them like my Sunny, I wouldn't make them wear the collars because it's not worth it. They've all gotten used to them and Pearl and Ziggy have worn them since they were kittens. Once again good luck.