Cat collars

Used to for fleas, but they had to be the ones that had a catch that snapped if the cat got caught and struggled. Funnily enough, Wilko used to sell brilliant ones but then the design changed and I didn't think they were so good so I didn't bother. Judging from the number of times they came home without them the safety fastner worked. Don't now as we live out in the country and they are all chipped for ID
 
Didn't see the other post, but yes, both of mine wear collars. I use the ones with a safety catch (I test them before they get let out in them). Dawson regularly loses hers, so she has an address tag - our neighbours are kind enough to pop them back through the cat flap
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Rosie just takes hers off and plays with it. I think that means the safety catch works
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Nope, mine do not wear collars, no chance of losing them, one does not leave the house and the other does not leave the garden
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odd bods
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but even if they did, a cat collar is to much of a safety issue.
 
Mine does,and it has a saftey catch and is elasticated, it is also fitted very loosely so no chance of her getting stuck in it once i start to let her out!!
 
Mine does. It is all elasticated so just pulls off if she ever got caught on anything. It has a bell so gives the wildlife a chance!!
 
PLEASE BEWARE OF ELASTICATED COLLARS. I've had many dealings with cats putting a front paw through the collar and it then slips back under one arm and cuts into the axila (armpit) They are known as collar injuries, this is even more likely to happen if the collar is worn loose as there is more room for the paw to get under it. in the summer these wounds become fly blown and because the cat becomes very uncomfortable is sometimes very hard to catch again. These wounds usually require lengthy treatment and sometimes skin grafts are needed. My cats are microchipped so don't wear collars.
 
Thanks for the warning. I have used this type of collar for years and never had a problem yet but that's not to say it won't happen.
 
Found this pic of the type of injury I'm describing:
http://www.oregonfelines.com/fan/images/rescue4.jpg
Not nice, in over 10 years of working in the animal industry I really have lost count of the amount of these injuries I've come across. The collars are usually ones with elastic in but not always. Just ensure any collar fitted to a cat has enough give to pull over the head but not too much that it can get its' paw between the neck and the collar.
 
I've been thinking about this a little more - and I do understand why people want to put collars on their cats.

We all know how our cats like to wander, and as distressing as it is to think about it, it's a real possibility that they could be hit by a car. I know that I've been grateful recently to be able to phone the owner of a cat killed on the road to let them know what's happened to it. And I was able to do this because it was wearing a collar. And whilst they were very upset, clearly it's better to know than to wonder.......
 
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Found this pic of the type of injury I'm describing:
http://www.oregonfelines.com/fan/images/rescue4.jpg
Not nice, in over 10 years of working in the animal industry I really have lost count of the amount of these injuries I've come across. The collars are usually ones with elastic in but not always. Just ensure any collar fitted to a cat has enough give to pull over the head but not too much that it can get its' paw between the neck and the collar.

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Ditto above...this is wy my cat will never wear a collar, these injuries are horrendous and take forever to heal, as she jsut break down and become horribly necrotic and if the cat happens to go missing and it's a while before the injury is discovered, it's even worse and fly /maggot infested.
 
All of my cats have and do wear collars. My brothers cat was hit by a car, managed to make it into a neighbors garden where he died. The neighbor knew he was ours from his id tag. My younger brothers kitten wandered too far through the woods and ended up a few miles away, 6am we got a phone call saying this cat had been hanging around in their garden for a few days and that morning had come inside for some food. They got the number off his id tag and within 10 mins we had brought him home. He had been missing for over a week
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All our collars have safety clips and are quite loose fitting.
 
no collars for mine, never have and never will, countless warnings and horrific pics enough proof for me, microchip them but defff no collars
 
I know about the dangers of using "normal" collars and would never use one, and I've seen my Mum's cat caught up in an elasticated one (no injury thank god, and never used again!) so I wouldn't use one of those.

But I was wondering what peoples views are on the breakaway clasp collars like This

These are the type I use (different brand but same clasp). Are there any dangers to these? I don't want to put them at risk by using them - one is chipped and doesn't go far, the other isn't chipped but is very sensible, so I really use the collars "just in case" and to stop them catching birds
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If there's any big risks with them, then I'd rather stop using them altogether.

Sorry to slightly hijack this with a question
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My mum's old cat never wore a collar - couldn't get one on her even if we wanted too! She went missing for a few days once and we were worried sick but she came back three days later right as rain and wearing a collar with the words - "Who do i belong to? Call this number..." written on in pen! She had got stuck in a garage and then decide to stay at that house and the people realised she probably already had an owner. When we rang them they explained that they weren't feeding her or anything but that if she ever went missing, she was probably there at her 'second home'!
 
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