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Cats and collars
By: shadowfox79 Date: November 29, 2023, 1:07 am
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Does anyone have any ideas about how to keep a collar on a cat?
After our cat Spot brought home a not-quite-dead pigeon, we
decided to bite the bullet and put a belled collar on him. He
isn't particularly keen on it, but it seemed to do the trick
since he hasn't brought any dead or nearly-dead things home
since. However, about a week ago I came downstairs to find the
collar lying on the floor and both cats looking innocent. We
couldn't work out how he had got it off since it wasn't broken,
but DH put it back on him and we hoped that would be the end of
it.
Nope. A couple of days ago I was about to break up a fight
between Spot and his sister Dash when I realised they weren't
actually fighting - she was attacking the clip on his collar.
Five seconds later she had managed to unclip it and it was lying
on the floor again. She did it again yesterday.
How am I supposed to keep a collar on Spot when Dash has learned
how to unfasten the thing for him?
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Re: Cats and collars
By: sandisadie Date: November 29, 2023, 10:43 am
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There are harnesses for cats. That is probably the only way to
keep something on a cat's neck or body. I had a cat one time
that I decided to try walking outside and attached his leash to
a cat harness, which worked very well.
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Re: Cats and collars
By: jpcher Date: November 29, 2023, 1:25 pm
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What might be happening is that the collar has a quick-release
safety function. So all Dash has to do is give the collar a
strong tug and the buckle will release.
This is actually a good thing. The collar might get snagged on
something and the cat is able to release itself from the collar
instead of being trapped.
That happened to my kitty (who's worn a collar all her life).
One day the collar went missing. I couldn't figure out what
happened to it. Then a few days later I saw that it was tightly
wedged in the corner of one of my heater vents. If it didn't
have a quick-release I don't know how long kitty would have been
stuck on the vent.
You could get a collar that doesn't have a quick release buckle.
But that (and a non-releasable harness) could cause problems if
it gets hung up on something. Especially if the cat goes
outdoors unsupervised.
Sorry, I know that doesn't help with your question. Maybe just
keep trying. Sooner or later Spot just might get used to it.
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Re: Cats and collars
By: shadowfox79 Date: November 30, 2023, 12:56 am
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[quote author=jpcher link=topic=2571.msg80571#msg80571
date=1701285941]
What might be happening is that the collar has a quick-release
safety function. So all Dash has to do is give the collar a
strong tug and the buckle will release.
This is actually a good thing. The collar might get snagged on
something and the cat is able to release itself from the collar
instead of being trapped.
That happened to my kitty (who's worn a collar all her life).
One day the collar went missing. I couldn't figure out what
happened to it. Then a few days later I saw that it was tightly
wedged in the corner of one of my heater vents. If it didn't
have a quick-release I don't know how long kitty would have been
stuck on the vent.
You could get a collar that doesn't have a quick release buckle.
But that (and a non-releasable harness) could cause problems if
it gets hung up on something. Especially if the cat goes
outdoors unsupervised.
[/quote]
Ah yes, you may be right. I wouldn't want Spot getting hung up
on something, particular since Dash doesn't go outside with him
- I'm sure if she did she'd be straight back here raising the
alarm.
Looks like I'll just have to hope Spot gets used to it. I'm a
bit worried that a cat harness would have the same problem of
potentially getting him stuck somewhere.
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