Cat collar advice pl

[Darmont]

Hello again
I'm thinking about getting a collar for our kitten (14 weeks) for when she goes outside after being spayed. Is it recommended to start young with one? I'm looking for one she can't wriggle out of with a name/address tag. Does by one have any suggestions? Thanks

[RightsaidFreud]

we get our collars from here

www.kittycollars.co.uk/

It's important that they CAN get out of them if they need to, like if they get caught/trapped in something.

[cozietoesie]

And remember to have her chipped - maybe during the spaying. That's the best way of identifying her in case she sheds the collar. (As many do.)

[Darmont]

Thank you Rightsaidfreud they look good, and it says to wait until they are 6 months which answers my question.

She's already chipped Cosie (rspca rescue kitten) so that's good, I just want extra ID so someone can ring me straight away :)

[cozietoesie]

Good for you then. But don't be 100% certain she'll wear it if you buy one. (I've never managed it on any cat.)

[Darmont]

Yes I know, but we'll give it a go anyway. I expect the little monkey will do a Houdini with it:)

[RightsaidFreud]

We've been really lucky with ours, they seem to keep them on! Our boy has lost a few through fighting with other neighbourhood cats, but i've always managed to find them (usually in the garden). We've got the bright yellow florescent collars as our boy is all black, and it means he can be seen a little better if he sneaks out at night.

[Fluffycloudland77]

I get snap off ones from poundland, I use a laundry marker to write our address on it.

He loses lots of them hence the poundland trips. It was getting expensive.

[Darmont]

That's a good idea thanks Fluffy, I may try that if the other one doesn't stay on

[Fluffycloudland77]

He used to look so dapper in his gold collar with diamanté trim. Perhaps the other cats laughed at him.

[portraitoftheartist]

Cats can get awful injuries from getting a front leg stuck through a collar. I used a collar when McCavity first went out but he never goes far so I took it off.

[Darmont]

Hi Portrait thanks for the warning I'll see how it goes initially and she'll be supervised outside for a while anyway. Worrying though that prospect!

[Darmont]

So far so good! She's had a kitten collar on for 3 days now and started off going a bit mad and skitty trying to get it off but then she stopped.
She tried to scratch it a lot on day 2 and 3 but now that has settled down and all fine. I took the bell off it because it was driving us nuts! It looks so cute on her.

[ithinkmycatistryingtokillme]

I don't really like collars on cats but ours has proved to be a very successful bird hunter so we got him a breakaway one with a bell. He wears it quite happily and it seems to have reduced the number of birds he catches.

[lljkk]

Pound land is cheapest I have found. We get thru about 10/yr per cat.