Hi - This is a bit strange, but when I called in my cats for tea tonight, one of them came in and had a rubber band around its head/neck - roughly where their collar would be (they are without collars for a while at the mo). It was a big thick brown one like the type that the postie uses. It wasn't on tightly. I took it off immediately - it didn't seem to be causing her any problems. I spoke to the children and they all denied having done it. I had only seen her about 30 minutes before and she was fine then. Also, it wasn't a rubber band that I'd seen in our house before so I think the kids were telling the truth - they hadn't been in the garden.
So now I'm worried - is this something that someone has put on my cat :-( Who would do such a thing, although I don't really want to think about that. Or could she have got it on by accident. The thing is, it isn't very warm today so in the two or three gardens nearest ours there wouldn't have been any kids out. Also my cats don't usually go far. I know my two closest neighbours well and neither of them would do something like this.
I've got them both in for the night now as I'm a bit worried. Do you think it could have been hanging somewhere and it just happened by accident? It was a big rubber band.