Do your black cats wear collars?

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We're about to start letting our 2 black cats outside. We've never had collars on cats before but these ones are completely black so I'm wondering if a reflective collar would be a good idea so cars have a chance of seeing them?
We're planning on keeping them in at night but even late afternoon it's dark.

RALF!!!! Perfect!

Mine has this
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Very reflective and the quick release works well. We had to buy a new collar every month for several months as they were releasing as soon as he squeezed through a gap in our hedge and caught them on a corner of the shed. When we moved the shed we found them all in a pile! It was reassuring to know he wasn’t going to be strangled.

My black cat refuses to wear a collar. Whenever we try, she lies there and waits for death to take her.

I’ve tried with safety collars but they’re worn once and then disappear when they go outside.

Both of mine wear them, the boy cat goes through about one a week - they’re all quick release ones. They have three bells each and it doesn’t have one iota of an effect on their hunting, if anything it just made them up their ninja training! They are expert at silently crossing the lawn with bells now.

yes, always. hearing the bells on collar is possibly why I didn't run D-Cat over the other night in driveway.

Fairly tight collar if possible, this reduces risk of it coming off or getting caught on something.