Cat collars yes or no?

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Do you have collars on your cats?
Yes or no?
I'm undecided whether to put them on our 6 month old kittens before we let them outside 🥴
Pros - People can recognise that they have a home and are loved
Cons - Worried about them getting hooked up

I would get the easy quick release ones if I was to go for collars but I'm not actually sure if they work and are indeed safe because they are quick release?

Even the quick release collars can kill.

I don't think they are necessary and they carry risks as you say.

If a cat is well cared for their fur looks shiny and they are happy. I don't think you'll have people assuming they are stray.

If you tried to put a collar on my cat, he’d have your face off.

Definite 'no' from me. They are so dangerous. Even the so-called safety collars pose risks. None of my cats have collars. And I don't actually see the point of them as all cats should be microchipped anyway 😽

Just to add they are both microchipped ☺️

No, too risky.

No collar. Never...

We tried with our cats when they were young. One didn't really like it but probably would have got used to it, the other made dramatic noises like she was being choked even though it definitely wasn't too tight. We decided to leave them off and not thought about it since.

both my cats have collars, i was never a collar fan but have recently had isses with every cat in the neighbour hood coming into our house via the cat flap, stinking up the house and eating all the cat food, so we installed one of these flaps that reads the cats 'chip' and only lets in those cats with chips that have been programmed to the cat flap.

unfortunately, the signal is not the best and was very hit and miss, so we bought collars with chips on them and now my 2 cats can come and go without fear of being attacked in their own home by other cats and their cat food is left well alone.

they are quick release and i don't put them on tightly so if they got in a bind they could wriggle out of them. my black and white cat has her origianl collar, my ginger tom is onto his 4th one

Nope, too risky.

One does (the hunter) with a bell.
One doesn't (the fat lazy one).

ha ha our collars had bells, but to be honest, we ended up removing them cos all you could hear at 3am was tinkle tinkle tinkle as they ran about the house :)

Definitely not. I used to use the plastic clip breakaway collars, until my cat spent a couple of hours with it stuck in his mouth like a horses bit. He just sat really quietly, waiting for me to remove it and did nothing to alert me. Poor little thing. I would file down the plastic clasp to ensure it would break away more easily too.

The elastic ones are even worse, causing hanging and armpit injuries.

Yes with a bell to limit killings

Not a chance

Sadly doesn't work. Cats just learn to become stealthier hunters.

No

In my experience cats always find a way to get the collar off! I stick with the chip now.

Nope, def not.

No way. I've never put collars on my cats, it just looks unbearable! My cats are microchipped and the cat flap is opened by their microchip under their skin so they don't need to wear one round their neck. Collars serve no purpose really.

No. Our cat looks shiny and well fed, I don’t think anyone would take him for a stray, and he’s chipped. He’s never out overnight or when we’re at work, but I’d be nervous he got caught in something with a collar.

Never use collars

Never - it's way too dangerous.

Absolutely not.

When I got my rescue cats I had to promise never to let them wear collars. The rescue centre made everyone look at pictures of collar injuries before they're allowed to take a cat away.