>> Does anyone know of a cat collar that stays on? One of ours refuses to keep them on. I can’t afford a new collar and tag every other day. <<
You really don’t want the collar to stay on and be difficult to shed. Cats tend to climb and go through snaggy obstacles. If the collar doesn’t breakaway then the cat can get injured or die.
> You really don’t want the collar to stay on and be difficult to shed. Cats tend to climb and go through snaggy obstacles. If the collar doesn’t breakaway then the cat can get injured or die.
+1
Many years ago when I lived in an apartment building, I came home one night to see a feral cat around the front porch. Since I had some cat food left over from when I had a cat, I took a bowl down for it.
When it came up to the bowl, I saw that someone had stupidly and cruelly collared it with a frickin' zip tie when it was small and the cat had grown into it to the point it was literally choking to death and its eyes were starting to bulge out.
So I ran upstairs to get a pair of wire cutters but when I got back to the porch, the cat was gone and I never saw it again. I will never forget the sight of that poor creature for as long as I live......
Cats can get their claws stuck in collars while scratching themselves. Ours did, when I was a kid. If he hadn’t been right by the bedroom window where we could hear him wailing because he was stuck, something bad could have happened. Since then, I’ve never put a collar on a cat.
I always thought that, having strictly indoor cats, there was no real need to chip. But you never know what might happen, so I think it’s a good idea for any pet.