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To: BenLurkin

What a wonderful story.

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.


3 posted on 12/27/2017 7:14:15 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Sorry about the cat collars problem. Our Bob lost THREE new collars, all with tags, in September alone. The most expensive one, he only wore overnight, less than 12 hours. I do have another one ready to go for him, but have let him go without, not wanting to just throw another one away.

These were all some “breakaway” type collars, two from WalMart, and one, which was pretty expensive, from Petco or one of the big chain stores.

Before that, our cat had one that was more like a reflective patent leather, also “breakaway”, and it did come apart a couple times, but he never lost it, over 4 years! I wish I could find that type again. It was just getting old, and the vinyl stuff was cracking a little bit, which made me think it might be scratchy to his neck.

I have a feeling that there are 3 collars with tags on them, under a huge blue spruce across the street. It has wiry branches, low to the ground, and if he didn’t intentionally “lose” those collars, he probably caught them in there, going in and out from under the tree. It is a favorite spot for him, because he has 270 degree view on a corner with a side street, and cannot be detected there, and I doubt whether a dog could get through to him, due to the dense branches.


16 posted on 12/27/2017 8:01:05 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: bgill

>> 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.


17 posted on 12/27/2017 8:27:40 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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