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My cats don't like collars. If I put a collar around their necks, they paw at it and try to remove it. It's my fault. The same day I adopted them, I went to the trouble of buying breakaway collars for them, but never bothered to put them on while they were still kittens and allow them to get used to wearing collars, b/c they were going to be strictly indoor cats and I figured they didn't really need to wear them, at least most of the time. :wall: They're 7 1/2 years old now; do you suppose it's too late to get them used to wearing collars? :think:

I adopted a rescue cat from a shelter and she is about 1-2 years old and she was fine with the collar I put on her the day I took her home from the shelter. Her collar is strechy and very soft and not too tight.

Good Luck finding the right kind of collar.

A collar with an ID is so imoprtant in case your cat ever does get out and lost.

One cat does, the other does not. The one that does not never goes out. They are both microchipped anyway, so if the indoor one did go out and get lost, she could still be refound.

My cat doesn't wear a collar. I doubt that he'll ever end up outside, but I should get him microchipped just in case.

I need to buy all my dogs new collars and ID tags, thanks for the reminder. Little Man got his collar off and tore it up with Wings a few weeks ago. Wings collar is MIA. I can't find it anyplace. I found the remains of Shadow's collar in his exercise pen. None of my husband's cats will wear collars. They just claw them up until they come off. They all stay inside so it really isn't that big of a deal. The only time they go outside is when they go to a vet, and they wear a kitty harness, which they hate.

My two cats are strictly indoor, but I still have collars with IDs for them. I only put the collars on them when I leave the house. When I come home, they greet me at the door and flop over for belly rubs and I take the collars off.

The first day or so that they wore them they didn't like it, but it didn't take long at all for them to get used to it. And as someone else mentioned, it helps to make sure the collar is of a comfortable material (and break-away, just in case).

Yeah.. I've read about dogs almost strangling themselves when their collars get hooked on stuff around the house.

Both my boys wear collars and tags and they're both indoors only. They have never gone outside, but if they were to go out, they'd have no way to tell anyone how to get home again, so I feel better with them wearing it. They look dashing in collars too!!

Atticus has a red woven breakaway collar, and Munchie has a (I'm a bad vegetarian) leather collar that isn't breakway, because with the woven/fabric kinds (we've been through a lot, trust me) he licks them and frays them, and then gets the frays stuck in his teeth, and I have on many many occasions had to tackle a panicked cat and untangle a collar from his mouth. It freaks me out to come home to him with his jaw trapped open and covered in drool. Also, since they're adjustable, sometimes he'd get them looser and then just get it caught in his mouth like a gag. I'd rather him wear the leather collar (which is loose enough so he could slip it over his head if he got stuck somewhere) and I haven't had a problem with it being caught in his mouth oonce.

Max has Id tags and stuff on his collar. He never wears it at home but when we go to the park or for walks, he has it on.

We haven't gotten collars for the boys because they are indoor cats, but perhaps we should reconsider. They are microchipped and we never intend to take them outside without having them in a carrier.

Please reconsider collars or at least microchipping if your pet "won't" wear a collar (I got all my animals to eventually wear them no matter what sort of a fuss they put up)

My sister's townhouse was broken into and her four "strictly indoor" sweet kitties escaped and ran off - probably a bit traumatized with a stranger rooting around their home. She only found two of them. :cry: It was bad enough to get robbed of materiel items, but to lose her "babies" too... it was very sad.

My dogs all have collars with IDs, except for Skip who needs a new ID tag and a new collar (he's broken every collar I've put on him and his tags got lost).

My cats don't wear collars. :-/

They're all microchipped.

All 3 of my animals are from rescue groups, so I especially want to make sure that they are never lost by their owner again.

One of my dogs has been lost before by her previous owner, I am her 3rd owner, very sad...all due to her not having an ID tag.

My cat and two dogs are microchipped and have ID tags with my home address and my home phone number.

Please make sure to buy ID tags for your pets if you haven't yet and encourage your friends to do so as well. :-)

Both my boys wear collars and tags and they're both indoors only. .

You are very right:

Many people think that b/c their cats stay inside they don't need to worry about ID tags, but these are the cats that need them the most. Indoor cats don't know their way home and will be even more confused and lost. These are the cats that really need to be returned home asap.

Plus there is no guarantee that your indoor cat will never get out and lost.

OK, so I just tried an experiment and put the collars on the cats.

Sabrina seems to be OK with it. I'm not even sure she notices that there's a collar around her neck.

Misty, on the other hand, freaked out and tried to get the collar off, and succeeded, without actually getting the collar open. It wasn't quite tight enough. So I put the collar back on her and tightened it a bit, and now she's walking around like nothing happened.

I guess you CAN teach an old cat new tricks. :surprised

So I guess the next step is to get them ID tags, put 'em on the collars, and get the cats used to having all that stuff on 'em permanently.

OK, so I just tried an experiment and put the collars on the cats.

Sabrina seems to be OK with it. I'm not even sure she notices that there's a collar around her neck.

Misty, on the other hand, freaked out and tried to get the collar off, and succeeded, without actually getting the collar open. It wasn't quite tight enough. So I put the collar back on her and tightened it a bit, and now she's walking around like nothing happened.

I guess you CAN teach an old cat new tricks. :surprised

So I guess the next step is to get them ID tags, put 'em on the collars, and get the cats used to having all that stuff on 'em permanently.

If they'll tolerate collars but not tags, you can get collars with names/phone numbers embroyedered into them, or get the type of tag that is like a plate on the collar, not a dangley thing.

Yay, Amy! Glad to hear your cats are cooperating.

Getting the collar tight enough without being too tight is always kinda tricky too. But then, that's why my cats only wear their collars when I'm not home. I've seen too many episodes of Animal Cops where poor animals have collars buried in their necks. So I get paranoid about my babies. :dizzy:

Mine are indoor only and do not wear collars/tags. They are microchipped. We're afraid to try collars on them again, LOL. I'm not overly concerned; I know there's a "chance" they'll get out, but so far in more than 5 years we haven't even had a close call. But, we may try the collar thing again sometime. Chewy has never worn one in his whole life.

Both cats are microchipped. One has a collar that he wears once in a while. He always manages to get it off, and hide it.
The other...is a special case in many ways....since she's got long, fine fur and hates being brushed, I'm worried that a collar would just encourage mats and I'm rarely, if ever in the mood to cut a collar out of the mats of a growling struggling cat.
They're both strictly indoors, so I'm not too worried.

Indoor-only cats w/collars, tags say "I Have An AVID Microchip!"

My cat's microchipped but she kept doing the slip off and hide the collar thing. Maybe I should try this again. If anybody has any tips about getting a cat adjusted to a collar let me know.

My dog is microchipped. He usually wears a collar/w ID but we noticed his fur getting a little thin underneath so we take it off when we are home now.

Both my dogs wear id tags...

My cat wears a harness. I've been trying to teach her to walk on a leash for a while, but she doesn't like it. She has a heart shaped tag that says my name and phone number.