what age do you put collars on kittens?

zzzLazyDaisy

My cat is chipped but he also used to wear a collar. It had an elasticated bit and was fairly loose - I could easily pull it over his head without undoing it. So anyway, one day he came home without it, so I decided to use the quick release ones - five collars (and tags) in three weeks later I gave up and now rely on the chip.

But the awful thing is that the other week I found the old elasticated collar tangled in the hedge at the bottom of my garden - and almost chewed right through - he must have been really caught in that hedge before he freed himself.

spike7451

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

My cat is chipped but he also used to wear a collar. It had an elasticated bit and was fairly loose - I could easily pull it over his head without undoing it. So anyway, one day he came home without it, so I decided to use the quick release ones - five collars (and tags) in three weeks later I gave up and now rely on the chip.

But the awful thing is that the other week I found the old elasticated collar tangled in the hedge at the bottom of my garden - and almost chewed right through - he must have been really caught in that hedge before he freed himself.

With microchips nowerdays,collars are imho a redundent & dangerous accessory for a cat.A lot of owners use them with bells to alert wildlife but then again,foxes & badgers dont wear collars to alert the wildlife.

Emmylou_2

Our insurance (Tesco) actually has a clause saying if they're not wearing collars outside, they're not insured.

So Splodge and Nev got collars the day they got snipped and chipped, so they had a couple of weeks to get used to them before they went outside.

We're now on collar 3 for both of them, but they're both climbers and so we envisage finding lots of collars when the undergrowth thins back in the autumn!