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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Maddiesmum on February 17, 2008, 16:21:04 PM

Title: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Maddiesmum on February 17, 2008, 16:21:04 PM
Charlie has come home twice this week minus collar and disc.  No one has rung me to say they have found them or anything.  A bit bemused really
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: blackcat on February 17, 2008, 16:22:36 PM
at least you know the safety release system is efficient  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Maddiesmum on February 17, 2008, 19:34:23 PM
LOL
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: chris91011 on February 17, 2008, 22:59:24 PM
Meg was always loosing her collar, so i stopped putting one on her, don't think she'd let me put one on her now!
she had one as a kitten, one day she came in without it, the next day she came in carrying it in her mouth!! she had found it and brought it home :rofl:
think she thought she'd caught something cos she looked so proud!!!
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Maddiesmum on February 18, 2008, 06:49:39 AM
What a clever girl Chris wish Charlie would
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: tigerbaby on February 18, 2008, 13:54:45 PM
I don't know how they do it - my friends Persian cat got given a brand new expensive collar, went outside, came back -without it! He was all happy and proud a bit like ''hey mummy, look how clever I am!''
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Ralph's mum (angie) on February 18, 2008, 15:08:24 PM
Max did the same gave up when I started to buy 2 collars a week, 'cause he was new to the area I was scared people would think he was stray and take him in  :rofl:
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Millys Mum on February 18, 2008, 17:00:22 PM
Naughty boy  :evillaugh:

Was he chipped when you had him neutered, would be worth doing just incase theres another "owner" out there
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Maddiesmum on February 18, 2008, 17:10:32 PM
Yes he has been chipped but his collars have a lovely loud bell to warn the birds and so I can hear that he's about.  Now on  his third
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Millys Mum on February 18, 2008, 17:38:36 PM
Before i existed my mum acquired a ginger stray, he wore a budgie bell loud and proud  :Luv:
Her other cat just learnt how to hunt without ringing it  :evillaugh:

With bells its important theres no gaps for claws to get stuck in, ouch  :sick:

Third time lucky! :luck:
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Maddiesmum on February 18, 2008, 19:42:51 PM
One came home just now.  One of the neighbours found it in his garden
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Stuart on February 18, 2008, 19:54:43 PM
Hamish and Misty used to be outdoor cats and they were forever loosing thier collars?? :-:  We started to think someone was strealing them
but then thought they must be getting them stuck on bushes and pulling in opposite direction to get them off (they were never on that tight)
Just enough so's you could pull them over thier heads, I have now seen the Horrors of what collars worn the wrong way can do :(
and in future, If the area is right, and deemed suitable for letting Furbabes out, I would now have them chipped instead  :)

never did find out where the collars went to, but between 5 Furbabes, we lost count of how many collars we had to replace  :shocked:
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: blackcat on February 18, 2008, 19:55:42 PM
Her other cat just learnt how to hunt without ringing it  :evillaugh:


Bob used to tuck his chin down so the bell did not ring ... :evillaugh:

Claudius just ripped the bells off as soon as I attached them ... :(
Title: Re: The mystery of Charlie's disappearing collars
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on February 18, 2008, 21:59:36 PM
Looks like Charlie has been giving Lukey a remote masterclass in collar losing techniques!  Since I've moved I've put collars on the boys in the house as they will soon be going out into the catproofed garden (once I get the fences and catproofing put up!) for the first time so I wanted them to wear one as an extra safety net so to speak.  Lukey keeps his on for all of 2 minutes, he's not at all bothered by wearing it I think he just pops it off because he can  :innocent: