It has never crossed my mind to put a collar on any of my cats. I see from some posts that many of you do put collars on your cats. I'm just curious what purpose does a collar serve on a cat? Dogs you use it to attach their leash. But cats? I would think it would be uncomfortable on a cat. besides my cats all love to be itched and patted around their necks. A collar would just be in the way.
Plus I think it would dangerous they could get caught up on something. Cats do get into some pretty small spaces and strange areas in the house. So I'm just nosey. Why do so many of you put a collar on a cat?

It is a sense of ownership, it is a sense of pride. There are break-away collars that will snap off at the slightest hint of pressure. There are jeweled collars and even spiked collars for cats.

Personally, I believe collars to be dangerous. I have to many stories in my files from owners asking me to write an article about cats and collars after losing thier cat to strangulation. :( All my cats are microchipped in the event they do get lost or stolen.

it is an individual choice is what I found out when doing the research. And some owners get mighty offended when you suggest that cat collars are not the way to go that is until they suffer a loss because of a collar being on a cat that was not a break-away collar.

All of my cats used to wear collars but now only Isis does and it has a bell on it because she is the only one that tires to go outside. and shes black so if someone comes to the door late at night and i open the door i can hear her running down the hall to scoot outside and catch her (i don't let any of mine outside) so for her its more of a alert system. Salem and Ailey have collars but I can't find them (i wouldn't be able to find my own head if it wasn't attached to my shoulders)

Both of my cats wear collars with bells on them. They wear them loose enough that if somehow they got caught on something, they would be able to slide their head out very easily. Collars also make them look cuter to. :lol3:

I`ve never put one on either of my cats...and I susspect they would not take kindly to it if I tried. (Plus I`ve petted cats with collars on before and I don`t like the intrruption of the "stroke")
Linda

My girls wear collars with bells, mostly so I can find them! Cassie hides in nooks and crannies of the basement, the bell helps me locate her. Sophie and Luna can find the strangest places up here in the house to hide, too. I don't know, I like the collars and the i.d. tags, but all of them are micro-chipped as well. Each collar is a safety collar, in the event that they do become snagged on something. Before buying any collar, I pull on it to see how easily it would separate if snagged.

Percy is the only one who doesn't wear a collar. Being outside, he's exposed to too many situations where he could snag it on something. Safety collar or not, that's a chance I don't want to risk with an outdoor cat.

I live in the UK where most cats are indoor/outdoor cats. Mine go out in the garden and they wear breakaway collars with bells.
A: we can hear where they are
B: it gives the birds a sporting chance!:lol3:

Chester normally wears a collar. He's young enough and curious enough that he's tried to get out of the house before. I really don't want him getting hurt or lost or taken, so I put a collar on him with his Name, microchip number and contact for the microchip place. When he gets older and less curious about the "big room outside" I will probably take it off perminently.
His collars have always been breakaways and I'm currently waiting for my first Beastie Band to arrive in the mail!

It has never crossed my mind to put a collar on any of my cats. I see from some posts that many of you do put collars on your cats. I'm just curious what purpose does a collar serve on a cat? Dogs you use it to attach their leash. But cats? I would think it would be uncomfortable on a cat. besides my cats all love to be itched and patted around their necks. A collar would just be in the way.
Plus I think it would dangerous they could get caught up on something. Cats do get into some pretty small spaces and strange areas in the house. So I'm just nosey. Why do so many of you put a collar on a cat?mine all wear collars w/bells, rabies tags & id tags. they are all indoor cats, but if they did get out, i'd want someone to be able to contact me, hence the id tags. they wear beastie bands - they're very lightweight & strechy, & come in cool patterns - the cats don't seem to mind them much. i still scratch/rub Pixel under her collar, because she likes it - the other two don't seem to like it anymore than any other petting.

No, the first cat I owned had a collar as he was indoor/outdoor and needed id and rabies on the collar. But when I started showing him in HHP, the judges frowned on "collar marks" as that meant the cat went outdoors which was discouraged for many reasons.

So after that, none of my cats ever wore a collar - and of course none were outside anyway. I just kept the rabies tags in a drawer if ever needed.

Duke has worn a collar since he was a little munshkin He had a habbit of getting under people's feet so a bell was needed. Sibohan never took to a collar, she was a rescued cat that was fully grown when I got her. I am planning on having them both microchiped befor spring, Sibohan is a bit of an escape artist and I would hate to loose her. As of now I took Duke's collar off to brush him one day and forgot to put it back on, he was tramatized, he didn't "tinkle" anymore and cried until I put his collar back on.

I wouldn't recommend using a collar with a leash on a cat - if you want to walk a cat on a leash, a harness is much safer. It's very important to only use safety release breakaway collars.

Our cats wear safety collars with ID tags: Beastie Bands (http://www.beastiebands.com/beastiebands.html) that stretch loose all around or Safe Cat (http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441807852&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025528)collars with the plastic breakaway buckle - make sure to test it to make sure it will release under moderate pressure, some of them are too stiff.

They're microchipped too, but a lot of people don't know about microchips, so I want them to have a visible ID on them so they can be returned if by some chance they were to get outside. Putting something like "if I'm outside, I'm lost" on the tag with your contact info is a good idea so people don't just assume it's an outside cat.

Regular collars without a safety release are indeed dangerous, but in my experience the safety collars have always come loose when they needed to, except for the collars with just an elastic insert in them - the cat can get a leg stuck through them and be unable to get the collar off. I came home to find one of my babies that way one day, and have stayed away from those types of collars ever since.

This (http://www.fabcats.org/collars.html) is a good article about collars, but there's a pic at the bottom of the page that some might find disturbing (in that case, stop reading at the "case report" section).

my cat has a soft fabric breakaway collar with her name and my phone number embroidered on it. if she ever got outside by mistake I would want someone who found her to return her to me as I love her madly. if she didn't have the collar some one would keep her, she is so very lovable.

she didn't even blink when I put it on her.

Yes we have collars on all ours (the quick release type) If they escaped and somebody found them they would have our phone number. Not everyone carries a microchip scanner on them!:lol3:

The breakaway collars are v safe and it doesnt take huge pressure for them to release, Mollys lost a couple as she always goes into small spaces. So its good to know they release when there meant to.. But there strong enough to stay on normally

My three are indoor cats, and they are all microchipped, so usually I don't put collars on them unless:

1. I'm taking them to the vet
2. I'm going away and leaving them in the care of a petsitter or friend who'll look in on them (and this is more for her convenience, in case somebody gets sick)
3. Occasionally I collar the youngest, since she likes to sneak up on the other two and it drives them crazy. But she knows how to get out of any collar -- I should have named her Houdina -- LOL so I rarely bother.

My cats wear breakaway collars with name and my number and a separate tag that reads "If I am outside, I am lost - Reward for my safe return!" on one side and has their rabies # on the other side (my county gives out HUGE rabies tags- presumably designed for large dogs that would bug my kitties). I don't put a bell on their collars because, quite frankly, it irritated me and it made them play with their collars and break them off, which is not a situation I'd want unless they were in real danger.

I have 5 cats and I do not put collars on them.

I do not put a collar on my cats. They're all microchipped so hopefully if they get out, someone will find them and they'll be returned to me. I can't risk the danger of strangulation, which is a higher risk than them getting out. Even with the safety collars, I'd rather not risk it. Plus, I'm sure they like it better not having to wear one. My dogs' collars come off the minute they get in from outside, so they don't have to wear them in the house.

my two have break aways with id .. though I will micro chip the younger one when I have tiem

When I was a kid my grandmother's cats all wore rhinestone collars. They looked so pretty that I couldn't wait to have my own cats with rhinestone collars. For some reason my girls didn't share my enthusiasm. They prefer to run around "au naturel" .. the little hussies :lol3:

Harley has a spiked collar with his Harley Davidson emblems on it, and his ID tag as well:)

When I was a kid my grandmother's cats all wore rhinestone collars. They looked so pretty that I couldn't wait to have my own cats with rhinestone collars. For some reason my girls didn't share my enthusiasm. They prefer to run around "au naturel" .. the little hussies :lol3:



:lol3: That's what ours have. My all black cat as a black collar with rhinestones and Tara's tiger cat has a pink collar with rhinestones. They actually don't mind if they wear them or not. :bigthumb:

Diesel doesn't mind his collar, but Portia just HATES hers - I put it on for a couple of hours at a time so she'll get used to it, but she just puts her head down low and walks around like she has 20 pounds of weight on her head!!

Poor baby, she just can't stand it!

My two cats have worn breakaway collars since the moment I adopted them. And they haven't mind one bit. And I'm not worried about stangulation because they come off pretty easily - I occasionally find them in closets, etc. They also were their ID tags just in case they get out.

Each of my girls wears a safety collar with a bell and a tag engraved with her name and our address and phone #.:)

My cats don't wear collars. Teddy probably could, but PJ freaks out and stops moving if one is put on her. I have a safety collar and labeled tags made for each of them in case we travel, or for when we move in the future. Both cats are microchipped and since they don't show any interest in the door, my hope is that they'll never get outside. :)

Both our girls wear a collar with bell,their rabies tag, and their name tags on them.I personally do it for peace of mind.Blaze was outside when we found her and she is always wanting to go back out to check things out.So, I just keep them on the girls incase they get out.I have 4 kids, so the door is opened ALOT!!! I don't want either of my babies to run out the door and me not know about it and someone keep them because they don't know who the owner is.Or shoot them because they think they are strays!!!
I should add that they are breakaway collars.

I have collars for my kitties, but they only wear them if they go outside. Captain is a street-wise cat (the other two aren't) so he goes out quite regularly and knows that putting on the collar (a break-away) is a pre-req to going out. The other two are interested in the outdoors but don't go out because it's scary! Other than with Captain, I just put collars on the kids when I take them for walks in case they slip their harness.

I can't afford microchipping right now and I have some questions about the process and where it goes and how it feels anyway.

My Sanura has a few that are beaded fancy ones that if she got them caught on something...they WILL break! :)

Devin has a collar with an ID tag (his name & phone number), rabbies tag, adoption place tag & his mircochip tag information. It looks like it would be a bit heavy but I'm worried that the rabbies tag is important some how, might take the shelter tag off him seeing as he's probably go enough indentifiying information!

I'd hate for him to get out & get taken to the shelter & no one would even bother to scan him since he's without a collar, the general idea around here is if the cat doesnt have a collar he's an outdoor/indoor cat or a ferel. Devin's an indoor cat & goes on walks with me with a harness & a leash a few times a week.