cat collars, bell or no?

Do you leave the bells on or take them off?
I took the bells off of my cat collars when I bought them (who wants to run around jingling all the time?!) but Im moving into a big house and am thinking I might put them on in case anyone gets lost (maybe Ill wear one myself). I put Garfields collar on with the bell and it bothered him a little bit at first, I thought Id post and see what the general opinion is, just out of curiosity. Im a little worried that they'll get all psycho (the way cats do) if theyre jingling every time they move.

I just don't like them because if the cat gets out the front door, it's like ringing the dinner bell for the coyotes.

I like the bell! My kitty is able to be found anywhere in the house, but I dont have one on the baby yet, cuz he'd jingle in ALL DAY!

i left the bells on all three of the girls, at first so i could find them, now it helps the dog know when they are trying a sneak attack

My cats don't wear collars, but with cats in the past I took the bells off.

I have left them on in the past, except for one cat who went bonkers with it on. Ginger actually had 2, as my neighbours couldn't always hear him come into their house - I could hear him waay before I Could see him, even iwth only one bell on, so no idea why they didn't. Molly's collar hasn't gone back on her yet, as she isn't leaving the house, but it does have a bell on it.

Most of my cats collars have bells, the ones that don't are only because they were out of collars with bells when we bought them... so we just got the collars without bells.

The bell scares Abby too much, so I take it off.

I'd never be able to sleep at night if my two boys were jingling as they rocket around the apartment.

When Jack sports a collar it does have a bell on it. He hasn't been wearing his collar though because it tends to mat his long fur. If we have company we put it on because although hubby and I are very careful about him sneaking out the front door, guests are not trusted in regards to that.

Leslie

Mine wear bells. They have since kittenhood. I like to know where they are in the house and it doesn't seem to bother them. Doesn't bother us either at this point because we've grown so accustom to the sound.

Oh my gosh...my roommate once put a bell on her cat and it drove me INSANE. I finally made her remove it, because I couldn't take it anymore . I would never put a bell on my cat.

-Kristen

Maisie doesn`t wear a collar because she is indoors only.

Kitty however has a bell and ID barrel that jingle together because he goes out and was partial to bringing mice in for breakfast before....live!

Also it stops him getting stood on paws because he cant sneak up behind me!

I have a bell on Gizmo's collar. I just like knowing where he's at even though he a totally indoor cat. He's not crazy active at night so the sound isn't a problem for me.

My cat's always got a bell. She gets cunfused it I take it off, coz you'd get used to a jingling if you'd heard it every time you moved for 6 years!

I prefer to know where my guys are, so the bells stay on. However, many times they manage to sneak up on me and they don't jingle at all!

I'm really good at tuning out noise, so they usually don't bother me when I'm awake or asleep.

I worry that they could sneak out if I couldn't hear them. Neither much liked them at first, but they both got used to them.

Tricia

I only used bells for the last few months Raven was alive. He was partially blind, and Stimpy would pick on him. I wanted Raven to know where Nabu and Stimpy were for his own peace of mind. It seemed to help. The night Raven passed, I took the bells back off. Normally we're a "no bell" household.

I take them off. My cats are indoor-only and so I'm not worried about helping birds escape from them. I don't want to hear them every second, and I know all their hiding spots anyway. Chloe thinks that everything on her collar is a toy, so a bell would just make that worse, lol.

They only wear collars for trips to the vet, groomer, etc.

Awww. You dont like Jingle Bells?? Lol

*singing to myself*