Cat Collar to mark allergies?

I have been wanting to do the same with my cat Mr Grey. He has severe food allergies too and getting the wrong food causes a lot of problems, he gets awful sores on his feet, bad rodent ulcers on his lips, loses weight and pulls out his fur plus inflammation of the GI tract. The sores can take months to heal, even now after his last flare-up which was weeks or a month or more ago now he still is chewing the fur off and has scabs on his back feet which he sometimes re-opens...

What I plan to do is have an ID tag made from Boomerang Tags. I've thought about writing something on his collar too but I don't think I could put enough info written on the collar so for now I'm doing a tag.
I decided not to mention the word allergies on the tag because I have found people do not take allergies seriously, even when it applies to other people so this is what I think I'm going to have put on the tag--


One Side:
Line 1: MEDIC ALERT
Line 2: RX DIET ONLY
Line 3: DO NOT FEED


Other Side:
Line 1: IF ALONE,
Line 2: I'M LOST
Line 3: 000-000-000 (my phone number)
Line 4: (my cell number)
Line 5: address/city
Line 6: IL


I'm going to make it 2-sided so I can have larger writing on one side that may be easier to read from a distance, so the first side with "DO NOT FEED" will have much larger writing. I thought about putting 'special diet' or 'allergies' but I decided to leave it with Rx or prescription diet. I'm also trying to decide if I should also put my vet's phone number on the other side or not.

If they get out - they may lose their collar and/or tag.
Are they chipped? If so, the information could be added to their file, too.

BTW - no, you're not silly - good thinkin' !

Both the collar, tag, AND chipped was what I was thinking about.

If all you can do right now is tag her, well - that's a whole lot better than not doing anything for sure.

Mine are all chipped but they wear collars too, because I'm paranoid about them possibly getting loose and I know a lot of people have never heard of microchips. Plus we have ferals around here, so a cat without a collar would probably just be ignored.
Their tags all say things like "LOST IF ALONE" or "INDOOR ONLY" so people hopefully won't think they are supposed to be outdoors.
I also recently got one of my cats a collar that has 'Indoor Only' embroidered right on it (with my phone number):

I used to always have collars with tags on the cats .... Till Zoey who is allergic to the DYES in collars...Now having two semi ferals (one is chipped ,one is not as after a discussion with the vet and reading a few things I opt not to) neither chipping nor collars seem good options I just keep a close eye ...2 of mine are chipped the others I keep a close eye on ... I wanted tattoo s but no one around here does that

Chester has a heart condition and I've always been scared that he'd get out and someone would take the big love in and not want to give him back...thereby not giving him his meds.

All of our cats are chipped and have tags. They generally have their name on the front. On the back they have our current phone number. Chester has "heart condition return immediately" on his and Dynah and Yuki have "if I'm outside I'm lost" on theirs.
I figure if it's an older person who doesn't understand the chip thing, our number is important, and if they accidentally remove their collars (since they're break aways) there's always the chips.

I buy mine on ebay...a search will come up with lots of options.

These look easy to read - where did you find this collar?

I got it from K9 Closet, it's called a "Kitty Smoothie Tag Collar" they call it a "tag collar" because it's embroidered with info instead of having a tag hanging, and it's made of a type of material that's supposed to be soft and gentle on their neck and not rub on the fur/skin.
Here's the link to the collar: http://k9closet.com/newkittysmoothietags.htm

It is easy to read, and also doesn't leave marks or rub the fur off her neck (which is the main thing I wanted it for.)

Thanks for the link - BOY! they sure have an interesting selection of collars!

Hey I got Mr Grey's new tag from Boomerang Tags so I thought I would post a picture of it:





It says:
MEDIC ALERT
DO NOT FEED
RX DIET ONLY


The other side says:
NEEDS MEDS
IF I'M ALONE, I'M LOST
my home and cell phone #s
my address


If you're wondering about the clothes, he wears a shirt to protect his skin because of his allergies (he chews his legs).

Mr. Grey looks so content!
It's nice that the tag is red so that it really stands out!

Wow! That is a great idea for our cats who need special care never thought of it. Thanks for the information on where to get one they have tags for people so why not our pets

Yeah I decided to get the red because I know it would show up well and be more noticeable.
He was asleep on my lap when I took the pic, that's pretty much where he is whenever I'm at home.