Does your indoor cat wear a collar?

Does your indoor cat wear a collar?

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DreamerRose

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Mingo is neutered, and while not exactly a bolter, he would prefer to be outside. I think most cats are fascinated by the outside world - that's why they like to sit in windows and watch outside. Mingo will dash out the door, but immediately flop to the ground, overwhelmed with all the stimuli. I can usually catch him then.
 

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My Sam Adams was feral He found us. He is now neutered and wears a collar 24/7. He will run out if he can. I take him out with me when I am going to be out back and watch him he will run next door and then come back to sun bathe on the deck. If given the option he would go outside once a day for 2 hours then come home.
 

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Two of our sweet male neutered cats would bolt at times, and I would be right behind them to scoop them up and bring them back inside, safe and sound.  All of our cats wear collars with ID tags, and when someone slips a collar, again, I'm right on their tail to put it back on again. 
 

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I have a question for the folks who have cats who 'bolt' out the door.......

1.) Are they fixed?
2.)Were they feral, semi-feral, strays before your bought them indoors?

.......just asking because I'm very curious in learning and understanding cat behavior. Thank you! :-)
One of my cats tries to get out the door, the other 2 are fearful of the outdoors. But all 3 are either spayed or neutered, and wear collars and tags.

The one who tries to get outdoors was found dumped alongside our busy road at the age of 6 weeks. But he has been strictly an indoor cat since. He managed to slip out the door a few days ago when my dad wasn't paying attention (my dad didn't even know he had gotten out) and he was out there for hours, luckily he didn't go far (if he even left the property at all) because when my mom and I were looking for him a few hours later, we turned on our back porch light, and there he was, sitting outside the glass door! Now we are more careful about making sure he doesn't get outside.
 
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I have decided to put a collar on Zander because she will sneak out the door every chance she gets and I want to make sure anyone who sees her will know she has a home. I haven't gotten a tag yet but I will soon. I also have her a harness and leash but it's taking more time than expected to get her use to them.
 

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Our "bolters" were both rescues, both neutered, both male, and both seniors.  One had been indoors for his first 14 years, until we adopted him *and he was indoors from then on, too, of course!* ; and the other was rescued from our yard as a young adult.
 

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I have a 5 year old girl that bolts. Not every time the door is open, only when you're not paying attention! :) I live in an upstairs Condo. My balcony and stairs are outdoors so when she has a chance, she'll run by me out the front door to my garden down at the bottom of the stairs. She doesn't go farther than that but I always get concerned because we have a lot of feral and outdoor pet cats in this condo complex and one of them could absolutely be down there when she bolts. I'm very careful coming in and outside so we don't chance that.

*edited to add that she is spayed and used to be one of the ferals that lived outside here at the complex. I caught her at 4 weeks old and she has been an indoor only cat ever since.
 
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I think that age and personality play a big role. I have a senior kitty (approximately 15) that had been an indoor/outdoor pet in the past with his prior owners. He's quite happy to hang out in the house and never shows any desire to run out the door.
 

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Both my long-hair cats are microchipped and have no issue with collars, but when I tried them the cats got terrible mats under the collars within a few weeks.  I just put the collars on when we go out for leash walks.

Anybody know of a mat-proof collar?  
 

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Both my long-hair cats are microchipped and have no issue with collars, but when I tried them the cats got terrible mats under the collars within a few weeks.  I just put the collars on when we go out for leash walks.

Anybody know of a mat-proof collar?  
Would taking off the collar for a few minutes per day and brushing that area help?
 

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Both my long-hair cats are microchipped and have no issue with collars, but when I tried them the cats got terrible mats under the collars within a few weeks.  I just put the collars on when we go out for leash walks.

Anybody know of a mat-proof collar?  
I had this same exact problem! I tried different collar materials, etc...a soy fiber collar worked for Max, but not my RB baby Lucky. I now use Beastie Band brand collars and have zero issue with mats. The Beastie Bands are a bit wider than traditional collars and are made of neoprene material (used to make wet suits.)

I highly recommend them!
 

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Absolutely no judgement!! I LOVE that you have so many gorgeous accessories for your queen!! If I had the money.. We have 4 adult cats and about to have 6 (keeping 2 kittens from our Lola's litter) I'd do the same thing! I follow this Asian woman (who never shows her face, that's why I say Asian and not specific) She makes all these ruffled collars with lace and big bows, even some made out of those little fuzzy balls. I have to admit some of them look uncomfortable for the cat but she loves them. When she gets the box (yes box) of collars out her cat will pull them out and put which one she wants to wear on the ground in front of her and meow and meow. Then when she goes to put it on, the cat puts it's head in it so persistently that she'll have trouble clasping it for the kitty squirming around butting it's head into the collar. Then she'll just prance once its on. It's precious! Truth be told, I have a few sweaters for my cats and I'm always looking at the toy dog clothes wishing cats liked to wear them. Lol.. They don't! I have the sweaters from when our Molly had a bad allergic reaction and lost a lot of hair. The vet tested and tested and never did find out the allergy, that's why she suffered long enough to even lose that much hair. It went away on its own thank God but yeah, nothing wrong with pretty collars.... I LOVE IT :rbheart:
 

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I have a question for the folks who have cats who 'bolt' out the door.......

1.) Are they fixed?
2.)Were they feral, semi-feral, strays before your bought them indoors?

.......just asking because I'm very curious in learning and understanding cat behavior. Thank you! :-)
My cat has only bolted one time when my 9 year old daughter's friend didn't close the back door...

1.) She's fixed
2.) I rescued her from a shelter. She came from a cat hoarding situation, but I do not think she was ever an indoor / outdoor cat. I think she was always an indoor cat.

I think for one moment she decided to be brave. She ended up hiding out under my deck. She looked terrified. She's never attempted it again.
 

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I have a question for the folks who have cats who 'bolt' out the door.......

1.) Are they fixed?

2.)Were they feral, semi-feral, strays before your bought them indoors?

.......just asking because I'm very curious in learning and understanding cat behavior. Thank you! :-)
Yes my Zander is fixed. She was born outside (I think). She showed up at my house when she was just a few weeks old. I've had her indoors since then but with only a few supervised outtings. She LOVES being outside so I have gotten her a harness and have been working on getting her use to it.

Once I move into my new house I will be building an outdoor enclosure for her and any other ones who like the outdoors to get in. My DD's cat, Luci-fur, does NOT like being outside. She is a well pampered indoor only kitty and would rather sit in the window and look for just a few minutes a day. She would rather hang out with us than see what's going on outside. She is also fixed.
 

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My cat has only bolted one time when my 9 year old daughter's friend didn't close the back door...

1.) She's fixed
2.) I rescued her from a shelter. She came from a cat hoarding situation, but I do not think she was ever an indoor / outdoor cat. I think she was always an indoor cat.

I think for one moment she decided to be brave. She ended up hiding out under my deck. She looked terrified. She's never attempted it again.
I have a similar story. My Toby once....actually a few times....had escaped through my back window into the fire escape. He was about 3/4 years old at the time. I lived in a tri-plex on the second floor. When he got out, he would go exploring on the fire escape and I would have to call him back because I was worried he'd fall off. One night, I noticed he wasn't around and stuck my head out the window and sure enough, he was outside in the back yard hiding underneath the staircase. When I went down to get him, he cried every time I called for him. He came out to me very cautiously! He never went out the window again after that incident.
 
Yes my Zander is fixed. She was born outside (I think). She showed up at my house when she was just a few weeks old. I've had her indoors since then but with only a few supervised outtings. She LOVES being outside so I have gotten her a harness and have been working on getting her use to it.

Once I move into my new house I will be building an outdoor enclosure for her and any other ones who like the outdoors to get in. My DD's cat, Luci-fur, does NOT like being outside. She is a well pampered indoor only kitty and would rather sit in the window and look for just a few minutes a day. She would rather hang out with us than see what's going on outside. She is also fixed.
Is Luci-fur a purebreed or non rescue cat? It seems to me from everyones responses that its mainly cats that were born outdoors and young that do the bolting.

You're going to have some happy kitties when you move to your new house! Congrats! 
 

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I have a similar story. My Toby once....actually a few times....had escaped through my back window into the fire escape. He was about 3/4 years old at the time. I lived in a tri-plex on the second floor. When he got out, he would go exploring on the fire escape and I would have to call him back because I was worried he'd fall off. One night, I noticed he wasn't around and stuck my head out the window and sure enough, he was outside in the back yard hiding underneath the staircase. When I went down to get him, he cried every time I called for him. He came out to me very cautiously! He never went out the window again after that incident.

Is Luci-fur a purebreed or non rescue cat? It seems to me from everyones responses that its mainly cats that were born outdoors and young that do the bolting.

You're going to have some happy kitties when you move to your new house! Congrats! 
Luci-fur was rescued by my DD and myself when she was about 4 weeks old from my sisters MIL. Her fur-mom had abandoned her so we took her in and kept her. She was malnourished, full of fleas and had a severe eye infection. We almost lost her then and then a second time when she had pyometra (uterine infection) last year. She has only been out of the house once (except for going to the vet in a carrier) because when my EX-roommate and I were splitting up he loaded the dryer on the truck and she freaked out when he was moving stuff and went out the hole and under the house.

She was a nervous wreck when I finally got her. I was a nervous wreck until I found her. She won't even go NEAR an open door.
 
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