My little Sassy Josephine was spraying around and I thought I could calm her down a little by putting this collar on her... the day after, one of her eyes started watering and three days later I came home to find it completely swollen shut. The vet cleaned it, didn't find anything and put her on antibiotics. The swelling went away. As she escapes the cone in about 3 seconds, I put the calming collar (that had lost its flakes by then) back at her, can't hurt to get calm, right? After she had it on for half a day the eye started swelling again. I took it off. We're going to see the vet again, and now I'm researching this thing and asking if anyone else has had any problems besides their cats nearly choking to death by it.
We have some very good reviews on this Sentry Calming Collar for cats, and it's recommended a lot in the behavioral threads. Google tells me it's really safe if you discount the fact that it is not, as advertised, a breakaway. There is a petition out there to recall it for this reason.
So, please: does anyone out there have any bad experience with this collar?
We have some very good reviews on this Sentry Calming Collar for cats, and it's recommended a lot in the behavioral threads. Google tells me it's really safe if you discount the fact that it is not, as advertised, a breakaway. There is a petition out there to recall it for this reason.
So, please: does anyone out there have any bad experience with this collar?