Our New Kittens
Discussion
No collars on our two either.
One is very old now (nearly 15) and he's a big cat who doesn't go anywhere and the other was a little tabby who had been kicked out of the house and fended for herself for two years who I befriended when I used to go to lunch at an old work place. After a few months of feeding her and finding out about her past I brough her home.
She's gorgeous, but still has a wild side and wouldn't have a collar round her neck at all. Funny as hse was so wild, yet now goes absolutely nowhere and spends most of her time on my lap.
One is very old now (nearly 15) and he's a big cat who doesn't go anywhere and the other was a little tabby who had been kicked out of the house and fended for herself for two years who I befriended when I used to go to lunch at an old work place. After a few months of feeding her and finding out about her past I brough her home.
She's gorgeous, but still has a wild side and wouldn't have a collar round her neck at all. Funny as hse was so wild, yet now goes absolutely nowhere and spends most of her time on my lap.
use the right collar and they are fine, if the collar is stretch and you can easily fit 2 fingers under it it will come off no problem.
One of our cats loses a collar a week, so they must come off fine!
Collar gives you something to put a bell on, which means the local bird population has half a chance of survival.
Plus we use collars with reflective threads - more cats get killed by cars I suspect than by collars
One of our cats loses a collar a week, so they must come off fine!
Collar gives you something to put a bell on, which means the local bird population has half a chance of survival.
Plus we use collars with reflective threads - more cats get killed by cars I suspect than by collars
Will speak to CPL about the collar situation, I think I will be losing the battle on that one with the OH who wants them to wear collars, I will make sure we buy the right ones
Anyone fancy having a go at naming them? Or giving some suggestions?
So far we have Chase and Status or Sav and Chips
Struggling, Boys names are easy, Girls not so much
I wanted Simone and Celli but the OH isnt having it
Anyone fancy having a go at naming them? Or giving some suggestions?
So far we have Chase and Status or Sav and Chips
Struggling, Boys names are easy, Girls not so much
I wanted Simone and Celli but the OH isnt having it
anonymous said:
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Personally I'd never put a collar on another cat as long as I lived!My first cat had one and he loved to climb trees, one day though I shouted him in and he didn't come trotting round the side of the garage as usual, odd I thought but he's a cat he'll be fine. Woke up the next morning and looked out of my bedroom window and there he is hanging from his collar half way down his favourite tree.
Never will forget that image :/
Farm boy said:
They look lovely.
We have to keep a coller on ours as the gamekeeper would probably shoot them if she saw them without.
A farm thing.
Don't understand this comment. Cats are ideal farm animals as they keep the vermin down. Our local gamekeeper loves my cat as he has at least a rabbit a week, usually 2 or 3 and he leaves the pheasants well alone.We have to keep a coller on ours as the gamekeeper would probably shoot them if she saw them without.
A farm thing.
As for collars, mine used to have collars as we had a magnetic cat flap but after losing about 10 collars in a month I gave up. Unfortunately Boris now has a bald ring round his neck where the fur has never grown back.
Reflective ones are very useful in locations near roads though...
IanA2 said:
Lovely puss cats, they will bring you a lot of joy.
Ours are nearly thirteen, real hunters, they help keep down the local rabbit population. They have never had collars.
quite - hence why i think they SHOULD have a collar/bell. Its not that usual (cue all the other posters disagreeing) for the average cat to have a rabbit. but anything small, stupid and furry or feathered is usually caught - often out of boredom - and frankly it isnt really fair cos cats dont belong here and most of the small furry's do.....Ours are nearly thirteen, real hunters, they help keep down the local rabbit population. They have never had collars.
Strangling stories are extremely sad, but FAR more cats get run over, and collar can help here too.
Nightmare said:
quite - hence why i think they SHOULD have a collar/bell. Its not that usual (cue all the other posters disagreeing) for the average cat to have a rabbit. but anything small, stupid and furry or feathered is usually caught - often out of boredom - and frankly it isnt really fair cos cats dont belong here and most of the small furry's do.....
Strangling stories are extremely sad, but FAR more cats get run over, and collar can help here too.
Well my cats are clearly not usual. They frequently catch and eat rabbits. They rarely catch birds, but frequently catch voles, they eat them too. We have no roads by us, living as we do in the middle of nowhere. There is only a 1/2 mile track to our house.Strangling stories are extremely sad, but FAR more cats get run over, and collar can help here too.
kooky guy said:
Farm boy said:
They look lovely.
We have to keep a coller on ours as the gamekeeper would probably shoot them if she saw them without.
A farm thing.
Don't understand this comment. Cats are ideal farm animals as they keep the vermin down. Our local gamekeeper loves my cat as he has at least a rabbit a week, usually 2 or 3 and he leaves the pheasants well alone.We have to keep a coller on ours as the gamekeeper would probably shoot them if she saw them without.
A farm thing.
As for collars, mine used to have collars as we had a magnetic cat flap but after losing about 10 collars in a month I gave up. Unfortunately Boris now has a bald ring round his neck where the fur has never grown back.
Reflective ones are very useful in locations near roads though...
Still, the compromise was a reflective collar.
She keeps pheasants in coops around the farm, and when they are young are quite vulnerable. I don't reckon our 2 would actually prey on them, but anything for a quiet life.
Also there have been a few dumped cats and a few feral ones before now - and She just doesn't like cats.
blueg33 said:
The cats love the activity centre - it stands 5ft tall, ond the cat in the pic spends a lot of time in/on it.
Very expensive from a pet shop, ours came from, ebay £39.00. Bargain when the same one in Pets st Home was £120.
Cheers I think I have seen the same one, I shall get one ordered Very expensive from a pet shop, ours came from, ebay £39.00. Bargain when the same one in Pets st Home was £120.
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