Thread: Strange Behavior With Collar

I'm at the other end of the spectrum! It's collars with bells on for everyone!

Sid goes out into the (secure) garden and is a very effective hunter. I have had one dead bird too many in bed with me, so he now wears a collar with a bell, but it also beeps and flashes a light when he pounces. He is not impressed, but every time he took it off it got replaced so he has pretty much given up. He can still hunt, he just can't catch things!!!

I wasn't going to put one on Ava for a while, but she was taking advantage of being able to hear Sidney and him not being able to hear her. She pounced on the poor old boy so much that he was starting to get twitchy, so she is now "belled-up" too. Again, she is not impressed, but tough. After a couple of days she got used to it. (It helps to have different sounds to the different bells so that you know who is who i the dark.)

I keep the collars much looser than on a moggy and the ruffs are not too badly affected - they aren't show cats anyway and just knowing where they are is priceless. I only ever use quick-release buckles which come open if they bear the weight of the cat/kitten. It does mean the occasional sweep of the garden for discarded collars!