Sorry, this is two questions really but related so thought best in one thread.
Firstly, Buddy has become very headstrong of late and has turned into the feline Houdini. He wants to be outdoors and lose to roam. He's been done so its not that he is after that. No matter how careful I am he still manages to get out as and when he wants. Earlier I sat here feeling really chuffed that I had kept him in today when low and behold there was a now rather familiar scratching at the front door ... and yep he wanted to come in. The only window open was on the second floor and I didn't think it wide enough for a normal cat to through let alone a coonie, and its a sheer drop of about 30 feet to the ground so no cat could jump that. The only thing I can think of is that he is physically climbing down the brickwork. I saw him do this yesterday from the kitchen roof when he got a bit stuck when he escaped to chase a seagull up there (pic in another thread), but that's ground floor :s Can anyone offer any advice on this please? As you know Buddy is rescue and I am aware that he was previously living rough, and before that was allowed out at will. Should I keep him in? Or would it be better for him, given that I live on a very quiet road with about 2 cars a day passing to let him out? I'm getting quite worried that if I don't let him live as he wishes that one day he will escape and not come back. He is micro chipped. When he goes out I always find him in the same place, he is always in the graveyard about 20 meters from my house. Some of you know his story but I believe (and am checking) that his previous owner is buried there .....
This brings me on to my second question - collars? Given the above and his unmentionable "lodgers" recently (fingers crossed all evicted); I decided to buy him a flea collar with bells and id tags. Looking through the Gallery I don't see many other MC's wearing collars. Normally I hate them but after speaking to our Vet I bought one from the Reception. Silly idea. There is no way a standard cat flea collar was ever going to fit a 10 and a bit kg MC was there? The vet ordered some for me and put one him this evening, with bell and tags. He hated having it put on and tbh I hated the look, his mane was all flattened but I would be able to hear him, and others would know he had an owner who loved him very much. I had put on the ID tag "Don't give me cat food I have Medical Problems" along with contact details. It took him all of 4 hours to get out, kill the collar, lose the id tag and bell and offer the dead collar to me as prey! What are others thoughts / experiences with collars on MC's? Buddy is now on my bed and my door and window are locked and I've put another collar on him. Got a strange feeling it will be in my shoes by morning (that's where he likes to leave his little pressies like worms, frogs, *shudders* spiders etc - think he knows I'm not a morning person)
Any thoughts very very welcome x
