15/03/2023
🚨🚨 IMPORTANT NOTICE PLEASE READ 🚨🚨
Collars. The majority of cat owners would like their cat to have a collar, but do you understand the risks? Have you researched which collars are SAFE for your cat?
These ones in the pictures ARE NOT SAFE OR SUITABLE.
I’m sure every single person that works in rescue will have a story to tell about a cat they’ve picked up with a collar injury, and that’s because the collars that are being used are AWFUL.
These types of collars can cause fatal strangulation, if the collar is caught on a tree/fence/or even a household item such as a curtain rail, the cat has absolutely no way to free itself! Unfortunately we’ve had a very recent experience of this in harlow and the cat had to be cut down from a tree after losing his life.
These collars can also cause severe limb and mouth injuries, I’ve seen it myself. The cat tries to get the collar off with its arm and the arm then gets caught in the collar itself, unable to pull it back out. The cat had to have its front leg amputated after being trapped months after its leg got trapped into the collar. I have also picked up others with this injury but thankfully they was caught a lot sooner but the collars were very deeply embedded into their skin and they had to have months of treatment.
As for the mouth injuries, the collar can often get caught on their bottom teeth and stuck into their mouth, i don’t feel like that one needs explaining but this obviously will stop the cat from being able to close its mouth therefor unable to eat/drink!!
IF you want your cat to have a collar (I don’t think any of them are suitable in my opinion) you MUST get a SAFETY CLIP collar. although I have known these to fail too!!
They come under the category;
Breakaway collar
Safety clip collar
Quick release collar
Now please remember these don’t always work either. But these are better than the buckle cat collars. FLEA COLLARS ARE ALSO THE SAME AS BUCKLED CAT COLLARS!
The best alternative to using a collar is to MICROCHIP your cat! It can be as cheap as £10!
If you are using a flea collar, stop!! Your cat only needs one flea treatment a month or one every 3 months (depending on the brand you are using, best to get it from the vets as the flea treatment over the counter is known to cause seizures and ineffective to fleas)
🚨COLLARS IN THE PHOTOS ATTACHED ARE NOT SAFE🚨
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