Cat collars

[jessmarimba]

(We probably should have a separate "pet" forum on here!)

So I recently put collars on my cats. They don't go out and don't really want to go out, but if my house is ever broken into I'm sure they'll go explore and I want anyone who sees them to know that they aren't the neighborhood ferals (especially since one has a clipped ear from her old life).

They have the Boots & Barkley (I think - Target brand) safety collars. Clipped-ear kitty doesn't seem to mind hers. Problem is, my less-than-smart kitty has already figured out how to take hers off. The first time was an accident, I'm sure, but every morning I put it on and it's laying somewhere around the house when I get home. Is it ok to not use safety collars? Is there a trickier safety collar? What do you other cat people do? I guess I should chip them anyway but I'd like them to appear owned from the get-go.

Thanks!

[badger]

my indoor cats wear collars, too, probably more for my peace of mind than anything if they should somehow "escape".

Not sure what I would suggest in terms of putting on collars that don't come off, BUT, would you want to find your cat strangled on something? Maybe you just have to live with the fact she's too smart for the collar? Are they microchipped? tattooed?

[Cataboo]

One of my Mother's neighbors cat's collar somehow got caught on one of my mother's garden trellises and was strangled.

[Becky]

Is it tight enough? Perhaps it's just loose enough that she can get a toe in there.

[mariacycle]

I'm not sure whether it is as bad for an indoor cat but I know that for outdoor cats it is extremely dangerous to not be using a breakaway collar...

[TsPoet]

This woman makes cat and dog collars
http://k9closet.com/
she does beautiful work. I just got a satin tag colar from her for my IG - which are notorious for sensitive necks.
http://k9closet.com/satintagcollars.htm
I'd tried several collars, and Tari was bothered by all of them, prior to this one. It isn't break away, but she could pull out of it if needed, and it has nothing hanging from it to get caught on. A little pricey, but should last forever.