What could be happening to them? They seem to fit fine (I buy the safe-cat collars) and I don't think they could slip over his head easily. He is outside about half of the day and the rest of the time, he stays inside or lays on the porch (we live in a cul-de-sac with little traffic and a nice woodland behind the house) Do you think my neighbors could have something to do with it?
2007-09-21 06:57:14 · 11 answers · asked by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 in Pets ➔ Cats
More likely he's loosing them going over or under chain link fences. The collar catches, and he has to struggle out of it to get loose. We'd find collars stuck to the underside of our fence a couple of times.
This is dangerous to the cat, even with breakaway collars. If he's hung up going over the top of a fence, he could choke to death before he gets loose. Can you keep him indoors?
They can catch on tree branches as easily as fencing, so a collar is a definite liability.
2007-09-21 14:28:01 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some classic hyperthyroid symptoms and normal blood work. Been there. It turned out with my cat she was in a sort of pre-raisedT4 state ( for nearly two years) and eventually her T4 level showed enough elevation to start controlling it with drugs then a thyroidectomy. I'd keep up with regular blood panels. She might have a problem with digesting grains/cereals that are commonly found in cat foods, and also vet prescribed diet foods. If you can get her onto a grain/cereal free diet you may see a huge improvement. We use Royal Canin Sensitivity Control, it has rice as it's carb componant, is restricted protein, no fish at all and is in chicken or duck flavours. Ask your vet about it. I'd also consider a set of X Rays, head, neck, thorax and abdomen - there may be something going on with her architecture that is making eating difficult or there maybe something else that shows up on X Ray., Have a look at where and how you feed her. Sometimes environmental aspects can really affect how well a cat eats. Does she get interrupted? Get down on your hands and knees and think like a cat for a bit. Things look very different from cat level. Do you have other animals? Are they bothering her? Does she groom herself normally? I know you have had her teeth examined, but it could be worthwhile getting her checked by a veterinary dentist (not your regular GP vet) - a very low level of chronic dental infection can cause big weightloss and difficulties eating. Veterinary dentists have a much more focussed and detailed approach to mouth examination. If she's had any big dental procedures, consider that she may have pain from those. It's not uncommon. I have to ask, is she declawed? Declawing can cause pain issues for cats many months or years after the procedure. Tiny bone fragments or scar tissue can cause significant pain and many owners and vets will miss that expression of pain. Cats are great at hiding pain. Weightloss and innappetance are classic expressions of pain in cats, yet because they are also signs of disease and illness (a priority obviously) pain tends to be the last thing to be considered. If she is declawed, you ought to get her to a vet who does not do declaws and have her paws x rayed. This would highlight any problems. Best of luck.
2016-05-20 01:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How tight is the collar around the cat? Can your pinky finger goe through the gap?? That might be too loose, cats are very flexible.
But why do you put it on there if the cat keeps on losing it. Maybe when your cat is out and about, your cat has gotten friendly with one of your neighbor. But unless the neighbor is a weirdo, why would your neighbor keep the collar?
2007-09-21 07:08:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be surprised on how a cat can slip through anything. Did you try a different style of collar? Maybe that could be it, when I have collars on my animal they are pretty snug, that I can put my pinkie in between the collar and the neck.
I don't think a neighbor would be taking the cat's collar off.
2007-09-21 07:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by krennao 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt the neighbors have anything to do with it. My cat can take her snap collar off in less than a minute, she just finds the snap bites down a couple times and she's out of it. She usually does it when I'm not watching and I find it in some corner of the house. She also takes her brother's collar off as soon as I'm not looking. She can get his off just as fast.
I would suggest micro chipping him.
(Of course I suppose you have him wearing the collar so if someone sees him with the collar they know he belongs to someone.)
2007-09-21 07:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by gymsock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if they are safety collar, perhaps he is getting caught on things and the collar are popping off like they are supposed to.
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He has figure out how to get them off.
Those are my best guesses. I can't imagine why a neighbor would remove the collars.
2007-09-21 07:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by susanmaried 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wait until he learns to retrieve them. My cat did. Some hate them. I had the stretchy ones and Pumpkin always took them off and brought them home a day or two later.
Forget the neighbors but you may find a couple in their yard if he likes travelling over there. Have fun!
2007-09-21 07:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by Mele Kai 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use to have mine wear collars with identification on it when I would take them to the park for a nice outting (I would have a harness I would attach the leash to) one of my cats would (I'm guessing take his paw up through it and snap it off or his brother would help him with it) now I just stopped makeing them wear the collars 24 hrs a day they have no access to the outside unless we take them to the park.
2007-09-21 07:10:04 · answer #8 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a Houdini! I have 2 of them. I don't know how they do it either unless they've figured out they can hang them up on something and pull free. I call mine streakers.
2007-09-21 07:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most cats do not like them. They work hard to get them off.
2007-09-21 07:06:01 · answer #10 · answered by MichCal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋