Hi,
i've posted a few things before, and you've always been so helpful.
i have two girls, delph and josie. josie wears a collar with a name tag, but delph is allergic to the collars i've tried and gets bad kitty achne under her chin - so bad the hair falls out and it gets all scabby and painful looking.
they are both microchipped, and are inside cats, so i thought it would be ok for her not to have a collar on.
well - monday morning as i was leaving my apartment, josie pounced onto the windowsill in an attempt to get a bird just outside. she must have pounced rather hard, as she knocked the screen out of the window and actually knocked delph out the window with it (delph had been sitting on the sill). so, delph fell from the second floor window (she is ok, don't worry) and ran away. i ended up finding her about 15 minutes later and caught her, but this incident made me realize that she needs to have a collar on. otherwise, apart from the few extra pounds on her, she looks and acts like a feral cat (skittish and scared of humans when outside).
can anyone suggest a type of collar that might help? i do not believe in wearing leather, so i'd really prefer to not get a leather one. i've tried nylon ones (stretchy and non-stretchy)...i'm looking for a hemp one, and am thinking of making her a cotton one from material i'll buy.
has anyone ever had this happen to them? i'd really appreciate some advice. i was so scared that i'd never see her again (very possible, since the county i live in has an animal control for dogs, but NOT for cats, so i had nobody to call). AND, if this had happened 2 minutes later than it did, i would have been gone for the entire day. i'm not comfortable with just a microchip anymore.
thanks,
steph, delph and josie.
i've posted a few things before, and you've always been so helpful.
i have two girls, delph and josie. josie wears a collar with a name tag, but delph is allergic to the collars i've tried and gets bad kitty achne under her chin - so bad the hair falls out and it gets all scabby and painful looking.
they are both microchipped, and are inside cats, so i thought it would be ok for her not to have a collar on.
well - monday morning as i was leaving my apartment, josie pounced onto the windowsill in an attempt to get a bird just outside. she must have pounced rather hard, as she knocked the screen out of the window and actually knocked delph out the window with it (delph had been sitting on the sill). so, delph fell from the second floor window (she is ok, don't worry) and ran away. i ended up finding her about 15 minutes later and caught her, but this incident made me realize that she needs to have a collar on. otherwise, apart from the few extra pounds on her, she looks and acts like a feral cat (skittish and scared of humans when outside).
can anyone suggest a type of collar that might help? i do not believe in wearing leather, so i'd really prefer to not get a leather one. i've tried nylon ones (stretchy and non-stretchy)...i'm looking for a hemp one, and am thinking of making her a cotton one from material i'll buy.
has anyone ever had this happen to them? i'd really appreciate some advice. i was so scared that i'd never see her again (very possible, since the county i live in has an animal control for dogs, but NOT for cats, so i had nobody to call). AND, if this had happened 2 minutes later than it did, i would have been gone for the entire day. i'm not comfortable with just a microchip anymore.
thanks,
steph, delph and josie.