The Kittens Get Collars
Woman in the Middle | September 21, 2015I mentioned that on our Saturday shopping trip Yougest Daughter and I bought the kittens collars. This is how it went:
Nox: “Wait, what is that you are putting around my…neck. Oh you got it on. Whatever. What, you think I look cute? Of course I do! Allow me to pose so you can see my new neckware!”
Lumos: “What the he** are you trying to do, strangle me? I will use my claws if I have to to get you to stop trying to strangle me! There! I told you! Why are you picking me up and handing me to the other lady? Wait, this isn’t fair! Two against one! AHHHH…WHAT IS AROUND MY NECK!!!!! MUST GET IT OFF!!!!
Thank goodness they set me down so I can deal with this problem. Oh no! My brother is being strangled, too! I must go check this out. Maybe if I bite the thing around his neck he will be set free! Forget it, he is just laying there. If he is willing to die in such a passive manner, so be it. I must save myself!
Oh look, a ball with a bell is being dangled in front of me. I can ignore this thing around my neck for a moment while I pounce on the ball. The ball has stopped dancing, back to getting this thing off my neck. Gayk! Now my jaw is trapped under it! Don’t pick me up! I have a huge problem here! Oh, you got the neck thing off my jaw. I would say thank you but it is all your fault anyway. You say I look cute? I don’t care. I AM BEING STRANGLED!”
I think this pretty much sums up the difference in personalities between the two kittens. Nox is more go with the flow, Lumos much more skittish and reactionary. I am happy to report that both kitten seem to be used to their collars now.
The main reason for the collars is that the kittens are getting more and more opportunities to get out and explore the rest of the house. The little bells on the collars are needed so we can find them when we need to. You don’t realize how many little hiding places your house has until you get kittens!
I never had success with collars. One cat almost choked (paw got caught in it). Another could take it off. The cats I have now don’t even know what a collar is. I expect they’d be pretty much, “get that damn thing off of me!” Good luck!
Blackie has had a collar off and on throughout the years. When we moved we worried about him getting out at the new place to he got a new collar and a new tag. HE is so used to it now that even though it is very loose and he could slip it off any time, but he leaves it on. Here is hoping they feel that way very soon!
I think if collars are put on at a pretty young age then the pet is more likely to take to wearing one
What an adorable dialogue!
Re: collars – if cats don’t wear collars, they should have some sort of tracking device in case they get outside. I know of two cats who didn’t have collars and ended up missing, never to be seen again by their owners!
I am thinking of getting them chipped.