![]() ![]() The corral sides will need to be far enough away from the cat that it is not alarmed. Two people hold each sheet/length of cloth/side of corral. You need something long enough that you can make a “corral” that gradually closes toward the cat. This may be a ridiculous idea that just gets the cat wigged out, but what have you got to lose?Ĭheck out the fabric store for lengths of cheap material, or use folded sheets. If this is the case, you might be able to use a group approach. It sounds as if the cat is close enough in the yard that you are able to approach it (albeit from too great a distance to catch it). I would definitely leave the humane traps set in a secluded location where the cat would be likely to hide anyway. Cats are too small and would likely be injured by the process. Getting animal control to “dart” the cat is not a good idea. I would have suggested the approaches you have already tried in catching your cat. Wish I had a picture of that.Īny kind of collar is a potential problem, but “breakaway” is better than another kind if you have to have a collar. Somewhere in a bush there is a little kitty skeleton hanging by that collar we didn't want to lose. Some cats that get hung up just don't come home. The key words in that phrase are "He keeps coming home". "He keeps coming home without his collar". People complain about the cat losing its collar and having to buy more collars, but the collars are pretty inexpensive - certainly cheaper than treating such a wound. If the cat pulls hard enough, the buckle just pops open. Here's the buckle on a "break-away" collar. Cats are such great healers, it will probably be half closed by the time the infection is under control. It's too infected to close up today, but we've cleaned her up, and she is taking antibiotics and pain medication. Apparently it was a little tight, having been adjusted for her neck, not her neck and shoulder. She was missing for four days, returning home thin and a little dehydrated, and with her collar in her armpit. You might have wondered why the cat looks a little angry in the first picture. They don't pop open on their own if properly closed. They look like plastic junk, but the company guarantees them not to break (with free replacement if they do). The same is true for this type of "snap" ("seatbelt") buckle. With a regular buckle like this, the cat will have great difficult getting disentangled. īecause of a cat's propensity for investigating small places and climbing trees, collars may become hung up on something. Many cats simply refuse to wear a collar, struggling constantly while it is on. A dog accepts restraint pretty well, but cats hate it. They are very flexible - if their whiskers can get through an opening, so can the rest of the cat. ![]() ![]() The cat's basic nature differs considerably from that of the dog. ![]()
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