TBT: So Binq went to the vet last week because she has always seemed sensitive on her belly. I thought maybe she had an injury or inflammation there. She hates being picked up. Apparently, she is fine, just hates being picked up. OK...
But while she was there, I asked the technician to help me get the Seresto flea collar on her (I couldn't by myself). She did. And I learned a new trick. Make the collar a loop first and then slip it over her head. Then adjust it loose but "enough".
That worked fine for several days. But then Binq ate a cherry stem and I couldn't get it out of her mouth. Then she started makes choking gags, chewing, and pawing at her mouth. When I finally grabbed her, I discovered she had gotten the front part of her collar into her mouth like a horse's bit. And she couldn't get it out!
How she managed that is beyond me, but I did get her between my legs and pulled it off her head from the back. Problem solved, though I was "rewarded" with a pool of "angry pee". That seems to be her standard reaction to being held.
OK, first, I'm sure glad I saw the problem. I was about to go to bed and it was good she didn't suffer through that all night. Second, I'm not sure about putting the collar back on her. I hate tight collars on the cats. I want to put 3 fingers between collar and neck. The others don't mind the loose ones at all. And don't try to pull them off.
But Binq seems to have a problem with even loose ones.
None of the cats that have ever lived with me have tolerated having a collar of any kind.
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Sydney, Australia
It was lucky you found what had happened. I always used to put collars on the cats and sometimes they would lose them. One day Kit came back without her collar and we thought nothing of it until weeks later we found it between the prongs of a farm implement. If she hadn't manages to wiggle out of it she would have been hanged. I never put collars on the cats after that but used a spot on application instead.
ReplyDeleteThat happened to Emmy with a calming collar and after that I never use collars. I would use the back of the neck topical for flea prevention if I were you.
ReplyDeleteHow scary! Thank goodness you hadn't gone to bed yet. My childhood cat Patch used to wear flea collars and he would always manage to slip them off. When Tara had a flea issue years ago I used a topical. Living in New England and having an indoor only cat I don't use anything unless I need to.
ReplyDeleteWe had a similar problem years ago and skip the collars now, it's pretty scary when that happens.
ReplyDeleteSome cats are just collar sensitive, it's best to go with it and use a different flea control for them.
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