Why does my cat keep getting its collar stuck in its mouth?
Cats can slip their jaws or front legs through flea and repellent collars, trapping themselves in a dangerous choking and injury hazard. This forces owners to constantly monitor or remove the collars entirely out of fear for the animal's safety when left alone.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Why does my cat keep getting its collar stuck in its mouth?
- 1Remove the collar immediatelyDid this help you?
- 2Tighten the collar using the two-fingers ruleDid this help you?
- 3Check if the product is labeled safe for catsDid this help you?
- 4cutting all the cords in halfDid this help you?
- 5putting the cord up out of reachDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I always put the cord up out of reach but at some point it must have fell down and my cat got caught in it jumping from the window sill, luckily I was in the room but I dread to think if I wasn’t, it’s a hanging hazard.”source ↗
“So, I got her a anti repellent collar from the grocery store and put it on the time I got home. She showed no signs of discomfort, annoyance or anything of that short and then I wake up the next morning and I find her like this (second pic).”source ↗
“So I do and today I find her like the second pic AGAIN. What should I do?”source ↗