But were you aware that microchips can cause cancer? I got a cat from death row in NYC, and will have chip removed...it has already migrated!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Katy Doyle Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Collars I never bothered with collars, I went ahead and microchipped my furry pets. There is a microchip clinic once a year in town that does it for $20. Shelters and vets around me have gotten much better about scanning stray animals that come through. On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > I JUST wrote about that, too! I thought I was the only one that this > happened to - nobody's ever mentioned it before! Natalie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Collars > > I don't like collars on cats period. But I don't let my cats outside. I've > seen several cats get those so-called break-away collars caught in their > mouths trying to get them off. We had one at the Petsmart adoption center & > luckily someone was there or who knows what would have happened. > > Beth > Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> > > --- On Tue, 5/24/11, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Lorrie <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Soft Paws > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 6:44 AM > > My 15 cats lose their collars quite often and it gets expensive, so > now I buy beautiful breakaway collars on eBay, a dozen at a time for > $19.00 and free shipping. I also buy ID tags that all say REWARD and > my phone number, nothing else. This way they are all interchangable > and I always have a new collar ready to put on a cat who has lost > it's collar..... Some are very clever about getting them off. > > Lorrie > > > On 05-23, Bonnie Hogue wrote: > > > Reminds me of the time I got Stormy a red collar with shiny > > rhinestones. Oh, it looked so pretty on her grey fur! But every day > > when I came home from work, the collar, still fastened, was sitting > > right on the front step. Cat's way of saying, "I don't even think > > so." Sigh. ~Bonnie > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
