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Article #1412Re: Cats and collars
From: Scott Alexander
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1986 19:01
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1986 19:01
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In article <755@hou2g.UUCP>, scott@hou2g.UUCP (The Brennan Monster) writes: > > For flea collars, you're kinda stuck. However, if you > put it on loosely enough (so that it can *just* be slid > off over the cat's head) you should be OK. I've never had > either of my cats slip out of the collar unnecessarily--they > don't seem to mind wearing them. Note that if the collar is > TOO loose, the cat can get an arm caught inside with the neck. > This is probably not too dangerous (unless it's in the middle > of a fight), though it can sure scare the hell out of the cat. I have seen a flea collar, advertised as new, which does have an expansion element in it for just this purpose. I don't recall the brand right now, but if no one else knows who makes it and there is enough demand, I could stop back by the pet store and check. (My cats are indoor cats so I only buy flea collars when they have been exposed to fleas.) Scott Alexander salex@rice.edu
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site dione.rice.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!rice!salex From: salex@rice.EDU (Scott Alexander) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Cats and collars Message-ID: <149@dione.rice.EDU> Date: Sun, 12-Jan-86 14:01:07 EST Article-I.D.: dione.149 Posted: Sun Jan 12 14:01:07 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jan-86 04:59:02 EST References: <21@ucdavis.UUCP> <755@hou2g.UUCP> Organization: Rice University, Houston Lines: 19 Summary: break away flea collars