Birdsbesafe® Cat Collar Cover

I thought it came with an elastic band just so I could slip it over my cats head but you slide a cat collar inside the cloth but when you put it around your cats neck it fits just fine and you really can see them in the yard and my guy is quite the predator so he was outside and nothing and actually the birds were chirping up a storm since.he now is very easy to spot. So good buy.

First of all, the product really seems to work as intended. My cat has been using it a few weeks now with no birds caught and she was getting them pretty regularly before, about once a week if I didn’t restrict her outdoor access. She is much easier for me to see now too, so it makes sense it would work for birds. She had no problem wearing it, accepted it right away. I take her collar off when she comes in at night anyway so she gets a break when she isn’t outside. I use a non breakaway because those clasps wear out when taken on and off each day. Another solution would be to use the beastie bands brand collar that you could slip over the head on and off and not have to remove the birdsbesafe sleeve. The bird safe collar is like a scrunchie that is open on both ends. You slip the fabric tube over the collar and then put the collar on the cat. It’s kind of tricky and time consuming to slip over the collar the first time, so be patient. I washed it before wear as it had a new clothes chemical smell, and I have washed it once since. Easy to hand wash in the sink and it dries completely overnight hanging on the dish drainer. I am just so happy that I can feel relaxed when she goes outside now, and I don’t have to keep her inside in order for birds to be safe. I was getting sickened by all the bird funerals, but making her an indoor cat was also not going to be sustainable. This is an awesome product, an inexpensive solution, and I’m so glad it exists! Also, it’s a bonus how entertained I am when I see her innocently showing up at the door wearing an Elizabethan/clown collar. Makes me smile every time!

For a very short period of time, my cats were the most fashionable around sporting their new birdsafe collars. There seemed to be less carnage around too. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for Drew and Carey to slipped out of them. I will try them again with a few tweeks.

This collar cover immediately cut down on our feral adoptee's body count. She can still hunt but much less successfully kill birds. We put the collar ruff on a separate, easy-release safety collar that we place over her permanent collar that has her tags and bell. The ruff is highly reflective at night and works better than a reflective collar that hides in the fur. For day it also makes the cat more visible should she get close to traffic.At first I felt bad making her wear it. It seemed big and inelegant and got in the way of grooming. But now we are used to it and it doesn't seem bad. She does not seem to mind it in the least. She's like a little lion with her mane.We also added a falconry bell from Beau's Bells. She is easier to find, but still manages to take care of rodents. Generally speaking I am not a fan of outdoor cats for ecological, community health and animal welfare reasons but sometimes you make an exception and this is an acceptable compromise for us.I wish every single TNR cat at every feral cat colony was required to wear one of these.

Wish it was a little bigger, too small to really do anything on my cat!