Customer Reviews
Protecting wild birds from happy cats.
When I purchased this collar, my male cat was bringing a minimum of a bird a day into the house (mostly finches). He has worn the collar for 3 weeks now and has brought a hummingbird in the house (which I was able to rescue and put back outside.).
The collar is great! Here is our cat Poppi.
I have found zero dead hummingbirds since our cat started wearing this collar. He tolerates the collar well and I highly recommend it!
My nine-year old cat is an avid hunter. She was bringing in a kill, or live bird almost every day. I originally purchased the giant bell for her collar from this company and it worked for four days. This collar has worked now for three weeks. No birds, lizards, or rats (dead or alive) in my house for THREE WEEKS!!! Whereas I used to tentatively walk into my kitchen every morning, steeling myself for some level of carnage requiring a cleanup crew, I can now start my mornings on a joyful note. I highly recommend this product. If you have a bell on your cat's collar that you want to keep, I recommend putting a small stitch on each end of the openings to keep the bell from sliding into the fabric tube. The tube is rather wide and presents some issues, but they're not insurmountable - and applying a couple of small stitches helps a lot.
He looks like a dashing courtier in his multicolored ruff.
Sasha had killed five birds within 10 days (two on one day), then I put him one of the collars from the three-pack, and he has only able to catch one bird in the last month (as far as I know - I am pretty sure he takes all of his catches into the house). Kudos!
I've been using birdsbesafe collars for two years now. My cat used to catch and bring birds inside my house often (one time 5 birds in a week, yikes). In the past two years I have seen him catch maybe 3 birds, so the collars seem to help considerably.
I give him a treat when I put the collar on or take it off and he really doesn't seem to mind it at all. He has lost two collars, dunno know where or how but I guess that's good proof that the breakaway works!
Also really appreciate the reflective trim and I love how the ruffs make him look like a goofy little clown <3
Certainly cut down on the bird deaths but not entirely. The “clown collar” is well made; be certain to have your own internal collar. Definitely take it off when kitty is indoors, tends to bother his neck-perhaps all of the folds of the collar?
So far, this seems to be working. I have a cat that loves to sit out on the patio with me, but I needed to tame her killer instinct with birds. It is costly, at $55. Now that I have it, I see that it is simply an ordinary safety collar with a little bell, along with three different brightly colored fabric "tubes," which I think would be very easy to sew at home out of brightly colored fabric. Each one is simply a 12" by 2.5" tube of fabric, open on both ends, that the collar slips into. The collar then fastens at the open ends of the tubes and the bell hangs down at the opening. There may be something about the particular colors and patterns that is effective here. In any event, I notice when I sit out on the patio, I don't hear chirping like I used to, so maybe the birds leave as soon as they see my cat in this. Either that or she's already killed all of them.
I love the blue color of the Bejeweled Stripes collar, especially for my orange cat, but it's just not as effective as the Rainbow Sally. For over a year, our cat Khan wore either the Rainbow Sally or the multi-colored puzzle collar when outside and he caught no birds. I don't know if it's because of the grey light in SoCal with the marine layer, or if our birds don't see blue as well as red or yellow, but unfortunately our Khan Kitty caught a hummingbird and a finch during the week he wore one of his new Bejeweled Stripes collars. We switched his collar back to the Rainbow Sally and he hasn't caught a bird since. So we will only be ordering multi-colored collars from now on. Rainbow Sally is our favorite.
My cat wasn't supposed to be an outdoor cat. Plenty of humans and a whole interactive dog to play with inside. After Khan Kitty bent/broke six window screens, however, we surrendered to the inevitable and began taking him outside on a harness and leash, with the leash turning into a long line. Even on a lead, Khan CAUGHT A BIRD in our backyard. We were able to free the finch and it flew away, but wanted to make sure Khan never caught one again. One of his kitty cousins on the East Coast wears the Birdsbesafe collar, so we ordered the Rainbow Sally and put it on Khan's harness. He's caught no birds while wearing the Rainbow, whether it's on his harness for walks or his collar when playing in the yard. He has, however, caught the pocket gopher destroying our butterfly garden, 2 rats, and about 8 mice. While Khan can no longer sneak up on birds, the Rainbow Sally doesn't stop Khan from serving as rodent pest control.
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Love the collar. We had to get this for one of our cats because she likes to go after birds and lizards. It works!! And I love that they are breakaway collars.
I purchased two Birds Be Save collars for Jane and Sally, my two long-haired cats, on the recommendation of a friend. It's too soon to tell whether the collars protect birds (and I may never know), but Jane and Sally look adorable.
I think these work! Of course the cats don't like the collar during wet weather, dew on the grass, or during the summer when temps rise. Always use a brake away collar. They really don't survive too well being run over with lawn mower - but do survive if left hanging from a tree limb along with the brake way collar. Between the collar & this bird deterent, you will spend $30+ but I really didn't intend to have 5 to 6 cats when we established a Purple Martin colony. p.s. I do NOT rely on these collars as the only predator deterrent. Fencing and water squirt bottles reinforce "stay away cat!" Get a quality brake away collar.
We have two outdoor indoor cats who routinely caught birds, entered the doggy door, and released the birds into the house causing a whole slew of chaos. Since purchasing we have had no bird encounters. The collar cover is comfortable, essentially a sleeve of fabric that fits over an existing collar.
Just received the collar cover today. I bought this because I have a serial bird killer. Killing my yellow finches is forbidden. He does have a bell. Which has helped. But, I’ve had to ramp up my game. So here we are, if I had an ounce of sewing skill I could have made it myself. But, It’s fine. Easy to put on the collar. Looks well made. Doesn’t seem to bother Fitzwilliam in the least. He did drink from his water fountain. I do see the potential for it to get splashed by the fountain. We’ll see. I think he looks adorable. I’m sure my husband will think he looks goofy. Since I’ve just put it on I will update this if he kills a bird. If it’s not updated you can assume his killing spree has ended or he hasn’t been caught. 😬
I bought the inner red breakaway collar with bell, and the colorful cover. They seem to be working, giving birds a chance to see our kitty, Willie. This was a good investment! We realized afterwards, the puzzle pieces pattern looks like the Autism Speaks insignia. The birds notice it!
After a recent mishap between Nanda and a dove, I purchased these items - hoping to save the birds and still allow him to go outside in an open-air atrium. I wasn't sure he would like it but
The seems to love the collar and, so far, the birds
are forewarned of his presence! NOTE: I added 2 bells for good measure.
My cat accepted this over her collar straight away which was nice. And she is so much easier to spot now.
I was skeptical but I had to try something! My cat is a hunter at heart and loves to be outside. A couple of bells helped reduce the number of birds she caught but then butterflies caught her eye :(. Since she has been wearing this she has not captured any birds or butterflies (going on two weeks, and this was a daily event). She still get the lizards sometimes and the moles, but I'm more okay with that. I bought a second one so I could have a clean one ready to go. Definitely worth it from my experience.
And makes a cat so stylin'! Molly used to catch too many birds. Since wearing her collar she has not brought home any. And everyone in the neighborhood loves seeing her!
We have tried multiple collars and added bells to collars and nothing kept our cat from catching birds. He was getting a couple a month. Since wearing this collar, no birds have been caught. And he doesn’t seem to mind, maybe because he is used to wearing a collar. The bell is better than ones we have used in the past and the brightness must alert the birds. He can still roll on the ground and hunt gophers. Now if I could find one that would prevent catching lizards, it would be great.
No dead birds, it really works and my cat isn’t bothered by it at all
