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.
I live near (and have volunteered at) a wildlife rescue. One of my cats is a savvy hunter and I was sick with guilt whenever she caught a bird 🐦. January of last year the intake person suggested I try a BirdsBeSafe collar available on Amazon. The minute I got home from dropping off the injured bird I ordered up a couple BirdsBeSafe collars and elastic safety collars to use with them.
This was the best purchase ever! My cats haven’t caught any birds since I put those collars on! It was easy to set them up, the cats weren’t bothered either. It is good to wash the collars every so often to keep the collar colors bright. They work by making the cats more visible to the birds so they see the cat lurking! Their cat camouflage doesn’t work!
I feel less guilty when Weasley slips out of the house. I.try to make my yard bird-friendly with a commitment to native plants for them. I'd hate if I were just luring the birds to their death. The collar no longer seems to bother Weasley, yet it seems he is less inclined to slip out. (My daughter says he's embarrarsed to be seen lol).