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A tracker on a cat

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sodapop Sun 03-Aug-25 15:59:29

Can be a double edged sword as you worry when they are tracked crossing roads etc. My daughter has two cats, one stays close to home and the other one wanders far and wide. With the best will in the world sometimes you just have to let them do their own thing.

Sparklefizz Sun 03-Aug-25 15:52:02

I have had my little rescue cat since April, and she is about 18 months old.

I've had 2 cats run over on a road near me because those cats wandered. The road isn't even busy but they were unlucky when people were rushing off to work, and because I didn't want to go through that heartbreak again, I had my garden "cat secured" with netting, an idea I got from a company online. This worked for 10 years to keep my remaining cat in the back garden.

However, Mia, my new little cat, is very adventurous and determined and has found a way over the netting. As fast as I block her exit routes, she finds or makes another one, and then when I want to get her in, I have to walk around the housing development looking for her. She roams far and wide.

I am thinking of getting a tracker collar which connects to my iPhone. Has anyone tried one of these fairly recently? I know that they are improving all the time, but research has shown that they're expensive and I don't want to waste my money. It cost me nearly £1,000 to get the garden secured, and that worked for 10 years, but is not enough to keep Mia the Ninja Cat safe.