I've never had my cats wear collars. I'm not exactly sure why. I guess I never felt the need, since they were always indoor-only cats. I think my very first cat, Markers, had a collar at one time. But she always took it off, so we gave up.
For some reason, I'm more concerned about the kids getting out of the house at the new place, than in past places. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe it's because we live on a busier street, and not an apartment complex. I don't know.
But yesterday I stopped at Petco and I got them each their own collar. Complete with name tag. Freesia's is baby pink and Smudge's is a royal blue. They didn't have any cat-sized collars with rhinestones, so the Princess has to make due with pink.
They seem to have resigned themselves to the collars now, but it was quite humorous when I first put them on. Especially Smudge, but that should be no surprise. Oh, and the collars had bells on them at first (I got out the wirecutters and removed them before I went to bed last night).
Anyway, Smudge spent the first hour or so with his collar jumping up on his hind legs, trying to get at the bell. Which of course, made noise everytime he moved. He'd try to bite it and use his front legs to grab it, but he couldn't make his legs move the right way. Poor guy - he was so frustrated. But it was also really funny.
I love my cats.
