Reply to: Cat GPS Trackers

[WTFH]

Can I use one on Mrs BP?

To know when she's going to catch you, or to know when she's leaving my house?

[BrilloPad]

Can I use one on Mrs BP?

[RSoles]

They also taste like chicken.


Oh, you were talking about the trackers........... oops...

[xoggoth]

Good thread. Some look excellent for us old farts to wear if we have a heart attack while wandering in the country.

[RSoles]

Happens a lot.
We feed 'our' cats.
Neighbours feed 'their' cats.

You can see the cats' ears prick up when they hear the neighbours' door open.
Then they disappear for a bit.
Rattle their feeding bowl or just open the back door and these cats appear from the direction of the neighbours' house.

Fat cats.

[danrich]

well my cat didn't go anywhere particularly interesting, just wandered round neighbours gardens. But my grandma used to regularly feed a neighbours cat for months so i'd guess something similar happened here

[SueEllen]

I've used a cat tracker for the last couple of years, have tried both the tabcat tracker and the Pod 2. Pod 2 is great as it gives tons of data on everything your cat does however it does need recharging very regularly. The tabcat is a nice simple radio frequency tracker which rarely needs charging. I'd probably recommend the tabcat first as recharging the pod2 got pretty tiresome after a while. Good article here which reviews some of the leading ones: The Best GPS Cat Tracker Reviews 2017 – Complete Buyer’s Guide

But where did the cat go? Who was s/he visiting?

[danrich]

trackers

I've used a cat tracker for the last couple of years, have tried both the tabcat tracker and the Pod 2. Pod 2 is great as it gives tons of data on everything your cat does however it does need recharging very regularly. The tabcat is a nice simple radio frequency tracker which rarely needs charging. I'd probably recommend the tabcat first as recharging the pod2 got pretty tiresome after a while. Good article here which reviews some of the leading ones: The Best GPS Cat Tracker Reviews 2017 – Complete Buyer’s Guide

[OwlHoot]

The cat probably spends most time kipping in some flea-infested outbuilding or shed somewhere.

I'd just give it a flea collar, which will maybe kill a few fleas where it stays.

(But don't use a permethrin-based dog flea collar, as permethrin is very toxic to cats.)

[Bacchus]

IIRC, the cat paid my old man a fiver to wear the device for it.

Is the old man a big old ginger tom... actually don't answer that.

This friend's cat is a Norwegian Forest cat, very stupid but very sociable. Likes boats and people. Found it asleep on a friend's narrow boat one christmas, and it jumped onto my boat and came out crusing for the afternoon because we had a party going on.

[Bacchus]

Any idea which one they used?

I will ask him

[northernladyuk]

If you try t out would you report back? We've talked about doing the same when our moggy is allowed to roam free. Mainly after seeing those "secret life of cats" programs, to see where she goes.

We moved house recently and our cat disappears for 24 hours at 10 p.m. every other day and then on return stays in the house for 24 hours. It's very odd.

Cat not sure where rumour about him getting fed elsewhere comes from

[d000hg]

If you try t out would you report back? We've talked about doing the same when our moggy is allowed to roam free. Mainly after seeing those "secret life of cats" programs, to see where she goes.

[NotAllThere]

We got the number 6 on that list - the TABCAT (LOC8TOR) CAT TRACKER, which uses RF rather than GPS. It worked fine on locating where the cat had left its collar...

IIRC, some of these real time cat finders are using the 2G mobile network, and doesn't that switch off in a year or so?

[barrydidit]

There are lots of options

The Best GPS Tracker for Cats 2017 - Lost no More

Just wondered if anyone has tried some before

Oh. I'd assumed you were taking the piss.

Or leave a long lasting red paint on its front paws. Could leave suity with some awkward explanations to the missus.

Silly idea. The claw marks on his shoulders would do that already.