What kind of information collar fits for a rabbit?
My male rabbit all second day escapes the backyard. His wife stays in the garden and he comes back for her all the time. He goes for adventure to the neighbors' gardens and the nearby park. Our direct neighbors know him and let him go. But I am worried about "strangers" who see him and think he is lost. Maybe they'll catch him to give him a new home. Especially if they see him more than once.
(The backyard is Fort Knox, but he disappears... if someone knows a rabbit-forensic unit, they are welcome!)
He has a chip, but I wish to add more direct information (phone number or address or such) to inform people he has a home.
EDIT: It does not have to be on the neck. Maybe there is another position with less risk of strangulation?
What kind of collar/belt/anything is mostly safe for him to transport such information?
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The most important thing with a collar is that it breaks off if your rabbit gets stuck. You can ask your vet or pet shop about what type they recommend as it might differ with the weight of your rabbit.
The information to put on the collar is your phone number and, if you are comfortable with it, the street name and house number.
In addition you can hang a sign on the collar saying "If you find me close to (street name) I am not lost", or something similar.
Be sure to keep a current picture of your rabbit in case it really gets lost so you can put up missing posters close to where you live.
I have found a discription how to make a safe cat collar. Following the discription it will break by pull of approx. 1kg and should last between 4 and 6 weeks.
The collar is simple a stripe of very stable paper called "Chromolux". Like all paper the information could be written on it. In the discription of Chromolux I read the paper is painted on one side with lacquer. I assume this cause a water resistance.
Combined with a snap or simple sticky tape it could be formed to a collar. The collar could be made more visible with reflecting stickers or more personal with rhinestones or whatever one imagines.
Now I am waiting for my order and will report the test (not on the living animal) about the stability here later.
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