Liberator Audio Visual Cat Collar

What an awful product! As an animal lover with a cat who skillfully hunts small birds I was looking for a solution to avoid more birds being killed. When I heard about this product I thought I had finally found that solution! Unfortunately this was not the case. Perhaps I just had a bad experience and the collar received was faulty but no sooner did we put this on our expert bird-hunter cat then it started to beep. Every move she made caused loud beeping which caused her no end of stress. We tried to catch her to remove the collar but every time she stepped towards us the collar would go off resulting in her racing away to try and get away from the loud noise. We finally coaxed a very tired and very stressed moggy to us in the early hours of the morning to remove the collar after which she slept all day as she was exhausted. The collar was promptly returned and a refund obtained.

Have had collar for three weeks now and no dead birds on door step.We adopted a male kitten from cat rescue and Spudkins is now 9 months old (husband picked name).He is a cross Maine Coon,looks like 02's advert.This breed are excellent hunters and he has really upset wild birds in our garden. He is 'a cat amongst the pigeons' literally as he bought home a gift of a dead pigeon and blackbird in same night and both nearly as big as him.Know cats like to hunt but not wild birds and especially baby birds in garden.Seems to have stopped him killing birds, chasing flies now so good compromise.Hope it keeps working.Would recommend collarso far, seems good quality.

We introduced two kitties to our woodland environment at 6 months and were traumatised as the killing spree began. In the following weeks that the prime suspect cat had this collar on, nothing was brought in or near the house and we have been able to save the lives of several mice and voles due to hearing the 'beeping' from inside the house (we also know where she is when she's being a nightmare about coming in at night). We have now ordered another for kitten number 2 just in case. The beeping does seem random at times so we do take it off when she's indoors so as not to annoy her. It is tricky to get on and off as there are no pre made holes in elastic but this can also help it fit better. Anything that lessens the impact on injured wildlife is worth the money we paid.

Our three cats all have these collars but we've had to add two bells to the mother's collar as well since the alarm itself did not stop her bringing in birds (she's very lithe, so was probably able to slowly sneak up behind the birds without setting off the alarm). She was always the one who brought in birds and, with the addition of the two bells, this has now stopped. (The other 2 cats aren't interested in catching birds, but we didn't think it was fair fitting 1 cat only with the collar). Our only problem is trying to get hold of replacement batteries as they're now worn out and the alarms have stopped working so are keeping the cats indoors while we track some down, and they don't seem easy to find (or identify!).

This is a little accelerometer on a cheap collar. It comes off the collar easily enough, but it a little too small to fit over the fittings of the rogz collar our cat wears. My other half managed to prise the metal clasps open, and fit it to the cat's collar okay though. The working part is small, and made out of black plastic. It is quite light, seems comfortable enough, and doesn't seem to interfere with the cat's movement or anything.It has a little red light and emits a quiet beep when the cat moves. Sometimes. Sometimes, I touch it when stroking him, and it goes off. Sometimes, he does an almighty jump, and it stays silent. The two bells the cat has on his collar are about as loud, and much more consistent. The cat was a bit disturbed by the sound of it at first, but now completely ignores it.The Liberator doesn't seem to have had any effect on the cat's ability to hunt. He is bringing in a similar amount of shrews and rabbits. Other animals he kills in small enough quantities that I can't be sure if it has affected him or not.I didn't really expect this to work, but I did hope that it would help. After about a week of him wearing it, I would say that if it does help, the effect is so small as to be very difficult to notice. If this is the first thing you are trying with your cat, I would try a bell first. If you're at your wit's end, then hey, don't let my cat's experience deter you from trying. Maybe it will work for your cat.The delivery was a little slow. That is probably just my perception because I am used to Amazon prime, and was also very impatient to receive the item to try and stop the cat's killing spree.

I've used these for 2 years. They DO hugely reduce birds on my doorstep. I've gone from 5 a week to 1 a fortnight. Only downfall is when the batteries go after a few months - it's a pain. If it worked more efficiently (like didn't beep pretty much if the cat just moves it's head to the side 1 inch) then it would be more efficient.Sadly rodent murders are not reduced as much. But there certainly is a marked difference. Poor little voles and mice don't stand a chance.They are also easily lost (loose elastic) - so I'm spending £60 a year on these (for two cats) OUCH!! But it's worth it for the lives saved.UPDATE: Ordered another 2 collars last week. New material and quick release latch. Both of the go off randomly - they do not go off with movement AT ALL (they go off when the see a change in light) and one was lost within 24 hours. Never again.