What GPS collar for a cat?

The shopping team 6:01 p.m., January 06, 2023

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In 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture's domestic carnivore identification service (i-Cad) indicated that out of nearly 70,000 pets lost during the year, 72% of them were cats!

On average, this amounts to a cat being declared lost approximately every 10 minutes.

Although many cats are found in the months following the loss, this is unfortunately not always the case.

This is why it is important to be able to locate your cat even before the problem arises and the concern begins to mount.

We have thus selected for you 5 GPS collars for cats, small, light and waterproof, so that your cat always returns safely, that is to say at home, by your side.

Summary :

• The GPS collar for cats with activity tracking from Kippy

• The TK911 tracker from Tkmars, the cheapest monthly subscription

• The GPS collar created by Tractive, with breaking mechanism

• The GPS collar from Weenect, the n°1 in France!

• The Girafus radio locator collar for cats, with a range of 200 meters

The best GPS collars to locate your cat wherever it is

The GPS collar for cats with activity tracking from Kippy

For starters, this GPS collar for cats from Kippy has all the advantages of a good GPS collar plus an activity tracking function.

Indeed, this GPS collar can be detected by means of GPS, Glonas, LBS, WiFi and Bluetooth technologies, which allows you to find your cat in all circumstances.

Its battery has an autonomy of 4 full days, and the GPS collar has a total weight of 280 grams.

After a period of adaptation, your cat will not even realize that he is wearing it.

If it nevertheless remains sensitive to it, the GPS sensor can also be attached to a harness.

The GPS sensor is very powerful and particularly suitable for areas with poor network coverage: once the signal from the collar is detected, this connection remains intact until you find your pet.

In addition to location,

the Kippy brand has developed an activity monitor to know your cat's state of health during the day.

You will be able to know via the application its hours of sleep, the distance traveled, and you will be notified if your cat exceeds a certain distance defined by you beforehand.

Finally, the GPS collar contains a small LED that allows you to find your cat efficiently in poorly lit places, in a cellar, a barn or the forest for example.  

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The TK911 tracker from Tkmars, the cheapest monthly subscription

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TKMARS has created a GPS collar for cats which has a great advantage: its low cost.

Indeed, the tracker works by means of a SIM card and works with approximately 50 MB of data per month: to locate your animal, you just have to call the SIM card number in the GPS collar or send the SMS “G123456#” to the same SIM card number.

The purchase of a first-price SIM card, up to a maximum of 5 euros, is therefore quite possible without hindering the proper functioning of the device.

Their after-sales service is highly rated by owners of cats equipped with this collar, and is very practical for those who have difficulty mastering GPS technology.

Waterproof and robust, it is suitable for adventurous cats who are not afraid of water and who tend to seep everywhere.

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The GPS collar created by Tractive, with breaking mechanism

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Here is a cat GPS collar that takes care of your pet in case of danger.

Here the tracker is sold with a Rogz collar included and the breaking mechanism integrated into the collar allows it to break if it is subjected to too much pressure, for example if it is blocked in a branch or stuck by a fence.

The set weighs only 35g so that your cat can venture wherever he wants without hindrance.

If your cat strays too far, a notification informs you of its movements or tells you that it is approaching a danger zone defined by you previously.

The GPS collar also includes a "live" mode to locate it live every 2 to 3 seconds, a detailed history to know its habits,

and well-being monitoring such as sleep or physical activity to quickly discover if your cat is showing unusual behavior.

To activate it, all you have to do is download the Tractive application, free for iOS or Android.

The maximum autonomy of the plotter is 7 days if the conditions of use are "classic".

In "live" mode, it is worth betting on a standby of 3 days or even less if you activate it continuously.

Be aware that it automatically shuts off after 5 minutes to save battery power.

it is worth betting on a standby of 3 days or even less if you activate it continuously.

Be aware that it automatically shuts off after 5 minutes to save battery power.

it is worth betting on a standby of 3 days or even less if you activate it continuously.

Be aware that it automatically shuts off after 5 minutes to save battery power.

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The GPS collar from Weenect, the n°1 in France!

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This GPS collar for cats is the top 1 seller in France, and cat owners particularly appreciate it for its very small size and its "beep" functionality to train it.

For example, when the cat is eating, you can ring the collar twice to get it used to associating this sound with food.

So wherever he is next, if you ring his tracker twice he'll know it's time to go home...hopefully for some extra kibble.

This also works with vibrate mode.

The battery recharges in two hours, which allows you to charge it when the cat is at home for a nap or to eat, for example.

Several monthly subscriptions are available and the cheapest is from 3.75 euros per month,

with a minimum commitment of 3 months.

The tracker shell is suitable for all harnesses and the set comes with a user manual.

Note that the battery lasts three days if you do not use live monitoring mode.

All-risk insurance is available for only 3.99 euros per month.

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The Girafus radio locator collar for cats, with a range of 200 meters

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To finish this selection, it seemed very useful to us to join the four previous GPS collars to this radio locator tracker without subscription to find your cat even more efficiently, by pinpointing the location even more precisely.

With its radio technology, this tracker is added to your pet's collar alongside a GPS tracker to find it more easily when you are very close to it, within a radius of 500 meters announced, rather 200 meters real.

In particular, it works very well in the countryside to compensate for incomplete GPS coverage and emits a noise to locate your cat if you press the corresponding button.

It is perfect for cats that do not go very far, and very useful as a complement to a GPS tracker for those who have a tendency to run away.

When you turn it on,

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Is it possible to locate a cat and how?

It is possible to locate a cat in several ways: with radio technology, a GPS collar or a GPS chip.

This location allows you to follow your cat in real time so you no longer have to worry about not seeing it come back in the evening.

GPS collars for cats are known to be the most reliable and precise solution for locating your animal as long as you have a sufficient network connection, which is easy in France where network coverage extends over the vast majority of the territory.

This GPS location allows you to find it anywhere, regardless of its distance from you.

How to put a GPS chip in a cat?

The size of a grain of rice, the GPS chips are implanted under your cat's skin so that you can locate it, without the risk of seeing your pet lose its tracker.

This chip is slipped more precisely between the shoulder blades of the animal, and this by an approved veterinarian.

The GPS chip offers the double option of locating it and being able to identify it very easily.

The Filalapat Smartphone application allows you to read a cat's chip in order to be able to alert its owners if you have found it, or to report the disappearance of yours.

The price of a cat chipping varies between 60 and 75 euros according to the professionals and includes the whole process from the injection to the price of the material.

We remind you that one in two cats is not identified in France, which constitutes a risk for your animal if it

lost.

In the absence of a GPS chip, GPS collars for cats offer a cost-effective alternative option due to the real-time tracking mode that the GPS chip does not allow.

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