I have seen bands around the donkey sanctuary's donkeys necks. May I ask what is, where may it be purchased and rules for use?
Thank you, AislinnUna.
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Our donkeys wear mainly red or yellow collars. Red show they are male donkeys and the yellow collars show they are female donkeys. Sometimes you see additional coloured bands added to these collars if any of the donkeys are on any medication or to indicate that they may be blind.
They are not intended for general use and shouldn't be used in place of a head collar.
The collars we use were originally designed for cattle to carry a transponder that allowed individual feeding at milking and are available through agricultural suppliers.We also 'splice' the collars our donkeys wear to allow them to break in emergencies as this isn't
commonly done with the cattle ones!
Thanks for the reply!
On 1 of our visits to the Sanctuary we noticed 2 donkeys playing with each other. The game seemed to be, Try and take the band off of the other's neck. Was very entertaining for those of us watching :-)