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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2006How do we stop other cats getting in through the cat flap ?
Any suggestions for stopping another cat getting in through our catflap ? Ours isnt brave enough to see it off himself, and we are now starting to get spray around the front door. I dont want a magnetic cat flap - he loses his collar a lot, and would also get locked out when the battery runs down. : Any suggestions for stopping another cat getting in through our catflap ? : Ours isnt brave enough to see it off himself, and we are now starting to get : spray around the front door. : I dont want a magnetic cat flap - he loses his collar a lot, and would also : get locked out when the battery runs down. I had a similar experience. Still haven't installed a cat door, but I leave my backdoor open a few inches around my homeless visitor's visit time. A neighbor's cat, stronger bigger well-fed with a collar and armed with a bully personality, decided barging in and I had to deal with that. First, don't have food out inside, smells attract cats from far. (This reduced my problem, but didn't eliminate it.) Second, do the "squirt with water" trick. It doesn't harm them but lets them know they are unwelcome. (This worked for me. Over time I communicated to the other cat that he was welcome to wander through the lawn etc but not to climb up to my porch or barge inside.) (A felt sad about this, because I would have liked to welcome any cat that came. Another homeless cat visits me very irregularly and the two, when they came across dodn't mind each other. However this one clearly didn't need food or want my company, but was only interested in bullying my regular cat. I would have liked to convey to him that he was welcome if he behaved, by welcoming and rewarding when he was nice, but he never gave me that chance.) Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he comes back inside. Good luck. Let's know ow it goes. Ajanta <ajanta@null.void> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he > comes back inside That sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? I mean, you get a cat door so the cat can let himself in and out. Otherwise, you'd just open the door.  SignatureBrandy Alexandre --Everything tastes better with cat hair in it. =^.^= : > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open : > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he : > comes back inside : : That sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? It serves the modified purpose, which is to provide some freedom to OP's cat and deny it to intruders like Houdini. : I mean, you get a cat door so the cat can let himself in and out. : Otherwise, you'd just open the door. If you knew the cat is outside waiting for you to open the door. > : > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open > : > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > If you knew the cat is outside waiting for you to open the door. OP: Just get rid of the cat door. Jesus. >> : > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open >> : > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > OP: Just get rid of the cat door. Jesus. That is certainly an option. Such devices are very rare indeed in the northern parts I come from. > >> : > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open > >> : > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > That is certainly an option. Such devices are very rare indeed in the > northern parts I come from. The cats should not be outside unsupervised anyway. Cat doors serve people more than cats, anyway. Lazy people who don't want to be bothered with either keeping their cats safe or getting off their a.ses to open the door. Those are the roots of the "time honored" UK tradition. : Cat doors serve people more than cats, anyway. Lazy people who : don't want to be bothered with either keeping their cats safe or : getting off their a.ses to open the door. In fact, I am thinking of a cat door myself before next winter. Keeping the cat inside is not an option as she is not my cat, she lives outside and comes in to eat and visit. I don't mind getting up to let her out, but how am I to know when she comes to the door from outside and is waiting to be let in? When temperatures are warm, I am likely to be outside on the porch myself and even if I am not it is no ig deal for her to wait. But winter changes everything in Chicago. I won't be out, doors will be closed, and it will be painful for her to wait. So the problem is not letting her out, it is how to let her in. I have thought about it long and hard and cannot think of another practical solution other than a cat door. Bravo!!!!! I agree, cats should not be unsupervised outdoors, period. That's just asking to lose them, to dogs, owls, coyotes,, other cats, mean and evil people, etc. Almost everything is bigger than a cat. Of course they want to go outside, but they should not. It's too dangerous. I have ten of them and they all live indoors, and they all try to run outdoors, every chance they get...one little guy, Pookie, loves the outdoors so much, I bought him a little red harness and leash and I take him for walks, which at first he loathed, but now he is used to the leash and is very good about walking with Mommy and loves going outside and to the park to play in the grass. >>> : > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open >>> : > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >That is certainly an option. Such devices are very rare indeed in the >northern parts I come from. I certainly wouldn't want a wolverine looking at me from the foot of the bed :-) -m > : > Finally, you don't have to leave the cat door open all the time. Open > : > it when your cat indicates he wants to go out and close it once he [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > If you knew the cat is outside waiting for you to open the door. We need to make allowances for Brandy who often doesn't think much before slamming. :-D Perhaps you should try to figure out how to you the magnetic at flap to your satisifaction -- it sounds like the most logical solution. Just put it on your calendar to change the batteries -- maybe monthly, just for your peace of mind. Do you happen to know why/how he is loosing his collar? If you can solve that one... What do you think? Regards, Stan Beck http://kitten-pictures.blogspot.com - For unbelievably cute Kitten Pictures > Any suggestions for stopping another cat getting in through our catflap ? > > Ours isnt brave enough to see it off himself, and we are now starting to get > spray around the front door. > I dont want a magnetic cat flap - he loses his collar a lot, and would also > get locked out when the battery runs down. You get a DOG who only recognizes your particular cat as non-dinner material.. Another way would be to install a device around the entrance that would generate a mild shock. Have your local neighborhood jack-of-all-trades retiree devise a special collar that only your cat will wear. One that will turn OFF the beam when THEY pass under it only! Also, you could just set a trap and get rid of the unwanted ones, one by one as they stumble into your trap. Just a few suggestions, and a lot more where those came from. Believe-you-me.. IBen |
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