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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2004Cat Doors, Good & Bad
I might need to install a cat door in my basement door shortly. Haven't shopped yet. If you've owned one that you've either loved or hated, I'd like to know about it. To keep the thread simple, let's stomp on two ideas: 1) No. No cat box upstairs. No room for it, and it wouldn't fit the decorating scheme anyway. 2) Cellar door is deadbolted at night. Changing this procedure is not an option. >I might need to install a cat door in my basement door shortly. Haven't >shopped yet. If you've owned one that you've either loved or hated, I'd like >to know about it. I've had good luck with buying online from www.petdoor.com . I'm recommending them because they were available for consultation by phone when I had a special problem to solve. ( putting a door set in plexiglass in a window) and they replaced a broken part for another door free. They will send you a catalog. Since you probably don't have a problem with other animals using the door or with insulation, most any door that fits will most likely work. BarB In article <kjfjr09j90pubrqhqbavsoi2hare5b8r68@news.west.earthlink.net>, > >I might need to install a cat door in my basement door shortly. Haven't > >shopped yet. If you've owned one that you've either loved or hated, I'd like [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > BarB I had trouble with a racoon getting in. I raised it off the ground by about 4 feet and had no more invaders. also added an "air-lock" a box on the inside to buffer air leaks.\ good luck g. Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it. -Mark Twain The main reason I haven't installed one is that I live in the forest. Do not want to wake up and find my house has become a zoo. That plus the fact that the cats don't always kill before bringing their prey home. Stone >I might need to install a cat door in my basement door shortly. Haven't > shopped yet. If you've owned one that you've either loved or hated, I'd [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 2) Cellar door is deadbolted at night. Changing this procedure is not an > option. Yeah, but I'm talking about the basement door, where the litter box will be. If I have animals (other than the cat) down there, those animals are probably burglars and they'll be sent home in a bag anyway. > The main reason I haven't installed one is that I live in the forest. Do not > want to wake up and find my house has become a zoo. That plus the fact that [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > 2) Cellar door is deadbolted at night. Changing this procedure is not an > > option. Beware. You will likely find that you have unwelcome visitors from time to time. I have a problem several times a year with a cat from the other end of the neighboorhood using their litter box and eating their food. The food doesn't bother me, but strangers using their box often triggers bad behavior...  SignatureSincerely, Philip Doolittle http://www.OdorDestroyer.com > Yeah, but I'm talking about the basement door, where the litter box will > be. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> > an >> > option. I have seen cat doors that have a sensor that opens only for your cat(s) but the down side is they have to wear a collar. That could get kitty killed around here. Plus doesn't prevent them from bringing in mice and chipmunks which can get away form them and into your walls. Stone > Beware. You will likely find that you have unwelcome visitors from time > to time. I have a problem several times a year with a cat from the other [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> > an >>> > option. One last time: I'm installing this thing in the DOOR TO MY BASEMENT. If there are other animals in the basement, that means a basement window is broken and I have a bigger issue to deal with - probably a burglary. > Beware. You will likely find that you have unwelcome visitors from time to > time. I have a problem several times a year with a cat from the other end [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > an > >> > option. Doug Kanter wrote the following on 12/10/2004 1:33 PM: > One last time: I'm installing this thing in the DOOR TO MY BASEMENT. If > there are other animals in the basement, that means a basement window is > broken and I have a bigger issue to deal with - probably a burglary. I'm contemplating installing one in my bathroom door. One cat goes nuts anytime the bathroom door is closed and scrabbles madly at the mirror frame outside it. I've seen one that isn't a flap -- just a framed opening with a brush around the edges to get any loose hair. But the dimensions look pretty small. My smallest cat is 10+ pounds, and would be able to squeeze through it, but I don't think the 15 pounders will make it. http://www.cathole.com/ SignatureKaren R. Instructions for de-spam-trapping my address are contained in the address > Doug Kanter wrote the following on 12/10/2004 1:33 PM: >> One last time: I'm installing this thing in the DOOR TO MY BASEMENT. If [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > squeeze through it, but I don't think the 15 pounders will make it. > http://www.cathole.com/ YUP - I was looking at dog doors because one of my cats is EIGHTEEN pounds. Yes, he is a bit fat, but really, he is just a huge cat. I want one to my bedroom becasue the cats like to sleep on my bed, but I don't like to sleep with the door open. I looked at the tiny cat doors and laughed because I pictured Alex stuck halfway in one. Kinda like that Pooh show where he eats too much honey and gets stuck halfway in Rabbit's house. -Jen Sorry. I am considering one on the basement door to the outside (which we call the basement door) and just assumed that you meant the same. To us the door from the basement to the house is the "laundry room" door. We have a small (6x8) doggie door with flexible flap and a magnetic catch at the bottom on the door from the house to the basement. We've been really pleased with it, but it does build up oily residue pretty regularly. FWIW, my cats adjusted to the litter box in the basement pretty quickly. It's private, quiet, and largely undisturbed. And before someone starts howling about it being in the basement, I'm not putting 5 large litter pans upstairs. Sincerely, Philip Doolittle http://www.OdorDestroyer.com See www.odordestroyer.com/newsletter for free monthly information to help you and your pets. Latest articles: - How to Select a Veterinarian. - Great Gift Ideas for your Pets To subscribe visit: https://www.odordestroyer.com/subscribe2/index.mv > One last time: I'm installing this thing in the DOOR TO MY BASEMENT. If > there are other animals in the basement, that means a basement window is [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> >> > an >> >> > option. That you seek to banish your cat's litterbox to the basement because it "wouldn't fit into the decorating scheme" says to me that you have screwed-up priorities. If your litterbox stinks, that can be addressed by a change of the kind of litter you use, or by scooping the box more often, or both. If you really can't live with it being in a bathroom or laundry room, or somewhere else within your house then maybe you shouldn't have a cat. > I might need to install a cat door in my basement door shortly. Haven't > shopped yet. If you've owned one that you've either loved or hated, I'd like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 2) Cellar door is deadbolted at night. Changing this procedure is not an > option. Thanks, professor. There is no physical space for it. The bathroom's too small. The bedroom's full. The laundry room's in the basement. The living room's got all the decoration it needs. And, anyone who wants another creature, human or otherwise, taking a crap in the kitchen during meals is a coprophiliac, not a cat lover. Thanks for the brilliant advice, though. > That you seek to banish your cat's litterbox to the basement because it > "wouldn't fit into the decorating scheme" says to me that you have [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > 2) Cellar door is deadbolted at night. Changing this procedure is not an > > option. Doug, by all means go ahead and install it. www.petsmart.com has some at reasonable prices. My litter boxes are in the basement, only because the cats love it down there. The wood burner is down there and they love to sit near the fire. Just try to get one that is big enough to accommodate your cats. Stone > Thanks, professor. There is no physical space for it. The bathroom's too > small. The bedroom's full. The laundry room's in the basement. The living [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> > an >> > option. "Professor" > That you seek to banish your cat's litterbox to the basement > because it "wouldn't fit into the decorating scheme" says to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > laundry room, or somewhere else within your house then maybe > you shouldn't have a cat. Cats, like humans, prefer their crap to be away from their food and their routine activities. I keep my cat's litter box rather too near to her toys, her cat tree, her window perch, and her food bowl, but that is for my convenience, not her preference. I put one in my cellar door for the #1 reason you had. I also put one in my bedroom door at the last house because that was the only room we ever air conditioned and I wanted the kitties to be able to get cool too. I loved it. > I might need to install a cat door in my basement door shortly. Haven't > shopped yet. If you've owned one that you've either loved or hated, I'd like [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 2) Cellar door is deadbolted at night. 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