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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831   
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We have cats and we have never fitted cat flaps having seen what cats and dogs can do to them with ease. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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5th Sep 2015 10:39am |
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| davew Member Since: 02 Jan 2012 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 888  
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If you're not concerned about 24/7 access, a portcullis type is the only way to go.
Make sure you don't leave food anywhere near the cat flap as that encourages other cats to come in for a free feed and can lead to your own cats feeling nervous in their own home. You can get chip activated cat flaps now which are programmed to read and allow only your cats through, they look pretty robust but I've seen how ingenious and how strong cats can be when they want to get through a cat flap ! Perhaps link it to a motion sensor and a hose pipe so any cat that fails to chip id gets soaked with water  http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/ |
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5th Sep 2015 11:47am |
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| smb Member Since: 15 Jan 2013 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1232 
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Barbara,
Had exactly the same problem. The problem with the magnetic cat flaps is that they are for cats! Cats are curious and so your cat will go through the flap as its collar triggers the release. However, if your neighbours cat then comes up to the flap it won't get in until your cat goes up the flap either because of curiosity or defending its own property. It's at this exact time that your cat releases the trigger at which point it's too late as the other cat has got in. Hopefully, I've explained it right. It's bl..dy difficult typing on an iPad with autocorrect going off! Had a new kitchen wrecked and a lounge shredded because of a ferrel cat getting in. I thought it was mine having a fit until the noise woke me one night. |
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5th Sep 2015 11:01pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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I reckon this one has been using brute force though. On Saturday morning we found the cat flap in bits and this morning the metal tool case which was blocking it was knocked over. It is definitely a beefy sort of cat.
Barbara |
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6th Sep 2015 5:20pm |
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| Barney12 Member Since: 09 Jun 2015 Location: South West Posts: 744 
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We used to have the same problem at our last house with the Staywell magnetic ones.
We then fitted a chipped one which seemed to fair much better. http://www.amazon.co.uk/SureFlap-Ltd-Micro...p+sureflap We've got the same here now and it's seemingly keeping the very large ferrel tomcat at bay which is good news because he smells like a skunk!!  |
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6th Sep 2015 5:25pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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I've got another magnetic one but if Gay Eric trashes that one then I will go down the microchip route. I am just worried that it might not fit the same gap and I would have to get Alfie chipped. She was inherited from next door too, there seems to be a reoccurring theme here. The house on the other side of the wall is always comfier.
Barbara |
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7th Sep 2015 6:07pm |
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| Barney12 Member Since: 09 Jun 2015 Location: South West Posts: 744
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From memory I seem to remember it was a direct replacement but don't quote me.
You can get 'chip tags' for cats without a microchip. As for comfy, yes but more likely the human is more gullible |
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8th Sep 2015 6:27am |
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| Natlas Member Since: 20 Mar 2013 Location: West Sussex Posts: 460 
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Could it be a fox trying to get a snack? 2.2 90 XS
88" Series One Old Norton
Minerva |
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8th Sep 2015 8:32am |
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