We had a cat flap in the old house but it only gained him access to the garage. I don't want ours bringing his half dead or half eaten rodents into the house thank you very much.
We tried without a flap here and he soon got the hang of coming to the kitchen door to be let in or out when necessary.
Our cat sit next to the door and ask to go out. You open the door, he looks outside, looks at you, looks outside again and lick his leg. You close the door.
5 minutes later, same game.
He is outside, stand by the door to get in, you open it. He looks at you, looks outside, looks at you again and stay there.
Repeat ad nauseum
I must say it gives times when I feel sorry for the cat flap, if you have on the outside, one of the old girls who want to go in and on the inside a young one that wants to get out. The poor cat flap is in the middle.
Oh the problems some people have.
Thanks!
And I thought my dog was dumb
You can also open the flap yourself and push his head through so that he gets the idea.
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I called Glas-Technik and Mr. Reichlin (who speaks English) visited, took measures and send a quote.
Few weeks later and my window has been replaced with a new one that has a cat door as I rent.
Cost: chf 625.- includes new window w/cat door, installation and packing of original window.
Very satisfied!
What about winter? Not having a cat flap could result in a frozen cat.
Our "Charlie" is also typical. He meows to go out, snifs a few times and goes back in. A few minutes later the same and so on.
Yesterday I was thinking of making a cat bed with a small electric base cover which is somehow activated by the cat sitting on it. That way if he gets caught outside in the winter he will be OK and I dont use power when he doesnt use it.
The only problem is that my daughter now wants a second cat, and I'm not sure whether we can adapt the system to accommodate the in/out wishes of two cats. Hmm.