Infographic on cat (doors) are a mixed blessing
The infographic explains more or less what I want to say on this topic. I’ll add a personal experience. Like many cat caregivers I have an indoor/outdoor cat with a cat flap. For about...
Category: cat flaps
Who invented the cat flap? Challenging convention.
Who invented the cat flap? An alternative question would be: “Did Sir Isaac Newton invent the cat flap?” The second question is asked because it is often stated that Isaac Newton did, indeed, invent...
Cat flap that required planning permission before installation
This is a very classy and rare cat flap. It has been carved into an old wall which is part of a Grade 1 listed building at Oriel College at Oxford University. I found...
Woman climbs through a cat door
In this video we see a woman climbing through a cat door in the US. Admittedly the cat door is larger than normal but everything in America is larger than normal! That’s meant to...
Cat flap robots: another type of lockdown is required during the coronavirus pandemic
The “other type of lockdown” that I’m referring to is a mentality because the cyber criminals are trying to get into the minds of gullible people who now need to lockdown their brains and...
Cat flaps are a security risk if the keys are in or near the door
Cat flaps can be a security risk. It depends on what the house owner does with the keys to the door in which there is a cat flap. I should know because when I...
Smart cat flap donates money to a bird charity when cat with prey tries to enter
This is a unique cat flap (door) designed by an Amazon engineer, which uses artificial intelligence to detect when a cat is trying to enter the cat flap with prey in his or her...
Cat door (cat flap) that could stop cats bringing in mice
An artificial intelligence (AI) controlled cat door (cat flap) could be manufactured to distinguish between an owner’s cat bringing in a mouse and a cat without a mouse in the mouth. This would be...
When would you need an internal door cat flap?
I need help on this. There is a new cat product, KittyKorner, which is about enter the market and the inventor is seeking funding under a kickstarter appeal. It looks like a neat solution....
How do I get my cat to use a cat flap?
If a cat has never seen a cat flap he/she may show caution and a reluctance to use it because it is a strange object. Also if she has never gone outside in the...
Cat Flaps Used by Thieves to Steal High-value Cars
I have warned of the dangers of cat flaps in the past in that they are a weakness to the security of a household. This particular vulnerability is actually quite special because very often...
Are Cat Flaps a Good Idea?
Yes, cat flaps are a good idea but they can be a mixed blessing. Obviously, the cat flap gives your cat convenient access to the outdoors. If the cat flap is microchip activated it...
Installing this cat flap was an epic fail
You know how our best intentions can be thwarted by a cat. It could be a brand new and exciting cat toy that we buy her/him and she prefers a bit of discarded plastic....
Earliest Cat Flap in Existence?
Is the hole in the door below the astronomical clock of Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, England, UK the earliest existing cat flap? The trouble is it is not exactly a cat flap because there is...
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