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...
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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...
Does a cat break into your home and eat your cat’s food? What do you do?
There is a story from Cornwall, UK, online this morning which reminds me of the difficulties of dealing with a neighbour’s cat who likes to come into your home and eat your cat’s food...
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....
Cat flaps and dry cat food can undermine the relationship between owner and cat
I am going to propose a theory, which may not be valid but I think it is, concerning the relationship between a cat owner and their domestic cat. This relationship needs to be intimate...
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...
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....
Tolerant British Accept Invader Cats
If you let your cat go outside through a cat flap at his pleasure, you are allowing yourself to enter a world of shared cat ownership. It is a cat-human relationship that is somewhere...
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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