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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

3270.0. "Open House" by FSEDU::MEGAN () Mon Jan 22 1990 18:41

    I have a cat door which my cat uses all the time (regardless of
    if the doors are open or not). She's a timid little thing too.
    
    When people are not home, other cats seem to come into my home and
    have parties (cat fur is on the lounge, benches etc) and my own
    cat must hide somewhere, as she hates other cats coming near her.
    
    I love cats, any sort, but my own is very special, so I want to
    look after her and make her feel secure in her own home and I do
    not want to hurt another cat if at all possible.
    
    Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the other cats from
    coming in her cat door? I have tried pepper, but that kept my own
    cat out and she lost confidence in her door for a while. 
    
    Hope someone has a solution.
                                                    
    Megan

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3270.1	electronic door	WILKIE::RUSSO		`Mon Jan 22 1990 18:53`	5
	There are electronic cat doors that are sensitive to a collar that your cat would wear. I don't know anymore about them than this. Maybe someone here knows where you can get one. Mary
3270.2	Me me me !	XNOGOV::LISA		`Mon Jan 22 1990 19:34`	11
	We have one of those! Great things they are too! We had problems with other cats coming in so we bought a "STAYWELL ELECTRONIC CAT DOOR", but I live in Reading in the UK! The door works really well. They have a Biggish tag on their collars which releases a catch on the door. The door can be locked to flap either way, both or neither. There MUST be a US equivalent! Lisa plus Percy and Pookie. ( Percy needs protection - he's a fighter!) PS It cost 50 pounds.
3270.3		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Mon Jan 22 1990 22:23`	4
	Not to mention raccoons using the cat doors, and then having a fine time in the kitchen cabinets ("Hey, Merv, there's peanut butter in this one.")
3270.4	a secret button ?	ODIHAM::PATTISON_M		`Tue Jan 23 1990 08:10`	8
	An ex grifriends father had a cat flap which he had modified in some way so that it would not open normally, you had to know just where to get your claws into it and pull it open, his own cat soon learnt the trick but other cats in the neighbourhood never seemed to work it out! M.
3270.5	Oh where or where have I seen this?	MICLUS::MTAG		`Tue Jan 23 1990 19:20`	10
	Yes, I have seen these advertised in the US... just can't remember where! The only animal magazine I get is from the MASS SPCA (called ANIMALS?). Maybe I saw it in the back of there. I know I've seen it advertised in print somewhere and not on TV. Maybe in the Carol Wright coupon mailings? I'll check around and if I can find any info, I'll add another reply. Maybe your vet knows or check out a good pet supply center. Mary
3270.6	Auto Door for a Cat??	FSEDU::MEGAN		`Tue Jan 23 1990 19:26`	12
	Re .2 I'm in Sydney Australia, but the door I have is a Staywell standard door. I will check it out, but I think our pet shops are not as advanced as the rest of the world, technology takes its time to get here! Re .2 .3 .4 thanks for a quick response. Megan (and Muffy)
3270.7	Cat-Mopolitan	FSEDU::MEGAN		`Tue Jan 23 1990 19:33`	7
	re .5 I would really appreciate that, I'll still check here, but I am not expecting to find much, our RSPCA does not have any magazines, nor can I recall ever seeing a pet magazine here! I am impressed that the rest of the world has such publications. Maybe I have just found myself a new enterprise?
3270.8	Extra info ...	XNOGOV::LISA		`Wed Jan 24 1990 06:47`	9
	Re : .6 We had a standard STAYWELL door to start with - sort of a stretched half circle of brown see through plastic in a white frame. The electronic door needs a slightly bigger hole and the screws were in a different place, but it fits OK! Lisa plus P&P.
3270.9	magic mat?	ULTRA::GONDA	DECelite: Pursuit of Knowledge, Wisdom, and Happiness.	`Wed Jan 24 1990 12:05`	10
	Do you folks know of if a gadget exists that is like an electronic mat which has a light and/or a buzzer that blinks and/or buzzes when say some weight is placed on it (in this case a cat walks on to it)? Then when the light blinks and/or the buzzer buzzes I can go to the door and open it for the cat to come in. This way we can avoid some of the problems involved with cat doors at an effort (going to the door) which I don't mind doing. I'd rather buy it if it is available (more reliable than making it :-).
3270.10		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Wed Jan 24 1990 18:27`	7
	Re: .9 I'm sure these things exist. They are a standard offering in home security systems, to detect someone walking in a door. You might have to have it adjusted to be sensitive enough to detect the weight of a cat.
3270.11	R.C. Steele	STAFF::SECRETARY		`Thu Jan 25 1990 13:40`	6
	They have the electronic cat doors (tag on collar type) in the R.C. Steele catalog (a dog/cat supply catalog). The R.C. Steele phone/address is in the canine notes CVG::CANINE. R.C. Steele requires a minimum order of $50, but their prices are truly unbeatable and I believe they ship internationally as well.