Thread: Cat flap

We also have a dog sized flap & it goes from our sitting room into the cats pen outside so hubby was sweating by the time he had made a big enough hole through an outside wall but it works very well,cats can go in & out as they please or if it is really nice I lock them out for a few hours while I am at work.Great idea until one day I came home & all the cats were lounging on the chairs & sofas so I thought I had forgotten to slide the clips over to lock the flap but no they were still in place,next work day doubled checked,yep everything in place went off to work & came back to find all cats inside again but clips still in locked position,that night hubby on floor checking clips were working {we had it so the flap was on the outside wall in the pen} no problem,clips locked you could not push the flap open from pen into house so was left bewildered until the day I was at home & started hearing this scratching noise. I looked through the patio doors so I could see what was going on & one of the babes,he was about nine months then,had found he could flip the flap with a claw & lift it into the pen,he would then put his whole foot under & lift it higher until his head was under it & then chirrup to the rest of the cats & as he held it with his head they all filed past & in,when they were all in he just followed & flap shut,mission accomplished....Couldn't believe what I was seeing & I think it was a shock when they all took up their places & settled down to turn & see me standing there. We now have one with a solid flap that drops down & locks into a slot on the inside as well so even if he gets the flap up they still can't get through ,but having said that he himself has managed it once ,he had lifted flap in pen the same way & it was laying across his back he reached through & kept rattling the inside flap with his front feet until it had loosened out of its socket & could push it open just a few inches two front feet appeared followed by a nose,face,ears flattened against his head & then a body slowly working its way through a small gap then eventually a whole cat flopped on the floor, was quite an experience,it took him nearly 15 minutes & when he finally made it he looked like a flattened cartoon character that had to have a good shake & get back into shape,if only I had known how to use the camcorder it was something I would loved to have replayed,his reward was a morning spent alone with mum & the rest in the pen just looking at the flap & I reckon wondering why he hadn't let them through.......
He is too big now to try any tricks like that, it takes him all his time to wiggle through the proper way ! Haved suggested a bigger dog flap but just got a funny glare off of the other half,think it meant no.

Absolutely brilliant story, lol, I can just see it. who said they are dumb animals !

what a funny story. A very intelligent boy that one!

Brilliant story JC there not as daft as they act

We used to have a small dog flap into the yard for Milo & the pensioners but along came Banjo at 8 weeks old & he followed Milo into the yard, which was great for house training him i think he only ever had 2 acidents but of course Banjo grew & the flap didnt & eventually he broke it, so we decided it was pointless just replaceing it as he would probably just do the same so now have a large dog flap which they all use.

Its funny watching Louie use it as he likes to take a run up & come crashing through we always know when he is on the way in

Clever pussy! Hope Simba doesn't work out how to do that!

Don't hold your breath Karena it was my Shimba who worked that out & seeing their names are pretty close !