On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:11:23 -0000, Steve Walker wrote:

On 16/02/2021 20:35, Tekkie� wrote:

On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:14:17 -0800, Bob F posted for all of us to digest...


On 2/15/2021 2:05 PM, Tekkie? wrote:

On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:03:50 -0800, Bob F posted for all of us to digest...


On 2/14/2021 6:02 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 02/14/2021 12:26 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Get one of those flashing LED collars. Although that might only work
with dogs. I can see a cat thinking it's not fashionable enough and
removing it.

The cat at the laundromat may have one of those. It has a wide nylon
collar with some sort of bulky module attached. If the cat cared about
fashion it would commit suicide. It's scrawny and some sort of long
haired breed with a lion cut so it looks like

https://pictures-of-cats.org/wp-cont...h-lion-cut.jpg


The collar and whatever is attached would scale better on a Doberman.



Cat door opener?

Ha ha good one! Can it press the button with it's little paw? Maybe an electric
fence for a cat?


There are all kinds of cat doors which are only supposed to open for the
correct cat, usually involving something that triggers the door to open
when the cat is very near the door.
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Didn't know that. Our kat is an indoor kat. My wife and have decided if she
goes out she stays out. So far she has shown no inclination to go out..

There are ones unlocked by a magnetic device on the cat's collar (which
are okay if no other cats have them) or by a coded device on the collar
(okay unless you have a cat that keeps removing its collar) or using the
microchip that the cat has had injected by the vet for ownership
identification.

I can't believe there's someone who has never heard of these.

My house has enough drafts without a cat door, aren't they drafty?

Decent ones have brush seals around them and a magnet that stops them
swinging in the breeze. If it is a stronger wind, they may occasionally
open and close, but if it is bad enough weather, temporarily move the
kitchen bin in front of it.

Those seals don't last, they wear out with use and cats pawing at them. And they aren't very good seals to begin with.

And in fact the doors tend to be **** too, if you have two or more cats, chances are at some point there will be an argument over who goes through the door first. At this point the usual perspex or acrylic doors will shatter. You need the polycarbonate kind, which are sometimes available as a third party upgrade.

The coded ones have a physical block stopping them swinging inwards
unless the cat is close enough to operate it (within inches).

That's the problem, the device on the collar has to be close enough. If the cat approaches too quickly or from the wrong angle, the door remains shut, confusing the cat.