Stopping cat coming in and pinching our cats food

roxy13

Mine is the sureflap one. Its fab. No draft (unlike my old catflap) and keeps nasty bully cats out. It uses batteries and doesnt have to be plugged in like some of them do.

missmontana

I love the product description...

No collar needed, operated by the cat's microchip
Adjustable duration for flap opening
Automatically detects light levels to keep cat safely in at night
Programmable for up to 31 of your cats
Cord and battery operated : your cat will never be locked in or out
› See more product details

Naf

Get a little water pistol to squirt at it every time it comes in; it'll sharp remember not to come, and not cruel or expensive.

warehouse

OP, we had an issue many years ago when we first moved into our house and fitted a catflap. There was a tom that used to come in at night, eat our cats food and then spray it's lovely scent everywhere. You can only imagine the smell! Every morning we woke to the same devastation in the kitchen.

The solution was easy to implement but not so easy to carry out as an animal lover, however, with 2 young children at the time we had to sort the issue out fast.

We set our catflap to allow access IN only, not out, and the kitchen door was closed. Our cat was inside the house. This meant that we could effectively trap the unwanted visitor in the kitchen.

So that night I was woken by the sound of this cat trying to escape, went downstairs and basically did what needed to be done to stop the cat ever coming through that catflap again. The problem was solved and even though the tom would pass through the garden occasionally, it never came near the back door again.

Bexm

warehouse wrote: »

OP, we had an issue many years ago when we first moved into our house and fitted a catflap. There was a tom that used to come in at night, eat our cats food and then spray it's lovely scent everywhere. You can only imagine the smell! Every morning we woke to the same devastation in the kitchen.

The solution was easy to implement but not so easy to carry out as an animal lover, however, with 2 young children at the time we had to sort the issue out fast.

We set our catflap to allow access IN only, not out, and the kitchen door was closed. Our cat was inside the house. This meant that we could effectively trap the unwanted visitor in the kitchen.

So that night I was woken by the sound of this cat trying to escape, went downstairs and basically did what needed to be done to stop the cat ever coming through that catflap again. The problem was solved and even though the tom would pass through the garden occasionally, it never came near the back door again.

:rotfl: I have actually been trying this since I posted this.. (hadn't seen your post) the blimming thing hasn't come in since I set it to in only though- think its intelligent!!!
I remembered we accidentally set it at that a couple of months ago and managed to trap a cat in (not the grey one though)... Unfortunately we don't have any doors from our kitchen to living room as everything's open plan to the stairs.. so not something I want to do over night again as it did laps of everything.. thought someone was ransacking the house!

Bexm

missmontana wrote: »

I love the product description...

No collar needed, operated by the cat's microchip
Adjustable duration for flap opening
Automatically detects light levels to keep cat safely in at night
Programmable for up to 31 of your cats
Cord and battery operated : your cat will never be locked in or out
› See more product details

Doesn't everyone have 31 cats then?? :rotfl:

paddypaws101

warehouse wrote: »

So that night I was woken by the sound of this cat trying to escape, went downstairs and basically did what needed to be done to stop the cat ever coming through that catflap again. The problem was solved and even though the tom would pass through the garden occasionally, it never came near the back door again.

What on EARTH did you do???

gettingready

Bexm wrote: »

Doesn't everyone have 31 cats then?? :rotfl:

Paddypaws is close..

Pechow

paddypaws101 wrote: »

What on EARTH did you do???

Yeah, I'm wondering this as well!

murphydog999

I did exactly the same thing as Warehouse, as we had exactly the same problem.

I had a good idea when our intruder came in, so got a big jug of water waiting, took the cats food up, set the cat flap and waited till I heard it trying to get out. I ran in like a screaming banshee, chucked the whole jug of water over it, and opened the door. It was absolutely petrified. Never saw it again :j