My cat is malfunctioning.

[Gogi]

My cat is refusing to come in through his cat door. He'll go out through it but scratches on the door to be let back in. We go through this every once in a while. Cleaning the flap usually helps so I did that today but he still won't cooperate! There's nothing wrong mechanicaly with the door. He sometimes acts like he just can't get himself through the door even though he's pushed the flap up with his head and all he has to do is walk through! Anybody else have a cat with catflapaphobia!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Cats are, by definition, malfunctions

They have their own agendas, which may not jive with ours.

[xJlM]

3. This is so true

My cat will beg you at the dinner table, but I never give her anything. But when someone else feeds the beggar, half the time she'll turn her nose up, as if to say "What the hell makes you think I want that shit?"

[cherryperry]

2. Have you considered the Pet Psychic,

I mean, just so you can understand what your cat is feeling?

:eyes:


Better still, get a dog!

:hi:



:kick: :kick: :kick:

[DuctapeFatwa]

4. A dog or other unauthorized entity has probably pipi'd on the door

While you are unable to smell it, the cat can. You should clean the flap with various toxic chemicals, rinse it off, then take a couch cushion the cat likes and rub it good with that.

[Ohio Dem]

5. I have a question about cat doors.

First, sorry but I don't have advice concerning your cat. They have minds of their own. I think they do things like you describe just to laugh at you.

But here's my question. What keeps other animals, like skunks, chipmunks, 'possums, raccoons, Republican fundraisers, armadillos, muskrats, regular rats, snakes, lizards, small dogs, minks, foxes, wolverines, ferrets, rabbits, Jehova's Witnesses, prairie dogs, porcupines, beavers, wolves, baby bears, alligators (baby), mice, other cats (that are horny), birds, coyotes, and the like out of your house? Do you have a fence? And if you have a fence, how do you keep your cat in your yard?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Ummmm, any rodent in his right bleeding mind will not go

anywhere near cat smell. Cats, especially horney ones, are a different story.

[Ohio Dem]

8. My uncle has a "cat tunnel" into his shed.

It's a pair of doors and something the cats crawl through. He made it complicated to keep wild animals out. The cats seem to like it, and so does a local squirrel. He keeps walnuts in his shed, you see.

There is at least one squirrel that braves the tunnel and the cats for these walnuts. Daily, he says, a squirrel traverses the tunnel and helps itself to a walnut. Even if he's in the shed, the squirrel strolls right in, looks him in the eye, and takes one of his walnuts. He doesn't seem to mind much, for the record. He actually admires the squirrel for being such an earner for his (or her) family. You'd like my uncle.

But what keeps raccoons out of peoples' kitchens?

[Atlant]

15. At least the Jehovah's Witnesses usually won't fit. (NT)

[SOteric]

7. My eldest cat had some issues with pet doors in the past

The vet told me that some cats need more coaxing than others. Romeo didn't like the sound the cat door made. So, some inexpensive felt pads found at the hardware store placed around the edging took care of that.

Before that solution was found, the vet recommended 'training sessions' with treats and a favourite toy. I set up a few training sessions at various points in the week, - and thats how I noticed he was being startled by the door's noise when it closed.

[arwalden]

9. Maybe Your Pussy Just Wants Attention...

Take it from me... you can't ignore your pussy.

[Gogi]

11. LOL

I considered "My pussy is malfunctioning". Just finished watching the episode where Mr. Hunphreys comes down with "Marine disease" and they're all quarantined in the basement.

[Ohio Dem]

13. Oh, that's EXACTLY how you should have started this thread.

The response would have been unbelievable, but probably not any more helpful.

[Gogi]

10. OK, we're back to normal.

He just came back in. I don't have a problem with other animals because the cat door opens out on an enclosed porch which sits four feet above ground. My cat does not go outside unless he escapes. Too much traffic!
This is nothing compared to his malfunction over the automatic litter box.

[Ohio Dem]

12. Enclosed porch - that makes sense.

Yeah, that would work.

But I see people that have them leading right out into the yard. That just seems like a bad idea. Sorry for what probably looks like (and therefore, probably was) and attempted highjack.

[BritishHuman]

14. Other critters:

I've got a catflap that the cat uses. On occasion a neighbour's cat has snuck into the house through it, but mine chases them back out pretty quickly. Sometimes she's been chased by another cat and come through it, but she immediately stops and gets in some free hits as her opponent follows - that puts them right off it.

Any other creatures that come through are usually hanging from the cat's mouth...