How close does the cat need to be before the door registers it?
222336
Going out of the house the door is free flowing. Coming into the house, the cat needs to place his head in the door opening for the microchip to be read. Initially, the cats are a bit hesitant to use the door but, in short order, they adapt and the door works as advertised. For us, it solved a major problem we were having with raccoons coming into the house.
222337
Hello! Any pet will be able to exit your home through this Microchip Pet Door. When entering your home, the cat will need to put their head/shoulders into the tunnel of the pet door so that it can read their chip. The scanning device is located in the top of the tunnel, so it needs to be able to scan downward to read the chip that should be located at the top of your cat's shoulders! I hope this helped!
1208834
The door is plastic, and so are the latches. They operate from the inside. Security is relative. This door will probably keep out raccoons and such, but you could kick through the door. If you are worried about human entry, don't put the cat entry within reach of the door knob. That way a person can't break the cat entry and reach in to unlock your door. I wouldn't worry about an animal defeating the latches and plastic cat door. By the way, I have a medium sized cat and a medium sized door, and there have no problems at all.
1951924
There is a gap of 2.5 inches (6.35cm) between the bars. Our cat jumps over the gate with ease.
2278204
When the lock door is on it would. But just the flap would probably not keep out drafts. My cat always opens the door with his right paw and that side of the flap does not close tight anymore.
2179361
You bet! I love my sure flap MC door for my 13 lb cat. It can bet programmed to let them in, and locked outbound...and vice versa. This is my second purchase of this brand door for my cat. I originally purchased the small one and soon my tabby boy grew to 12 lbs and 6 mos ago purchased the larger size. Highly recommend.
844660
Door may be too big for a cat, took awhile for my 30lb dogs to figure out how to work the double flap door. Now that they aren't scared of it anymore it works great!
491504
Yes, you can. Directions are in the manual under training a cat to use the door.
1079647
5 1/2 inches wide and only 5 inches tall. That's the opening size with the door held open. It needs to be short in height to get the cat's head and neck high enough for the chip reader to work.It works great with my 8# and 12# cats. When our smaller cat was very young, she had the door mastered very quickly. We have had good luck by putting the batteries in place and press the program button and send the cat out through the door from the inside. It had their number in memory on the first trip through. We love this product, and have two of them in the house.
455162
No cats in my installation but based on how sensitive it seems to be I would think it would pick them up if it was very close or directly over the liter box and their approach path does not have any obstructions that would block the sensor. Hope this helps.
158856
I have the same problem but cats vs dogs, I will order this and try it on the top of door but move it closer to the hinge side to open up the door more, I'll let you know the resultsFrankOk, I installed on the top edge of the door about midway, it works fine to allow cats to their box. You have to be tall enough to unlatch when you enter though and overall it seems easy to break if you forget to unlatch, I wish it was stronger.
1719112
The 6 1/2 by 6 1/2 inch door turned out to be too small for our cat, who is about 12 pounds. So we got one that was 7 1/2 by 11 inches and that worked well. I don't remember if the larger one is available from Amazon, so we may have had to go directly to the cat door company to get it. It is a good product.
281985
3 inches is about the max. I'm using it as apulse to a micro-controller to open a dog door. may require some time for your cat to learn how close it has to be.
1914953
My cats move their heads out of the way when it closes. I know if anything gets stuck in the doors the doors stop and keep trying until the doors shut. So even for a slow cat it would close.
1949384
The cat needs to stick it's head in the door and push on it. At that point a whirring sounds happens as the locks disengage. Then the cat has a few seconds to push again and go through the door. I have never seen the door unlock without the cat pushing on the door first. No racoons have entered my house since I put in the door. In fact they have stopped coming around now that they can't get in. I also clean the door and the surrounding area with 409 periodically to alleviate any lingering smell. Hope this helps
1961507
Your kitty shouldn't have a problem entering the box. The opening is low to the floor and is quite large.
1921098
If your window is low and the cat could reach and tap on the window glass, I think the alarm will go off. It will not go off if he is just nearby.
942646
I think about 25 feet or so. My dog is old and is going deaf so sometimes we have to get closer. The cat will stop yowling even if we are on the patio and she is in the house. Hope this helps.