In the active position, Can my cat come in AND go back out? Or JUST in? The video isn't clear. Will the magnet work both coming in and going out? I want my cats to come and go as they please without other cats following them! In the active position, Can my cat come in AND go back out? Or JUST in? The video isn't clear. Will the magnet work both coming in and going out? I want my cats to come and go as they please... » Read More In the active position, Can my cat come in AND go back out? Or JUST in? The video isn't clear. Will the magnet work both coming in and going out? I want my cats to come and go as they please without other cats following them! « Show Less
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Our door works just as represented: first setting lets any 'animals' come and go at will, no magnet needed; second setting animals with magnet collar only coming in, anything can go out without magnet; third setting locks door so no animals can go either way, nothing to do with magnet. Hope that helps.
971078
i rubbed in a little cat nip, played scratch myself to get him to come to it. Encouage and praise him.If post or bed has another animal oder, they may not go.Try at the dusk hr when they start going balistic
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I have a dominate cat who usually forces his way to the bowl. The second cat usually will walk away. We've had the feeder for about a month or so. For me I don't see this as a problem and since they have to lower their heads into the bowl. Only one cat will fit. It right away registers the second cat even if the first was already there eating. Both of my cats are on diets so they both have gotten used to it closing on them. I now find that the more dominate cat will now wait his turn (Something he never used to do) knowing it may it may not close on him. I think he waits to see if it will close on her also. :-) I have a dominate cat who usually forces his way to the bowl. The second cat usually will walk away. We've had the feeder for about a month or so. For me I don't see this as a problem and since they have to lower their heads into the bowl. Only one cat will fit. It right away registers the second cat even if the first was already there eating. Both of my cats are on diets so they both have gotten used to it closing on them. I now find that the more dominate cat will now wait his turn (Something he never used to do) knowing it may it may not close on him. I think he waits to see if it will... » Read More I have a dominate cat who usually forces his way to the bowl. The second cat usually will walk away. We've had the feeder for about a month or so. For me I don't see this as a problem and since they have to lower their heads into the bowl. Only one cat will fit. It right away registers the second cat even if the first was already there eating. Both of my cats are on diets so they both have gotten used to it closing on them. I now find that the more dominate cat will now wait his turn (Something he never used to do) knowing it may it may not close on him. I think he waits to see if it will close on her also. :-) « Show Less
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It's working when the light is on. Mine isn't activated until the cat is very close to it, but it certainly gets her attention when it goes, she runs in the opposite direction. This only happened a few times, she doesn't go anywhere near it now.
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the other one only goes down in the presence of the magnet. thats the whole point of the door, to only unlock for your cat wearing the magnet.
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Yes, it works okay, but the ball doesn't flow "freely" then. When it hits the other ball, it comes to a stop. So the "chase" ends there. Where with only one ball, it keeps it's momentum and continues to move around the track and the chase is on for the cats. We do it both ways, but the cats seem to like one ball better, as it continues to move. I hope that helps, Dennie
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The magnetic cat flap is a lot cheaper and is cheaper to replace. I used to get Staywell Cat doors for my cats. Then they went all high tech and with that became more temperamental. I gave up with them eventually and I use Petsmart doors. Another thing the collar magnet doesn't require a magnet. The only reason to go "high tech" is if you are in a neighborhood where everyone has "keyed" doors and you need to keep some tomcat out of the house who would either wise have a key to your door. Nobody in my neighborhood has keyed cat doors. I have two because I have three cats and sometimes I need to quarantine a cat. I've just had trouble with them getting eye infections and I just remove a cats key and viola it can't leave the house. (You need two doors for this). This is the first that I've heard of "infrared cat doors" I googled them and saw Staywell and I hope that it's great. For me it's [Kiss= Keep it simple S]
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Honestly I have mine installed indoors and ended up removing the flap because my cat wouldn't warm up to pushing it open.. but in the time that i did have it fully assembled I felt that the magnet was very strong.. in fact that was probably the reason my cat thought it was too much trouble to push open. You'd have to experience some major hurricane force winds for that thing to pop open.
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oh, I wish you had posted an update! I'm wondering how things turned out.Did cats get used to the ScoopFree?More experiments to entice the cats to adapt?And, to be sure, some cats are just picky, determined, and don't adapt.
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This is not meant for your cat to be put in and then tied up. All the cat has to do is pull against the leash and the velcro will undo. As for escaping out of the harness with no leash attached; my cat hasn't ever escaped out of it while just wearing it. It's the tension between the harness and the leash that causes the velcro to come undone.
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There is a way to "lock" the cat window where the cat cant come in or go out. The window that you put it in can not be locked since you have to open it to put the cat window in but you could put a rod or some kind of stick jarring the window where someone could not open it further.
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It does but it's designed to swing in and allow your cat into the box then when they push up against it to swing out. I don't know if that helped much more but it isn't set up for the cat to pull it forward with their paw to enter, they should push against it to get it to swing in and same thing on the way out rather than pawing it toward them it's designed to have them push against it to get out.
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We were disappointed in the short time of movement of this cat but it did help a bit when we remembered to move the switch from demo to "on." TheFur Real Dog is much more active and entertaining for children in my opinion (even though I am a cat lover). Hope this helps.
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It could click because it is still trying to move. Then, as the cat stops it, it will shut off and you have to start it up again. I have had some success with this toy, but the motor burns out quickly and the toy stops working, but my cats love it. I have already replaced 6 of them. It is better than Cat's Meow and all the rest.
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Yes I think a cat can open the door as the magnets are not too overpowering. My cat went in and out of our old dog door and it was more difficult to go through. This door should not be a problem for your kitties!
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Our cat was doing the same for a while, but then one day heavy rain started and he had to dart in. We now switched to a microchip Petporte door, but it also took our cat probably a month to get used to it. We also noticed that he goes in and out all right when we are not at home. If he knows that we are at home, he "checks in" at the cat door and then goes to the human door to be let in. Cats like it when people open doors for them.
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Cats could probably easily enter. There is another one a friend told me about that has a magnetic bottom panel. If you're worried about cats I would suggest finding on like that