Can this door be programmed to always stay open? I have a cat that "visits" and when she is not there I dont want the others to deal with collars.
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Has anybody found a way to allow cats to come in or out without a tag? I no longer have the need to restrict the neighbor's cats from coming inside. Has anybody tried to break the locking mechanism to allow easy access? Thanks
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Surely you can keep it open. But in this case all other cats will be able to use it as well.
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You can program it to always be open for a cat wearing a collar with the tag. Otherwise, no.
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Yes, you can. Directions are in the manual under training a cat to use the door.
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The door will not keep out raccoons. The single latch on the inside middle of the flap is the only thing preventing the door from opening, and it is not enough to keep the door closed from a determined raccoon. The raccoon keeps pushing on the corners and working with the door until it pops open. I have video of this happening.
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Yes. Can be locked one way, too, so cat can come in but can't get back out.
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My cat has not been able to escape, even though she really tried in the beginning. She can get her regular collar off, no matter what I do.
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I m not sure that If I understand what you mean by stay open feature but you can leave the door open if you want as long as you want. It doesn't just close, it also can stay open.
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Our's is set to allow the cat to come and go during the day and locks the door for outgoing at night. Our cat has a chip. The door does not read the chip when she goes out (day time) but does read the chip for her to come back in (that's allowed day and nite). I don't think it can be set to allow entry (day or night) without the chip of collar tag. We like this as it keeps the neighbor's cats out.
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I think my SureFlap door would click open when my cat put his head about 2 inches from the door. And no, I never had any problems with it not opening. But mine is in the trash because the raccoons kept going thru it to get to the cat's food and after awhile the cat wouldn't use it any more. Be sure to get the raccoon-proof model, if you buy it! It was a good idea but mine turned out to be a waste if money.
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3 things: I taped it open for a few days, so the cats got used to the exit. Then I had it open without fob use (I think they call that training mode). I also triggered the lock many times with the cats hanging out nearby, so the lock engaging with their nose pressed to the door would not spook them. Then I just refused to let them out any other way, and they figured it out. Then again, these cats have totally dismantled the frame I had built around the Cat Mate when I had it locked to keep them inside on Halloween.
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yes. you can have your cat come and go all day and whatever time you program the door to NOT open (to go outside), the door will lock them in.
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It will stay open on its own. It only opens in one direction, it has a tab at the bottom of the gate but you can turn the gate so the door of it opens on the side you want.... Towards you or away from you.I turn mine so the tab at the bottom is on the side I don't want my dogs pushing open. I hope this helps :-) I wish I could send ya pics to help see it.
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The way it works is you have one direction where anything can get through (for example, your cats can go outside if they are inside). The other way can then be set to where only cats that have the magnetic key on their collar can get back in. This requires a little bit of time for the cat to realize that he has to put his head up to the door in order to activate it, but once it's activated, he can push through. The only problem is if you have a smart cat or animal that is persistent, they can claw at the door and pull it open and sneak through without the collar to activate it. It's for this reason that mine is useless. The cat I wanted out was too smart for the door and just pulled it open when he couldn't push through.
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the collars cannot be set to lock anything. The programming is set by the humans! I am trying to think of why one would want to leave it unlocked but have the collar lock it. If the door is set to 'training mode' it is completely unlocked until/unless the programming is changed.
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Kay, I don't think the door will lock in training mode. But I, like you, just wanted a timed cat-door. For me it was to let the cats go out once the sun was up and lock them in once it got dark. I do not have any issues with animals (raccoons, opossum, chupacabra) trying to get in and because I have three cats and the chips were kinda big I simply taped a chip to the inside of the kitty door. This way when it is set to open there is always a chip close enough to activate it and the cat just has to push on it. Any cat can get in or out during the day and when it is set to close no one can leave (actually I only "close" it so the cats can't get out after dark, but after dark they can get in). I hope this is helpful for you. Red
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This is a big door opening for a cat. I use it for my 80lb golden retrievers. I would look for a smaller door opening that will be easier for the cat.
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There is a plastic panel that slides in from the top to prevent access to the door. It will stop your cat or dog from running in and out but will not stop someone from breaking in.
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It will stay open on its own. It only opens in one direction, it has a tab at the bottom of the gate but you can turn the gate so the door of it opens on the side you want.... Towards you or away from you. I turn mine so the tab at the bottom is on the side I don't want my dogs pushing open. I hope this helps :-) I wish I could send ya pics to help see it.
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I essentially did the same as K. Keiner. I traced the opening on a piece of texture 111, cut it out, and attached it with a single hinge at the middle top. We used a regular heating pad with a timer and it worked fine although our cat uses the condo during the day only so we close it at night or feral cats will taking over. Once a feral cat has used the condo a domestic cat probably wont go back in until the feral scent has been removed by washing and or replacing the blankets and pads. We found this out the hard way.