I have tried everything to make my cat use the cat door from my bedroom to the screened patio but no luck. I've tried treats, tuna, pushing him through from in to out and out to in. He either doesn't understand what I want or he does understand and simply refuses to do it. Any suggestions?
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Cat can't understand cat door
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Have you tried removing the plastic flap from the door so it is just a hole in the door?
Hi. I agree to try removing the flap from the door. I have read numerous cases where the cat just doesn't like the flap - at least at first.
I was lucky, and my Ruby girl was food obsessed when I first adopted her, so throwing treats through the cat flap door worked for her.
In your case, try either removing the flap, if possible, as has already been suggested. Or taping/tying it up, as in this video:
In your case, try either removing the flap, if possible, as has already been suggested. Or taping/tying it up, as in this video:
I'd agree with the above, removing the flap does wonders. At my house we transitioned from having the flap open to closing it after a few weeks. Its easiest when there is desire to go through the flap that overrides fear of it. In our house that was when we went on a week long vacation and my cat was stuck unless she went through the flap. Scared my house sitter to death when she was on the wrong side of the cat door but it worked. My girl spent 2 years refusing to use the door and now she grudgingly uses it when she decides she has to.
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The flap can't be removed but I have put it up so he can go in and out but he still refuses to use it. Before the weather gets too hot to leave it open I'll just leave it up and hopefully he'll decide to go on through. Thanks for the suggestions.
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