So... Cat Doors

[neuralclone]

 I've just had a new cat door installed in one of my windows.  The problem is: how do I get my cat to use it?  Do any of my readers have any experience in this area?

(So far I've tried putting food outside the door, and rubbing some of my cat's own scent on it.  I've moved an old throw my cat likes to snooze on just under the door.)

Comments

[vilakins]

I just remembered, for Sebastian we tied the cat flap back at first and gradually lowered it which might work for Missy, then finally when he still had to be coaxed through, I got fed up and took it off to see how he coped - and he started using it like the others.

[neuralclone]

I'm trying to figure out the best way of keeping the door open without damaging it - it's a perspex one set in a glass window, with a little magnetic catch at the bottom to keep it shut when it's not in use. (Missy was eyeing it warily last night from a safe spot on the back of the sofa.)

[vilakins]

That's what we had! We sellotaped the string the perspex cat door and taped the other end to the glass, then gradually lowered that end so Sebastian had to start pushing through.

[neuralclone]

OK, I'll give it a shot!