Re: now cat door

Over the years I've developed the swift move to get my cats into the
carrier.  However it is  easier because the pet taxi used to belong to a
Collie puppy.  Pretty good sized.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] now cat door


> Would probably be easier--and less bloody--to give Beans a bath than to
> put a collar on her. Just getting her in a cat carrier can be a chore.
> When we moved down here, she started the trip in a cardboard carrier,
> which she ripped to shreds before we were 20 minutes out. She spent the
> rest of the journey mostly under the driver's feet or on the shelf
> looking out the back window.
>
> On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 10:32 AM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > I think I've seen some cat doors that operate on electronic control of
> > some
> > sort.  They only open for the animal wearing the collar that controls
> > it.
> > However, mine don't wear collars.  I worry about them getting caught on
> > fences, etc. If the collars loose enough for them to squeeze out in a
> > jam,
> > they'll squeeze out of 'em on purpose, too.   Of  course there are the
> > breakaway types, but that gets pretty expensive cuz they keep breaking
> > away
> > from their collars and I have to buy new ones.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Happy Holidays to All, now cat door
> >
> >
> >> Got one of those, Marge. We decided we didn't want the house open to
> >> raccoons, however, so we put it in the door between the kitchen and
> >> the
> >> garage. Once it's daylight, we can open the garage door and Miss Priss
> >> can come and go as she pleases. By then, of course, she has already
> >> been in and out four or five times, so she usually decides it's nap
> >> time.
> >>
> >> On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 01:56 AM, Marge Talt wrote:
> >>
> >>>> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>>> Holiday wishes to all. I'll probably spent the day as I spend most
> >>> days
> >>>> off--letting the cat out and in. If she's in, she yowls to go out;
> >>> if
> >>>> she's out, she knocks to come in. And, of course, she's trained me
> >>> to
> >>>> open the door for her.
> >>> ----------
> >>>
> >>> Unless you enjoy that pastime, Jim, what you need is a cat door.
> >>> When my cats were indoor/outdoor, it worked a treat - they came and
> >>> went as they wished.  Poor old campused Teeny Kitty still sits in
> >>> front of it staring at it like if she stares hard enough, it will
> >>> open for her.  Has a little thumb latch on a removable solid masonite
> >>> type door if you don't want kitty to go out at some point.  Sure
> >>> beats the heck out of being a doorman for a fickle feline:-)
> >>>
> >>> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >>> mtalt@hort.net
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