Automatic Cat Flap
When you are facing the problem of your cat going out too much, and spending far too much time outside the house, you may want to regain control of your cat’s outdoor life. Getting an automatic cat flap is a good option as it lets you be in charge of your cat’s outdoor time, giving your cat the independence it needs, but without completely letting go.
An automatic cat flap can be a lifesaver for you if you are facing intruder issues with your simple cat flap. Far too many cat owners complain about neighborhood cats and other unwanted visitors that gain effortless access to their homes through the cat flaps. These intruders will steal your cat’s meals, terrify her, or may even injure her. Problems of this sort are far too significant to ignore and trying an automatic cat flap can be a great defense against them.
There are many different types of the automatic cat flap variety in the market. There are magnetic cat flaps, infrared cat flaps, RFID (radio frequency) controlled cat flaps, and microchip controlled cat flaps, with 1-way or multiple way locking features, and many other useful features. Most automatic cat flaps come with an identification tag or collar that your cat can wear around her neck. The cat flap opens for the cat upon identifying the collar, based on your settings. There are also some extra advanced models that don’t even require a collar, but use a microchip – the size of a grain of rice – to identify the cat. This feature is for those cats that don’t like wearing their collars, or frequently lose them.
Most automatic cat flaps offer several different access settings that you can apply according to your needs. You can choose to allow only access indoor to let your cat in and keep it in for the night. Or you can turn off all locks for some time when you can actively monitor your cats and don’t want to restrict them. Some advanced cat flaps also come with a ‘vet mode’ that lets you keep the cat in before a trip to the vet.
Automatic cat flap units support multiple pets, so you can let one of your cats out to play, but keep the other one when, for example, he’s sick. Automatic cat flaps are energy efficient and run on batteries that last up to a year, or you can have them plugged into the mains supply.
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