Tired of intruding neighborhood cats that come in through the ordinary cat flap and make themselves home, stealing food, messing up your place, and threatening your cat? If you suffer from such problems, it is probably time to replace your old ineffective cat flap and get a lockable cat flap. A lockable cat flap keeps out unwanted visitors and lets your cat move freely, after detecting its key. Many different options are available in lockable cat flaps. There is the infra red, microchip, and magnetic cat flap.

Magnetic cat flap is the probably the most widely used lockable cat flap. This is because it’s relatively cheaper and easier to use. The magnetic cat flaps are also fairly easy to install, and just take a little more learning on the cat’s part than an ordinary cat flap. Part of this extra learning is getting used to the click sound the flap makes as it unlocks. Another unique thing about these magnetic cat flaps is the magnet keys that the cat must learn to use to unlock the flap. The keys should touch the flap for it to unlock, and some cats who like to open the flaps with their paws instead of their noses might need a little more learning time.

A magnetic cat flap uses the very simple mechanism of a magnet to operate its locking system. There is a magnet in the cat flap that keeps it locked. The lock only opens when the magnet key comes in contact with it. The magnet keys are small magnets that come in the package and that you have to attach in your cat’s collar. When your cat, with the key on its neck, pushes the flap with its nose, the key comes in contact with the flap and unlocks it.

There are several traffic control options on a magnetic cat flap. You can allow your cat to come back, but not leave again, or vice versa. Or you can set the lock so that they can enter and exit freely.

A magnetic cat flap effectively deals with intruders and doesn’t let them in. They are sturdy enough to take violent pushing and pawing of determined intruders. By locking out these unwelcome visitors, magnetic cat flaps provide you much needed respite from annoying intruders, and in turn have a more relaxed, happy, and playful cat who will feel more safe in the house.