I need a cat flap, but my landlord doesn't want me to make a hole in the door. Any other possibilities?

Answer 1

Would they let you put in your own door? We put one in our front porch window using a piece of plywood to put the cat door in. Just make sure and wedge a pole or something so the window can't be opened. I quit using it after my dogs went through it and it broke. There's a possibility you could have other animals come into your home unwanted. Nothing like thinking your cat is coming in and it turns out to be an opossum, took us three days to get the one that came through our cat door out, just to have him come back again. If you don't live in a very safe area, I wouldn't put one in at all. My dogs that went through the door were 40 & 70 pounds. The opening was only 5"x7". Thieves look for pet doors to gain easier entry into your home. There is a style of cat door that works with a special key your cat wears. They work using magnets and run $50 for door and 2 keys through drsfostersmith.com. They also have a window style door that look alot better then my plywood one. It's a lot more expensive at $100, but cheaper then a new door that you would cut a hole in for a cat door.

Why not make the cat an indoor only cat, then you won't need one. I have a 12 years old cat and he just last fall became an indoor only cat. There's no chance of the cat getting any fights with strays or hit by a car. I have no room to talk on indoor only cats, since half of mine are indoor/outdoor. I have 14 cats. Over my 12 years where I live, I've lost 3 cats to the road. We now have a culvert at the bottom of our driveway for the past 8 years and my cats were smart enough to make use of it. They even taught the neighbors cats to go through it. I haven't lost any since. At night I just go and call all my cats in for the night, they do come too, it's been 3 degrees or less at night lately.

Here's the site with the cat doors mentioned above.

Answer 2

yeah, don't let your cat outside!! There are too many dangers out there.

If you really insist on having your cat outside, tell they landloard that you will buy a door to put in. But you will have to keep the original door, because that belongs to the landlord. You can not destroy/damage his/her property.

Is your cat micro-chipped? What are you going to do if it doesn't come home?

Is your cat spayed/neutered? If not you have no business letting it roam the neighborhood. That is being an irresponsible pet owner on your part.

Each year, in this country alone, millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are killed because there are not enough homes for them all. Please read the article on The Crisis of Pet Overpopulation. Too many companion animals competing for too few good homes is the most obvious consequence of uncontrolled breeding. Living creatures have become throwaway items to be cuddled when cute and abandoned when inconvenient.
You can help solve the crisis of pet overpopulation by spaying and neutering your pets. Did you know that one female dog and her offspring can give birth to 67,000 puppies. In seven years, one cat and her young can produce 420,000 kittens. Did you know that spaying or neutering is good for your pet, you and the community. Spaying and neutering helps dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives.
http://www.mypetnanny.info/Link_Pages/Lost_Found.htm

Answer 3

put a cat flap in and replace the door when you move or you could just put the door on a extended chain and wedge it open so the cat can come and go as it pleases

Answer 4

Open the door when you want to let the cat out, and back in. Your cat could get used to a schedule, it's not the end of the world.

Answer 5

do u have a ground floor place or second floor i suggest you install the flap in a piece of plywood then install in a lower window make the plywood slightly higher then the door much like you would place in a window unit ac and is safer since you can put in window locks with this and you can paint the wood to match your window trim

Answer 6

We bought a thick piece of plexiglass, cut it to fit in the window when it was open and installed the cat door in it. We then weatherstripped the plexiglass, and used a clamping device to lock the window down onto the plexiglass. The window was still secure and draft free, and kitty was happy.

Good luck.

Answer 7

There is a window mounted cat flap. You close your window on it, like an air conditioner. Go to petsmart.com and search on cat flap.

Answer 8

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This is really something to find that many all together. For someone like me who is just really starting to get involved with woodworking this was like letting me loose in a candy store and telling me I could have anything I wanted. That was my dream when I was a kid.

Answer 9

You can make a cat flap that will fit in your window. Cats are great jumpers and climbers.

Answer 10

keep your cat indoors so that he doesnt come in contact with another cat that has a disease... there are so many cats that get hurt by other animals or hit by cars and that come in contact with feline luekemia.. and all the pet owners needed to do was to keep that cat inside... I hope this was helpful!!!