Hey,

Does anyone know of a cat flap that has a built in clock or timer, I found one for £100 (yikes!) but the problem is each cat needs to wear a chip, my cats don't have colars, so it is no good for me.

Your cats dont have reflective collars?

Nope they don't, i have had bad experiences with collars and found even safety ones to be dangerous. I have also heard many other tragic stories relating to collars.

Plus, one of my cats is all white... so no reflective collar needed there!

My all white cat was run over just over a month ago.

I now have my cat and two kittens with reflective collars.

I would highly suggest you prioritise visibility over "possible" accidents.

Well being the owner of a cat that choked on her collar until she passed out, even though it was a saftey collar designed to quick release, and only survived because luckily I was there to free her from the collar after she stopped kicking, these accidents are more than just a "possibility" to me.

I think you need to do a bit more reading before you start advising people on their cats safety, because problems with collars causing injury and death are not few and far between.

My cats come in at night, so visibilty should not be a problem, hence the want for a cat flap on a timer. Also, I do not believe a reflective collar is going to aid the cat too well in preventing an RTA, cats tend to get run over because they get all scatty and run out in front of cars. So visible or not, the driver will not be able to stop in time. They do not tend to get run over because they sit in roads and are not seen. (IMO )

I guess we agree to disagree.

However, yeah if she/he is staying in at night a timed cat flap would be great.

timed cat flap - Google Product Search

Thanks for the search

Try Pet Porte (Pet Porte Microchip Cat Flap) - this is suitable for cats with no collars. x

thanks that looks ideal for keeping out the riff raff while letting my cat come in for dinner