Hi all,
So I have installed the SureFlap microchip cat flap and Mr Winston has been using it for the last few weeks (albeit slightly timidly and doesn't seem to use it when he has an audience) to go outside. I've read a lot about cats not liking the click noise it makes etc and he is a little hesitant of it but uses it everyday so has obviously conquered that fear.
However, he is refusing to use it to come back inside without a LOT of coaxing from me/my partner on either side of the flap.
Instead he miaows at the back door to be let in or sits by the cat flap peering in. He's used it at least once by himself but the rest of the time - he just won't.
I'm sure it's just a case of practice and coaxing him with food and standing my ground. I am a soft touch and don't like to see him sitting outside when he wants to come in so tend to open the back door.
Are there any tips or tricks you can recommend? Or is it just a case of try, try, try again and he will learn?!
Thanks x
So I have installed the SureFlap microchip cat flap and Mr Winston has been using it for the last few weeks (albeit slightly timidly and doesn't seem to use it when he has an audience) to go outside. I've read a lot about cats not liking the click noise it makes etc and he is a little hesitant of it but uses it everyday so has obviously conquered that fear.
However, he is refusing to use it to come back inside without a LOT of coaxing from me/my partner on either side of the flap.
Instead he miaows at the back door to be let in or sits by the cat flap peering in. He's used it at least once by himself but the rest of the time - he just won't.
I'm sure it's just a case of practice and coaxing him with food and standing my ground. I am a soft touch and don't like to see him sitting outside when he wants to come in so tend to open the back door.
Are there any tips or tricks you can recommend? Or is it just a case of try, try, try again and he will learn?!
Thanks x
