to cat f lap or not to cat flap?

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ok so our cat has just started going out and is a bit nervous if it is windy, or noisy etc, she has been ok so far though and just stayed in ours and nextdoors back gardens

but every other time she goes out she will come straight back in or be in and out and not able to make her mind

i would like her to use the litter tray less and go out for longer periods and wanted to geta cat flap so she can come and go as she pleases

dh does not want one and says that when we want to sell our house it will be harder to sell with a hole in the door!! shall i persevere with this and does anyone have any pros and cons cat flap wise or any tips??

a cat flap is an essential IMHO ( or an open window)

i have been letting her back in through the window cos when i've been letting her out of the back door by the time i get back in the living room she is crying at the window

was thinking the cat flap would boost her confidence in knowing that she can come in and out whenever she wants

we dont have one

have alwyas managed no prbs

cat just asks to go out and i can hear her miaowng to come back in

chuck the litter tray - youll be surprised how quickly they realise - our cat still smetimes sits where it used to be and looks confused - she miaows loudly and i know she wants out

Get one of the petport ones that only allow certain cats in (it works by microchip)

a new door would only cost a couple of hundred quid if your house buyer didn't want a cat-flap - hardly a deal breaker when you are talking house prices

true to be honest out back door is wood and gross and dark green (yuk!!) so i think whoever buys our house will want another anyway!! but dh is saying no, i thik he just doesn't want to cut the hole

i still say theres no need IMO

if it was raining or whatever and my cat wanted in (she hates rain) but we were out (for example) she just sits under a car or the tree and waits for us

When I didn't have a cat-flap, my cat had a kennel in the garden for shelter

My cat comes in and out in the night several times - no way am I getting up to let him in/out

We've just bought a cheap new panel for the bottom bit of the door and have kept the original panel. When we move house all we have to do is to simply put the old panel back. But of course that's only possible if you've got a uPVC door like our backdoor.
We installed it for when we went away over the holidays so she could just come and go as she pleased and the neighbour didn't have to worry about her if she ran out of the front door when he came in.

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Belgian -
in fact you can do this with a lot of doors uPVC or not. Often there's a piece of glass that can be de puttied and replaced with a sheet of glass with a hole ready for the cat flap. Have also done it with a panel of wood,this involved removeing then replacing the 4 pieces of moulding holding it in.

Ah catith, good to know this for the future, if we ever move and have a wooden backdoor!