How can I make the cat flap less noisy?

[Mouseketool]

My 15yo mog seems to go out around 5am every morning and WAKE US ALL UP! Even 4yo DS who has just started school and is otherwise a brilliant sleeper.

It's very annoying and I've tried damping down the noise with some blu-tak around the edge of the door that slams shut but it's not really working. It's a plastic Staywell flap. Any other ideas please?

You can get ones off amazon with a draught proofing, it makes it quieter. I think its a cat mate one, I just googled "draught proof catflap" and it came up.

My cat wants to go out at 5 too.

Ooo brilliant! That might stop DH moaning about the kitchen being cold too, thank you!! Do they all fit a standard size hole do you know?

I don't know, I never got around to ordering it because the Karen millen sale started and I got distracted.

But the cats just chucked up all over our duvet so I think karmas got me.

It's not the flap that wakes me up at 5am - it's the cat coming back in and meowing at the top of his lungs