Does anyone have an AI prey detector cat flap?

[Goatscheese21]

My cat used to mean the world to me. I was a crazy cat lady. I knew that as soon as I had my baby, my attitude would change and unfortunately I was right and it has. I still love her but ever since the baby she is bringing in maybe 3 mice a night, sometimes a rabbit! Sometimes things have eaten and there’s blood everywhere. Since I’m a new mother, the thought of the germs from these rodents freaks me out. It’s so stressful. I’m scared of rodents anyway so my husband does a ‘mouse check’ every morning but I’ll be honest it’s just added stress to my already busy life at the mo.

we don’t want to lock her in at night. I think it’s cruel, and equally dint want to be clearing up litter mess so the solution is buying an ‘OnlyCat’ AI prey detector flap. They are ridiculously expensive at £400. The reviews in trustpilot look good but wondered if anyone on here has any experience ?

I do keep the cat in at night as our fairly busy road goes absolutely quiet at night but gets occasional fast cars which is when my boy might be tempted to cross. During the day the slight but constant traffic noise puts him off and in 5 years i’ve never actually seen him out the front. We’ve had no rodents or birds in at night as a bonus too. We use the Sure petcare smart flap that autolocks at curfew times we set. Always lets him in though if he’s still out. Not sure on these other prey types. Cats protection actually recommends keeping cats in at night, as do many other animal charities due to the impact on wildlife.

Why don’t you want to keep your cat in a night? Open the cat flap when you wake then lock them in at 10pm or whatever is your bedtime. It’s not cruel! It’ll be more effective and cost effective at stopping rodents being brought in than a special cat flap!

I know somebody who’s got one & he says it’s worked for them so far.

Yes, DD2 has one for their cat. It sends a video to their phone, of the cat, trying to bring a mouse in.

Yes we’ve had one for a couple of years now and it works great. Can definitely recommend. We have the OnlyCat one

This is the one I’m looking at! I have birth a few months ago and the rodents and the mess afterwards is just driving me up the wall when I’m on high hygiene mode with a baby as it is! So glad to know it works and isn’t just advertising… we had 3 dead mice last night

Can anyone post a link to the AI cat flap?

But I agree with the posters who suggest keeping her in at night, she will soon adjust.

Alternatively, could you put some sort of cat shelter in your garden, and keep her out at night (assuming you're not on a main road)?

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We’re very rural so husband could definitely build a little shelter / outhouse! I’ve just never been keen on having a litter tray indoors which is what we’d have to do if she was kept in… even with newspapers underneath litter still gets everywhere which is less than ideal with a soon crawling baby :)

If you don't want the cat bringing in gifts through the cat flap overnight and you don't want to keep her in either, then shut the cat flap at night so she can't come in. Make sure she has somewhere safe to shelter outside instead.

"I knew that as soon as I had my baby, my attitude would change and unfortunately I was right and it has"

Well that's pretty sad, isn't it?

Has it not dawned on you that the poor cat has noticed your abrupt change in attitude towards her since you produced an infant, and is doing the only thing she can think of to please you? That is why she is bringing you presents.

Someone in my family has one and it works perfectly. I will get one when I get around to getting my kitchen done

When my cat was at her most prolific as a hunter, I considered this, so that we could keep her out at night, but she would still have a little house:

Herne Multi-Pet Animal Shelter With Twin Entrances – Home & Roost

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Here’s our two trying to bring something in this last week or so. They have kind of learnt not to but still attempt it every now and then

We have one and it works well. The only time it failed so far was because the camera lens needed a little wipe. I will say we do now end up dead animals left in the garden (despite having a curfew to keep them in overnight - they beat the curfew by staying out from before it locks and not coming back til 5am!) but I would argue that is a lot better than them being in the house.

Yes also agree with the message above, they often don't even try to bring stuff in because they learn quite quickly that it doesn't let them

Yes I agree you have to give it a wipe every now and then to keep the camera clean. We end up with mice by the back door but better there than in the house especially when they are still alive!