I Built A Cat Escape Hatch

[@UncleBildo]

I can top your cat problem, easy! I made the mistake of feeding a pregnant feral cat like 3 years back. Her kittens stuck around, THEIR kittens stuck around, etc etc. Now there are several dozen semi wild cats that haunt my property.... I go out at feeding time and get swarmed. No rodent issues at least. As I generally phrase it, "I'm knee deep in pussy, but I think I'm doing it wrong!" Have one kitten that just comes in the house any time he sees the door opening, comes in, chills on the couch, and doesn't get into trouble. I think "Grover" is gonna stay.

[@tinyred9710]

the cat distribution system is trying very hard to tell you something 😂

[@redfields5070]

We accumulated over 30 when I realized it was never going to stop. I found a vet who would neuter them for $800 each and a humane organization that would do them for $20 each and give them all their shots for $10 each more. Forget the vet. Search for HSNT in your area. The cats behave MUCH better after the procedure.

[@drPeidos]

@@redfields5070 This is what I recommend everyone with cats in the neighborhood do. There are several animal groups in several countries that do this.

[@HeppKattProductions]

If you’d had the cat spayed, you wouldn’t have had a problem. Trap Neuter Release

[@redfields5070]

@@HeppKattProductions When the situation is new to you it takes a while for the reality of constant reproduction to sink in. By the time it does, you have a dozen cats to have fixed.

[@laurensa.1803]

Lol. Mouse galore, cat nip, all kinds of stuff to play with and various spots to sleep. Sounds like cat heaven. 😂

[@ggbirdymill1618]

This channel is a gift that keeps on giving

[@michaeloday7306]

I definitely recommend a light strength magnet, more so because the cat flap is mounted in a steel door. In my experience springs get worn and stretched out eventually.

[@FalconFlight747]

This is the kind of entertainment I'm talking about Love it

[@kameljoe21]

We have bought a few dog doors over the years and so far the best dog door we have is one I made. It is made of wood. It is a double flap style. One flap has a hole cut in it with a flap behind it. So to go out you push the second flap and to come back you lift both flaps. I want to install one inside and outside and using magnets and metal it will keep the flaps tight and sealed. I plan to make a newer version of it with what I have learned. I get sick and tired of the wind, rain and snow trying to make its way in to the house.

[@douggrasty9953]

You could use a spring to keep the door closed, just make sure it's relatively weak so the cats can still push out against it. It would make it harder to open from the outside, especially for critters what don't understand springs and such.

[@Caelum23]

I was thinking possibly a magnet could work too.

[@bimpus69]

@@Caelum23 cats are magnetic so that wont work, theyll just be stuck

[@edboss36]

@bimpus69no way

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

Once you get one get you get more. The entire neighbourhood consisting of 7 cats visit my house on and off. The cutest one is missing a paw and hops over like a kangaroo every time he sees me 🥺

[@coryengel]

Maybe to help keep it one way you could cement tiny magnets in the plastic flap’s frame which would hold it shut. The magnetic force would be easy to overcome when pushed from inside, but would make it hard to claw it open from the outside.

[@Seabourne_Actual]

Steel wool is a great material for closing up gaps on structures. Critters can't force their way through it and it helps to insolate. It's also, usually, cheaper to get in bulk than spray foam. Also if you can find a sheet of rubber (or use one of the commercially available door gap seals) you can screw that onto the bottom of the door to close up that gap somewhat.

[@InspMorse85]

Video about cats gets a like before I've even watched it! Hello from Southwest UK!

[@mrw1160]

I reccomend lots of expanding foam and a plank under the door with some seals

[@B.M.0.]

I like the spring idea suggested by another viewer. My first instinct was tape a weight on the outside to keep it more closed. Also the "here's Johnny" at the end was funny

[@DFaulkner0]

Try a light spring to hold the door closed. Light enough to easily let a cat out but heavy enough to keep it closed. It might slow raccoons down a bit.

[@bytesabre]

Most cat flaps i’ve seen have a magnet so the wind doesn’t blow it around, and also makes it harder for the cat to claw open a one way flap. Dunno why that one doesn’t appear to have one

[@ratmadness4858]

Pool Noodles!!!!!!!!!! I load up on them from the $1 store. Great packing material to protect double boxed items!

[@peterfairlie2296]

The girl cat looks a bit wide on the sides. Don't be surprised if you find her one morning with a bunch of kittens in your garage.

[@saveitforparts]

She definitely was, but then showed up skinny again... we're hoping the kittens are in someone's house and not under a shed somewhere! I was a little concerned they'd be under my boats, but I moved them all and didn't find any!

[@tomwall75]

As far as keeping out the rodents, maybe you could fill the cracks and crevices with A/B foam.

[@RinoaL]

1:11 I didn't expect to see a masonry repointing chisel! I never saw them in southern illinois, but then I got given some when I moved to Philadelphia. I had to do some masonry work and upon trying them, I realized they were for repointing masonry.

[@saveitforparts]

I've got all kinds of old chisels, I probably use that more for smashing bricks than fixing them!

[@cttv90108]

I had some cats living in my garage at one time. I put one of those doors in and was surprised at how quickly they figured it out.

[@redfields5070]

We are surrounded by fields in the country and had a severe rodent problem. Then cats showed up at our door, then more and more of them, and we fed them. Thirty years later I haven't seen a single mouse in the past twenty five years. I can look across the fields and see a cat on patrol, ever vigilant. We have a symbiotic relationship, plus lots of laughter.

[@redfields5070]

@@I_Am_Your_Problem They lived in the large, open fields around us, that's why the cats were patrolling there. I have one shed on my property, nothing else. We can't plant flowers because the raccoons pull them up to eat the bulbs. They're not the least bit intimidated by the cats. We have deer, squirrels, rabbits, foxes and more, all around us. It's amazing how you can be so decided about something you know nothing about.

[@MotSter]

These $5 rigid door cat passages can cause "Tail Necrosis Syndrome" in multi cat environments. If two cats try to use the door at once i.e. one cat is exiting but prior to the flap door closing a second cat darts under the already opened flap door to enter i.e. the opposite direction of the first cat. This situates the door where it can close on the tail of the second cat and can pinch / trap that cats tail causing injury as that cat pull and thrashes to free its tail. Consider same sized piece of rubber or other flexible flap to act as a door.

[@afinnishfishnet7366]

That seems like a very specific and rare scenario but i guess if its a known thing it must be more common than it seems

[@JRM-VSR]

In the case where a cat is trying to prise open a one-way door from the other way, it's actually pretty common. If it does get in, the door closes on the tail and traps it. The cat can't figure out to push the door to release the tail, it'll just keep pulling instead.

[@BurnabyAlex]

1:00 Donnie was a rollin stone.

[@broderfoder9348]

Spray diluted white vinegar to reduce/get rid of cat pee smell. (on surfaces that are acid proof enough)

[@RinoaL]

I liked this short video. Not every video needs five days of freezing yourself out trying to catch a satellite signal haha

[@OneHundredEnvelopes]

I know that they are expensive but the litter robot 4 is really good litter box system. I hope that this is helpful

[@alzeNL]

I love the end demo of the cat flap in action - i was almost expecting a tool from the shed to come thru and here u say 'Here's Gabe' :D

[@drPeidos]

For anyone with to many cats (or even with just a few cats), you should search for an animal group in your country that will cheaply neuter them. This will prevent that you get to many cats, that the cats eat all the birds in your surroundings (less cats = more birds), that the cats get less run over by cars on the street and that they behave friendlier.

[@chadwi4648]

5:19 My better half says definitely catnip... :)

[@moormoor4281]

💕 you KZbin channel

[@jh500us]

Another classic video for the Greatest Hits Album.

[@3DJapan]

When I was very young we noticed our cat get disappearing for long periods of time and then he would show up in the house again. It turned out our basement window had broken somehow and he was using it to get in and out.

[@AndyCallaway]

You could leave it open both ways, then the cats could come and go as they please, clean out the mice then go outside to pee. But then again, they may like peeing in the garage. Cats will be cats after all. 😸

[@euala8689]

congratulations for the initiative, greetings from France

[@ghostcat8244]

I have bout 20 cats on my property and I’ll admit I haven’t seen a single mice in ages. Soooo it works haha.

[@jesperwall839]

Yeah, we have a lockable cat door. They have no problem opening it even if we have set it to one way 😂

[@devinsullivan6160]

My cats want to know; Is there a weekly rate to rent cat heaven? 😆

[@PU7MZD]

One-way Gabe-proof cat door

[@qsmile]

Get pure peppermint oil and dilute with water in a spray bottle. Spray all wall trim and corners , boxes ans piles of stuff. That will keep mice and rats away.

[@2tmx54]

I've never tried it, but I know that they sell peppermint in pellet and block form. I wonder if they would last longer than the liquid spray?

[@SpartanONegative]

Nice Work 👍 Thank you for sharing with us 🙏

[@coltius]

I was fully expecting a pneumatic cat cannon. Motion activated and it sucks them in when they get too close and gently plops them outside.

[@tubamacmac]

Always love your videos!

[@moormoor4281]

Wishing I could have a kat

[@vannoo67]

If you attach the flap to the inside of the the door rather than the outside of the door, it would be much harder (maybe impossible) for a cat (or critter) to get the flap open form the outside.

[@swrekcfest]

Donnie liked to play Tom and Jerry 😅

[@ntsrvr]

That Sierra Nevada can is awesome. Is it a keg or an advertising display?

[@saveitforparts]

It was an advertising thing from a liquor store :-)

[@markbrotherson]

Put a magnetic on the door to keep it closed

[@markmonster3315]

That is such a good problem to have.

[@nopetuber]

awww

[@patchvonbraun]

We had a goodly clowder of barn cats back in the day. One of the young ones got into my workshop and I couldn’t get her to leave. A week of no food and water, and she expired. 😢😢

[@saveitforparts]

Sad! That's why I want the escape hatch, so nobody gets stuck in there!

[@Server0750]

Purrrrfect

[@ucallthatatweet]

I rarely think that clips would make good short videos on their own, but 1:31-1:38 is an exception.

[@BrAiNeeBug]

♥

[@1208bug]

A day in the life!

[@michaellichter4091]

I’ve been watching a lot of cat videos lately, and I’m not sure if some of them are AI-generated. But with yours, I’m certain everything in the video is real. This flap could also be used by raccoons, and other animals might be able to use this cat flap as well.

[@TonyTwoNukes]

Im a long time subscriber, I love your channel. How are you so technically inclined? Do you have a degree or just a hardcore hobbyist?

[@saveitforparts]

I have a computer science degree but probably learned more actual coding from just messing around. I'm not really good at any one thing, just kinda OK at a lot of different things!

[@rubenskiii]

1:11 is that a 20mm shell just casually chilling on your floor or what is it?

[@saveitforparts]

That's just a chisel. All the artillery shells are in the house 😂

[@a.g8517]

usefull video

[@manitoba-op4jx]

i'd just let them hunt.

[@Brainstunt]

We need evidence, that it works 🤪 Please install a webcam ❤

[@Deja117]

Please do your research carefully before you consider this one, but you can always get those self-cleaning litter box things. I say research it as there's some that cats should absolutely not be inside. Yes, it's a big investment... But hey, is it better or worse saving for one of those rather than calling an exterminator? :P

[@moormoor4281]

I'm in England

[@moormoor4281]

A life with out a 🐕🐶

[@scowell]

There's plenty of mouse-trap content on YT... some more humane than others... the cats will never completely solve the mouse problem... but having them around is bad for your health!

[@JonnyWaldes]

fascinating always been a dog person

[@seejjordan]

weight on the door or magnets. That door looks like it'll blow open with some wind

[@rockyduggan235]

Get a mink... problem solved.

[@saveitforparts]

We had weasels get in the house sometimes when I lived in Alaska. They were pretty fearless of the dog and cat!

[@rockyduggan235]

@saveitforparts Watch other YT videos of raised minks against rats and mice problems.

[@Badg0r]

You have so many motors, why don't you build an automatic litterbox with a few cement mixing buckets with cat litter in with your own design? I used to have a cat that pissed everywhere in my home. I've tried it all and nothing worked. I had to call my ex wife to get the cat to give her a good home. Problem solved. I believe in the fact that you've have to try everything. But cat pee has a really potent smell. So think about a project, I wonder if it works.

[@Bryan_USA]

watch your personal seating areas, and any other cushions, as you can get ticks too, from alley cats....🪰

[@Vtarngpb]

Please don’t hate on trash pandas 🦝🦝🦝