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Is 4 1/4" opening sufficient for most cats to pass through?
Please help! There are so many cat lovers here and at least some of you must have cat doors. I need to install one before next winter, so the cat I feed wouldn't have to wait outside on a snowy windy porch before I spot her. However, I don't want to wait until winter and I will have some help in June as well. The Petsafe Ultimate Small cat door, their best quality, has an opening of 4.25 x 7". The small size is attractive to keep out weather and undesired animals like racoons, but my worry is, is 4.25" enough for most cats to squeeze in? (We may get other cats in future and wouldn't want to change the cat door.) If you know cats and cat doors, please respond! |
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Is 4 1/4" opening sufficient for most cats to pass through?
I have 2 kitty doors. 1 to the garage and open the screen porch in the
slider. I got the medium size. I have a large baby 22lbs and I was paranoid he wouldn't fit in the door and get stuck. The other cats open it just fine. |
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Is 4 1/4" opening sufficient for most cats to pass through?
Cal wrote:
: I have 2 kitty doors. 1 to the garage and open the screen porch in the : slider. I got the medium size. I have a large baby 22lbs and I was : paranoid he wouldn't fit in the door and get stuck. The other cats : open it just fine. Thanks Cal. You didn't specify if it is Petsafe Ultimate? The medium size in this line has an opening 8" wide. I would not worry about that. I am considering small size, to keep out raccoons etc. The opening is 4 1/4" wide. That's what I am trying to determine, if it would accommodate average cats. Petsafe also has a Classic line. The small size theer has an opening 5" wide, a little better. However, Ultimate is their best line, so if some experienced person would say cats can squeeze through 4 1/4", I would get that. |
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Is 4 1/4" opening sufficient for most cats to pass through?
Ajanta wrote:
my worry is, is 4.25" enough for most cats to squeeze in? Hi Ajanta, 4.25" seems a bit narrow to me, though it would be an overweight or a naturally unusually large breed of cat that could not get through it. The height of 7" is very good - unnecessarily high, in fact, unless the cavity is to go through a thick wall. We have a network of three cat-flaps in doors and walls for the convenience of our cats and all are a comfortable 5" wide and either 5" or 6" tall. Good luck. Ellie. |
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