Try the New Cat Door

August 26, 2015 10:14 PM

Philo 1, Human 0 (warning: vertical format, single link youtube)
posted by ladyriffraff (14 comments total)

That was funny enough to overlook the vertical format. :)
posted by frumiousb at 10:44 PM on August 26, 2015

Actually, the vertical format helped make it work.

And it's already a gif.
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:54 PM on August 26, 2015 [2 favorites]

Philo did it!

That cat is too stinkin' cute. Must. Cuddle.
posted by Crystalinne at 11:40 PM on August 26, 2015 [1 favorite]

That's the end? I thought that the season finale was delayed because it was too similar to something that happened somewhere else... I'm confused now.
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:44 PM on August 26, 2015

I was one hundred percent expecting to see a person getting stuck in the cat door while the cat watched. This was even better.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:02 AM on August 27, 2015 [3 favorites]

The 'Umm...' sold it.
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:23 AM on August 27, 2015 [6 favorites]

Good kitty!
posted by SyraCarol at 5:01 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

The first comment is someone saying eventually the cat will be smart enough to teach you not to film vertically.

However, the later comment where the person suggests changing the doorknob to a knob instead of a handle and then see who's smart is the winner.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 5:46 AM on August 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

We used to have a cat that would open doors with the normal round door knobs, it would use both paws and manage to turn them. The same cat would also jump up on the kitchen sink and turn on the faucet to get a drink. Unfortunately, it wouldn't turn it back off.
posted by 445supermag at 6:43 AM on August 27, 2015 [6 favorites]

This is why we changed most of the knobs in our house - the Siamese would open them whenever he wanted.
posted by fiercekitten at 8:00 AM on August 27, 2015

Cats--my cats--do not intuitively know how to put their faces up against something and push until it opens and they can go through it. When I installed a cat door I had to leave the flap off for a week until they got used to using the passage. Then put it on part way so they could get used to having it there and pushing it aside, then installed it fully.

Also, one cat learned first, and the others followed. And we have round knobs, so they really had no choice if they wanted to eat.
posted by SLC Mom at 8:37 AM on August 27, 2015

I wanted to make a cat-related Philae lander joke but I can't think of any. :(
posted by Pyrogenesis at 9:33 AM on August 27, 2015

Ha!
posted by Oyéah at 9:50 AM on August 27, 2015

When I installed a cat door I had to leave the flap off for a week until they got used to using the passage. Then put it on part way so they could get used to having it there and pushing it aside, then installed it fully.

We had to take the flap off of the dome litter box entryhole because our cat would go in to do his business, and then meow sadly because he couldn't figure out how to get out.
posted by chainsofreedom at 12:31 PM on August 27, 2015 [12 favorites]