Review on SureFlap Microchip Cat Door White by Anne Miller

Great product, works exactly as described. Feels sturdy and well made. The hinged door feels secure when closed. Easy to program by following the instructions. I use this product the same as the other reviewer: I attached it to a large plastic storage box so my cat with kidney failure would have a separate "room" to eat her special prescription food without me doing anything must be different. The cat steals everything. We have a valve programmed to recognize the kidney cat's microchip and the other cat cannot get into the crate. She doesn't open up to the other cat and (most impressively) she can't open the small door with her paws/claws. Big Win! I will say that depending on your cat, you must be prepared with your patience and willingness to spend LOTS of time learning. My two cats have been home all their lives (9 years) and I don't think they understand doors. The Kidney Cat still doesn't fully understand that it can open the door itself, without the help of a human. We have taken many small steps to train her and she has made great progress but after 1 month of consistent daily use of all her feeds we are still not there. If you're interested in knowing how our training process was, I'll detail it below. Otherwise my review ends with this product being really great and I would buy it again if I needed a different microchip reading door. Place the food bowl next to but outside of the storage box.2. Gradually bring the food closer to the box until it starts to eat inside the box with the lid open.3. Cut a hole where the cat valve will fit. Let the cat go through the hole to eat from the bowl. Although there is no flap.4. Install the hatch, tape the door in place so the cat can go through the hole without having to deal with the door. Gradually lower the height of the flap to allow the cat to get used to the plastic flap touching its head/back as it walks through. We thought the cat would find out at this stage, but it didn't. So the training continues!.6. Attach the rope to both sides of the cat flap. Attach the microchip/lock mechanism so you can use these pieces of string to open the door in front of your cat if she tries to come in. Maybe for cats with more brain cells than me, separating the person from opening/closing the door will help. Since the magnetic closure is quite strong, this step helped my cat a little more to help open the door. Remove the tape from the latch mechanism so the cat understands that once it puts its head inside, it has to push the door open faster. Because she stuck her head in and dreamed for too long about her food that was only a few centimeters away, but since it took her forever, the valve closed again. Watch a cat from a thousand yards as it begs and screams for food, even when its food bowl is full and all it has to do is open the lid to get it out. Place the cat in front of the hatch and give it a little nudge with its front paws to encourage it to use its paws to open the door if it doesn't want to bang its head on the door.10. Write a review for Revain and hope the other user has more training ideas to teach this concept to your cat! I hope she learns one day, but in the meantime it will at least protect her prescription food from my other hungry cat. :)