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Choosing The Right Pet Doors
One night, a friend called me in a panic. She lives in town, but on a rather large piece of property that is surrounded by trees. She has a lot of wildlife that take advantage of her land, and they usually do not bother her. On a normal day she sees herds of deer, bunnies, birds of all types, and the occasional opossum. She enjoys watching them at times, what she didn’t like was when she discovered that a raccoon was coming in through her kitchen. Pet doors can leave anyone open to this problem.
My friend had been noticing that things were missing, and that food was going at an alarming rate. She has a cat, the very reason that she has pet doors, and she has had her for a while. She knows how much that cat eats, and noticed that the food was getting eaten at almost twice the normal rate. Other things were happening that she could not explain. Finally, she saw that a raccoon had come in through her pet doors on her back porch and backdoor and was eating everything in her kitchen. The mystery was solved.
She decided then and there that she had to close up her pet doors. Having a raccoon coming in each night was not an option she wanted. Most people would not. The problem was that now she had to worry about her cat getting in and out, and would now have to have a litter box, something that she had avoided up until that point. She quickly called someone to come board up the pet doors. For a few nights she heard the raccoon scratching at the door, but after a few days it moved on to somewhere else, much to her relief.
If you have the same problem with your pet doors, you may have to think about where they are, where you live, and how big the opening is. If you can help it, you only want something as big as your pet. That won’t stop all other animals, but it can keep some of the larger ones from coming in for a late night snack. You may also want to have a pet door on your garage and have some food there for your pet during the night. That way, if something else is coming in through the door made for pets, they are only getting into one area, and that area is not in your house.
Summary
Pet doors are very handy items to have in the home. Some times other creatures can use them if you do not plan ahead for size and location. One option may be to have the pet door in a garage or building outside instead of the main house. Think about how big the door needs to be for your pet.
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