Another hot one today. Cats have wanted to go out but I haven't let them. Don't want to ice up the A/C again and spend two hours de-icing it.
I'd heard about pet doors designed for sliding glass doors and looked them up on the Internet. Found something I thought would be suitable and then ran out to two nearby pet stores to see what, if anything, they had in stock. At one of the stores (Pet Supermarket), I would have to order it, and it would take 4 weeks for delivery. That one also wasn't quite tall enough. I pointed this out to the salesperson, and he said I could always return it. I'd rather not.
At Petco, they had the doors in stock, but they were also too short. I didn't even bother to talk to a salesperson about them, since I knew from my research that this model requires drilling holes into the sliding-glass-door frame. (I'd rather not.) When I got back home, I ordered the one I thought was suitable (the "Ideal Hefty Pet Patio Pet Door" - for fat cats and small dogs), in a bronze color to match the slider. ("Ideal" is the brand.)
Came to $234.88, including very reasonably priced ground shipping (it's being shipped from La Crosse, Wisconsin, I think). It's made of aluminum and has safety glass at the top and of course the pet door below. (I might have to tint the glass.) The top adjusts to the exact height of the slider frame (mine is 94 1/2") and you secure it with thumbscrews. (You can watch a movie here.)
The door itself is made of Lexan (used to make astronaut and football helmets, among other things) and should never need replacing (according to the movie). There's a brush material around the edge of the door to seal it and magnets at the bottom to keep it in place. You can also lock it. The whole thing is less than an inch wide, and comes with weatherstripping.
If it works well, I might just put the cat boxes out on the terrace (my realtor did that), to cut down on cat litter being tracked through the place. (But would I want to clean the cat boxes in the stifling heat?) (And with Boozy's kidney condition, they require cleaning often.) At any rate, I'm looking forward to getting the thing. I made a note to the online store that I live in a condo and the delivery people may leave the package outside my door.
The sun is going down now, so I lowered the A/C (i.e., raised the temp), closed the vertical blinds on the slider, and cracked the door open. Of course Lucas went right out.
These pet-door inserts can be very pricey. Since my terrace is not accessible to other people (or racoons, for that matter), I didn't need anything really fancy. I hope what I got will suffice.
I'd heard about pet doors designed for sliding glass doors and looked them up on the Internet. Found something I thought would be suitable and then ran out to two nearby pet stores to see what, if anything, they had in stock. At one of the stores (Pet Supermarket), I would have to order it, and it would take 4 weeks for delivery. That one also wasn't quite tall enough. I pointed this out to the salesperson, and he said I could always return it. I'd rather not.
At Petco, they had the doors in stock, but they were also too short. I didn't even bother to talk to a salesperson about them, since I knew from my research that this model requires drilling holes into the sliding-glass-door frame. (I'd rather not.) When I got back home, I ordered the one I thought was suitable (the "Ideal Hefty Pet Patio Pet Door" - for fat cats and small dogs), in a bronze color to match the slider. ("Ideal" is the brand.)
Came to $234.88, including very reasonably priced ground shipping (it's being shipped from La Crosse, Wisconsin, I think). It's made of aluminum and has safety glass at the top and of course the pet door below. (I might have to tint the glass.) The top adjusts to the exact height of the slider frame (mine is 94 1/2") and you secure it with thumbscrews. (You can watch a movie here.)
The door itself is made of Lexan (used to make astronaut and football helmets, among other things) and should never need replacing (according to the movie). There's a brush material around the edge of the door to seal it and magnets at the bottom to keep it in place. You can also lock it. The whole thing is less than an inch wide, and comes with weatherstripping.
If it works well, I might just put the cat boxes out on the terrace (my realtor did that), to cut down on cat litter being tracked through the place. (But would I want to clean the cat boxes in the stifling heat?) (And with Boozy's kidney condition, they require cleaning often.) At any rate, I'm looking forward to getting the thing. I made a note to the online store that I live in a condo and the delivery people may leave the package outside my door.
The sun is going down now, so I lowered the A/C (i.e., raised the temp), closed the vertical blinds on the slider, and cracked the door open. Of course Lucas went right out.
These pet-door inserts can be very pricey. Since my terrace is not accessible to other people (or racoons, for that matter), I didn't need anything really fancy. I hope what I got will suffice.
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