Comments on: Tweeting cat door alerts the media

By: BestFriends Mom

BestFriends Mom — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:09:29 +0000

Wow another enterprising pet! Betsy and Norman use NormBet BRS (Bark Recognition Software)to run their dog toy store!
http://www.seopressreleases.co.....paper/2845

By: Colorado Transplant

Colorado Transplant — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:00:43 +0000

Rosemary, that sounds great.

However, I wonder if the chip that is used in the United States would work on the English electronic cat door.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:09:02 +0000

Ah - looking at it again, it’s not exactly what I thought as it depends on the cats wearing collars. The RFID doors I know about work by reading the cat’s micro-chip - so no collar needed. It ought to be fairly easy for someone who’s electronics-minded to add the refinement of reading the chip and recording which cats entered or exited with a timestamp; in principle it would be no different from card systems that record who’s in a building.

http://rspca-cambridge.blogspo.....r-cat.html

By: EmilyS

EmilyS — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:17:38 +0000

I think it would be simpler to buy one..
http://www.petdoors.com/electronic_pet_doors.htm

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:09:13 +0000

Call me a very sad person, but I can see a practical use for the tweeting aspect. It would be very handy to know when your cat last checked in to avoid those embarrassing times when you wake half the neighbourhood calling kitty home when kitty is virtuously asleep under the bed.

By: Selma

Selma — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:44:51 +0000

I saw those radio pet doors in a catalogue a few years ago - might have been Neiman Marcus but I’m not sure. They weren’t that expensive, I think around $130 or so.

So, that part is available, the rest you can cobble together :>)