The Hole in the Back Door

I have a screen door on the north side of my house. The screen has been replaced numerous times because its that crappy "mesh" instead of "metal" screen. The bottom half of the door is divided into four sections. At one point, the Gray Cat decided to create his own kitty door and practically ripped the mesh into smithereens. He was running from the vacuum cleaner which wasn't even turned on. Stupid cat.


In the meantime, Daisy discovered the kitty door and began utilizing it as much or more than Gray Cat. I didn't mind so much that he had created the kitty door except it looked crappy. I replaced the mesh on the upper part of the door. I decided to put plexiglass on the bottom half of the door. This required attaching two pieces of plexiglass to the existing door frame with screws. Unhappy cats.


A diesel pickup went down the side street one afternoon. Gray Cat does not like loud noises and this was no exception. He raced from the middle of the backyard and hit the top part of the mesh. BAM! Gray Cat had created a yet another kitty door. It didn't take Daisy long to realize she could still come and go as she pleased.


And now we have yet a new and improved kitty door. I noticed one day that the right upper quarter of the plexiglass was lying on the patio. It appeared that the plexiglass had maybe cracked and it was then puked out onto the patio. My theory is that Gray Cat hit it at a dead run with his entire 12 pound body and CRACK! He was probably aiming for the previous hole in the mesh and under shot his aim.

I toyed with the idea of replacing the entire door but have since relinquished to the felines. It really is a matter of convenience and works best when the door is latched. Otherwise the door opens when the cats push off the door with their back feet when going outside. It's the slamming of the door that bothers me. Now if we could only train Simba to utilize the kitty door......