How can I get my cat to use the new cat door?

Question

He is about two years old. The cat door is the kind that fits into your sliding glass door, which is where he always went in and out anyway. He absolutely won't try the door unless we open it a crack for him then he will slither out under the flap. Even when he is hungry, won't come in. When he has to go potty, won't go out until we open it for him. The whole point was so he wouldn't cry, "I want in! I want out!" In, out, in, out...you get the gist.

What can I try to get him to use it on his own?

Answer 1

LOL, cats and dogs are ALWAYS on the wrong side of the door!

  Try setting his food dish just outside the flap where he will see it .  or... if he is out there, set it INSIDE where he will see it.  It will take a week or two for the cat to trust the flap.

Answer 2

Okay..What we did to teach our 3 kittens, and their mother, is that we took some tape, and we taped the door up, and got on the other side with some ham, and they would go through, then, we would put the flap down, but still use the ham to get them throught!! i hope this helps!! our cats just had to go to the laundry room, but yours goes outside right..well mabye that will work!!

Answer 3

Try putting something he really likes by the door or in the door. So he can get use to using it...