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   Sven A. Schmidt (finestructure@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 06:29:20 JST Sven A. Schmidt

   I posted before how Hobbes is a smart cookie. He's figured out quite a while ago how to pull in the cat flap and go out when it's in one-way configuration:

   https://mastodon.social/@finestructure/111175356738100738

   I've since started flipping it to block both ways at night. Here's a video where I cycle through the settings and I hope it shows that this isn't easy to turn. I don't think a child could turn this little wheel. It's quite small, which means you have little leverage to turn it:

   #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon (1/3)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 06:29:19 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @finestructure
     You need some sort of combination lock. Perhaps even an interactive combo lock of some kind that forces the operator to solve a small puzzle — do an arithmetic problem or type a word — to prove they are human.

     A sort of CATPCHA, if you will.

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     Sven A. Schmidt (finestructure@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 06:29:20 JST Sven A. Schmidt

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     I’m sure you can see where this is going. We're (also) calling him Houdini for a reason.

     Last night he gave me his typical head bump at 4am to be fed. (We've long since come to an agreement that we’ll skip the whole montage of head bump - let me sleep - head bump - let me sleep which just ends with me not going back to sleep at all. Yes, I call this an "agreement" in a feeble act of defiance.) (2/3)

     #Caturday

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     Sven A. Schmidt (finestructure@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 06:29:20 JST Sven A. Schmidt

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     At 5.30am he head bumped me again. This is unusual and it meant he wanted to go out. I just firmly said “no” and he left me be 💪

     Now as I said, the cat door is blocked both ways at night •and• the dog bed is wedged in front of the door because in the past he's been banging on the door to get out.

     In the morning I found he'd partially removed the dog bed •and• he managed turn the red dial into fully open configuration.

     This is by far the smartest cat I've known. (3/3)

     #Caturday

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     Sven A. Schmidt (finestructure@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 06:29:20 JST Sven A. Schmidt

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     Strong Wile E. Coyote vibes, and I’m not the Road Runner in this episode.

     #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon