You do realize you can close it gently and have the cat learn it can be hurt right…a few times of you closing it, it will learn that’s a dangerous spot. Catering to it and allowing it to do dangerous things while you treat it as a cuddle whatever helps nothing. Teach them.
I saw this happen to a person once with a poorly designed door, it was real bad, multiple crushed bones. Adult humans can’t figure this out, you can’t expect a cat to understand, it would probably just think you hurt it and be more afraid of you. That said I checked how the hinge on my own fridge works, and the solid parts at the hinge do not actually come in contact, it’s just the rubber seal, so I think it might not be quite that dangerous. My go-to solution in this situation would probably be along the lines of, glue a strip of plastic sheeting to the edge to prevent this to begin with.
You do realize you can close it gently and have the cat learn it can be hurt right…a few times of you closing it, it will learn that’s a dangerous spot. Catering to it and allowing it to do dangerous things while you treat it as a cuddle whatever helps nothing. Teach them.
I saw this happen to a person once with a poorly designed door, it was real bad, multiple crushed bones. Adult humans can’t figure this out, you can’t expect a cat to understand, it would probably just think you hurt it and be more afraid of you. That said I checked how the hinge on my own fridge works, and the solid parts at the hinge do not actually come in contact, it’s just the rubber seal, so I think it might not be quite that dangerous. My go-to solution in this situation would probably be along the lines of, glue a strip of plastic sheeting to the edge to prevent this to begin with.
You need to check for a cat arm before you close it gently too. If you are expecting for tactile feedback, your cat will just lose an arm.