How I use Home Assistant to help with my cats

I'm a big Home Assistant fan and power user. It's the home automation platform of choice in our house and I've added many devices and automations, sometimes to the chagrin of Rachelle. We also have five cats so it only makes sense to use some automations to help manage all the cat chores. Top row: Lily and Mac. Second row: Linus, Lennie and Polly. The dashboard # To help me stay organized and visualize all the cat automations and functionality, I've created a cats dashboard. Let's walk through the dashboard, and I'll explain as we go. Cat door # Our cats are indoor/outdoor cats and we have a SureFlap Microchip Cat Flap. This thing talks to a little Sure Petcare hub in our living room, and that hub is what connects to Home Assistant. It's Cloud Polling, which isn't the best but when I was shopping, I couldn't find one with better local connectivity. It allows us to use Home Assistant to lock the door when needed so the cats can't go out. Home Assistant does this on a schedule. It's…