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occhiblu, in the comments they said they've put a lock on it. I would too; wasted food is a sin.
I keep threatening to put kid safety locks on our bathroom cupboards. I've come home to feminine hygiene products strewn about and partially chewed. Little bastards, that stuff ain't cheap.
We had a cat that we could probably have trained to do this. He figured out how to open a door by stretching and turning the knob with his front paws. And he would fetch by the hour, even down and back up an attic ladder. But yeah, that girl is as cute as the cat, and you can tell how proud she is.
Cat The Cat could open the fridge but seemed to know when there was something worth taking. She was pretty happy with kipple, leftovers, and the occasional vole supplement from the day's hunting. Although one night, after shooing her away once too many during dinner, she jumped onto an unoccupied dining chair, blinked, and then put her paws on the table and waited.
We gave her a piece of chicken for that, and then she showed up, sitting in the chair, eating dinner scraps off a coffee saucer, every night.