Pet supplies

Yes - it's funny, you have to get your mind into Italian gear to realise you don't buy thick polythene sheeting from the builders' merchant - etc etc! I don't know just where you are located, but cat flaps and automated feeding systems will be found in the biggest 'agricultural' merchant close to you. It is maybe misleading to call the emporium an agricultural merchant - they'll likely have something like Zootecnica in their name, and they will almost certainly have seedling courgette plants outside, nestling up to young olive trees.  However, if you want a fancy microchip reading cat flat - believe me you will save yourself petrol and shoe leather (and money)  by getting it shipped from Amazon.co.uk.

just thinking of our cat tapping on the bedroom window cos nobody was up....

You should be able to get them at this place. Arca di Noe. It's at Piane di Montegiorgio and does all sorts of pet supplies. Website is www.arcadinoepet.it. Location is at the back of a small shopping precinct just before the roundabout. Follow the road at the side of the precinct and at the end it is directly opposite the junction.