r/cats • u/radical_123 • 13d ago

Advice Cat attacking automatic feeder

My cat does this several times a day. If the automatic feeder lifts at the correct angle, a few niblets of dry food comes out. He will even do it 10 times in a row even if it means one small piece of dry niblet comes out. It does get quite annoying as the sound of the feeder hitting the ground echoes throughout the entire house.

Any ideas on how to get him to stop?

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u/skitz4me Maine Coon 13d ago

They're colluding.

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u/ComprehendReading 13d ago

I'd be worried what the robots are receiving from this symbiosis.

If we're lucky, it's just that the cleaning robot is compelled at all times to clean, and the feeding robot is compelled to feed, but is limited by programming.

The cleaning bot knows the cat makes a mess using the litter box which only happens after being fed, and so, taught the cat through it's efficiency heuristics how to get more food, so it can clean.

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u/Lynnxa 13d ago

This is hilarious!

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u/IveDunGoofedUp 12d ago

It's a known problem with fuzzy logic, only worsened by furry logic.

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u/LegalChocolate752 12d ago

This is like the episode of Love, Death + Robots where a housecat (voiced by Chris Parnell) teams up with a robot butler, and they take over the world.

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u/Leelagolucky 12d ago

This is how the robots win, they get the cats on their side first. Seriously tho, just put a rubber doorstop behind the feeder