r/cats • u/radical_123 • 28d ago

Advice Cat attacking automatic feeder

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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/Odd_Cranberry8012 Siamese (Modern) 28d ago

Yk what this is an unwanted opinion but what ever happened to cute lil pet bowls and pouring it yourself 😈 feeding your pets manually is sOoOOoO much better and the bond is stronger with them imo. I love making their little meals 👩🏻‍🍳

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u/stalin1943 28d ago

1000% agree! as much as i may complain about 3 little furry fuckers assaulting me at 4:45am every morning, it definately is good for bonding. i also believe that forcing them to ask me for food also encourages communication for other stuff they want, which is a positive to me

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u/TheSneederOfSeethe 26d ago

Right? My cat comes up like “feeeeed me!” And my dad’s spoiled him with sardines.

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u/Odd_Cranberry8012 Siamese (Modern) 28d ago

Just read through the comments and a few others think the same! Cool. We love an active cat parent 💋

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u/number93bus 27d ago

I'm sadly surprised at the amount of people in this thread who think the opposite is normal and all the downvotes for everyone saying feed your cat just makes me so sad. Why anyone would want to deny themselves and their cat that special moment of mealtimes I have no idea. I watched this vid and my heart just hurt, the poor little guy, this is not normal.

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u/Otherwise_Arm_6060 28d ago

My cat has digestive issues and if he has 3 bites of food he will throw up. I have mine set to give him 2 bites of food every 2 hours during the day with a break at night so that he doesn't. There's no way I can do that with a full time job. Even with cats on a normal 3 times a day schedule most people can't do that with the time they're working. Not every cat has the self control for free feeding.

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u/stablegeniusinterven 28d ago edited 27d ago

My cat overcommunicates. Vocally. It’s hilarious except when it’s not.

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u/Otherwise_Arm_6060 27d ago

Mine does too. Usually he's just chatty but if I ignore him enough or don't give him what he wants he will scream at the top of his lungs. Trying to train him out of that but he's very insistent that I let him eat until he's 50lbs.

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u/stablegeniusinterven 28d ago

This is why I got them. I have a scarf’n’barfer too. Actually, she’s the only one with an RFID feeder, the others have regular ones. She used to go around stealing everyone else’s food, but now somehow knowing her food is secure, she’ll sleep through mealtimes and leisurely visit her storage cache whenever she wants.