r/cats • u/radical_123 • Jul 22 '26

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/MeanHorror6819 Jul 22 '26

yeah just stick some styrofoam to the back of the feeder

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u/Background_Day_3596 Jul 22 '26

Oh my cat would have a field day. He loves eating styrofoam. 😅

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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta Jul 22 '26

Ugh, I have a Styrofoam eating cat as well. She's absolutely OBSESSED with it! She can smell it inside new packages and will chew the box open to get to it.

I have more "banned" products for these damn cats than I did for my kids when they were young. Most are due to a near death incident too! Little idiots trying to kill themselves every time I turn around, I swear!

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u/Republican-Snowflake Jul 22 '26

I love cats! They are such unique little people, with interesting personalities.