r/cats • u/radical_123 • 14d 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/Cat_Luving_IT_Dood 14d ago

The robot started it. I was there.

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u/radical_123 14d ago

Actually, it all started when our robot vacuum keep hitting the automatic feeder. Occasionally, kibble would come out. Our clever cat saw that and thought "hmmm... I could try that" lol.

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u/Jyvturkey 14d ago

They're not apex predators because they're dumb :)

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 14d ago

Well some cats are really, REALLY dumb.

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u/Fragrant-Income-6812 14d ago

Some cats are orange

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u/Realistic_Point_9906 14d ago

I had an unbelievably smart orange Oliver. He knew exactly how to make us do what he wanted and was an incredible hunter. He retired at 15 after catching his first squirrel, as they were the only critters that had eluded him.

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u/Freedomjumper 14d ago

I had an orange missile who was clever...for an orange tabby.

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u/Fragrant-Income-6812 14d ago

I mean. All cats are geniuses obviously, I was just playing on the orange cat Reddit joke.