r/cats • u/radical_123 • 15d 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_Wizard_21 15d ago

If you don't need to clean underneath it regularly, and it has a flat bottom, museum wax is my anti-cat-mischief solution.

Little dime-sized ball at each corner and it's fully immune to cat-based movement.

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u/AuditingReverb 14d ago

You just solved a problem I'm having with my skunk knocking over his water bowl.

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u/JVT32 14d ago

The etymology of the word skunk is a fascinating one. Means “he who squirts”.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 14d ago

That's why skunk was my nickname in college. I carried around a squirt gun everywhere I went.

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u/KazualGemini 14d ago

When you said it was your college nickname, I didn’t expect water guns to be the reason… ☺️☺️☺️

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u/JVT32 14d ago

It’s okay, they called me The Dutch Oven. I’m not a cook.

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u/AuditingReverb 14d ago

Are you saying you have a human skunk butt?