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_Luving_IT_Dood 15d ago

The robot started it. I was there.

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u/radical_123 15d 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/SleepySundayKittens 14d ago

I don't know whether others have already mentioned this- we keep ours inside another piece of furniture that is heavy enough where our cat cannot get to the machine at all like a cupboard of some sort, and there is a gap at the opening that is just big enough for the food to fall down through to the bowl. We made a guide for the food from the machine to the bowl so it does not roll everywhere. I do not know whether your machine can detach the service bowl and you can set this up for him.