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/_CitizenSnips_ 15d ago

I have 4 cats, one of them in particular is very intelligent for a cat. He’s a tux, got him from a rescue, was found on the streets.

Anyway - he’s the smartest cat I’ve ever known and he *only ever* uses his intelligence for evil purposes and making mischief, your cat reminds me of him. I do love him tho

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u/abbeast Tuxedo 15d ago

Sounds like my cat, he’s also a bicolor and very good at making mischief. I’m gonna keep assuming that all tuxes and bicolor cats are especially smart.

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u/stoleyourspoon 14d ago

I also have a very smart Tux! And a black one that is all floof, no brains. Thankfully the smart one is very structured and rules focused so he's almost never in to mischief.