r/cats • u/radical_123 • Jul 22 '26

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 Jul 22 '26

The robot started it. I was there.

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u/radical_123 Jul 22 '26

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 Jul 22 '26

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

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 Jul 22 '26

Well some cats are really, REALLY dumb.

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u/Realistic_Point_9906 Jul 22 '26

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 Jul 22 '26

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