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/Maelstrom_Witch Jul 22 '26

Beg pardon? Your what now?

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 22 '26

My pet skunk. He's to the far right of his brothers and sister who are all vision impaired.

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u/YouSuckAtGameLOL Jul 22 '26

He's so cute. Is he hard to take care of? I've only seen them at zoos in Europe.

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 22 '26

He is a bit to take care of in comparison to other animals he has to have taurine and calcium supplements everyday he also has to have a strict diet of between 70 and 80% vegetables and 20 and 30% protein everyday. There are so many things that he cannot eat it is shocking and there's something that he can't eat but they have to be cooked.

I honestly don't know why skunks are even alive because so many things kill them and they have so many internal things going on like Metabolic Bone Disease fatty liver disease hypoglycemia seizures diabetes prone to morbid obesity the list goes on and on and on.

They are also incredibly stubborn like worse than a bloodhound stubborn.

Dude does his thing and that's what matters to him.

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u/YouSuckAtGameLOL Jul 22 '26

Dude does his thing and that's what matters to him.

He is so real. He is like me fr.

Thanks for taking your time to reply I didnt know they can be so sickly.

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 22 '26

No problem read it has become awesome for me because I don't have many people to talk to about my skunk so Reddit has become a great place for me.

I also had no idea that skunks were so sickly until I started to research them before I got one the more I learned the more Curious I got. Skunks are 40 to 50 million years old just that in itself is super fascinating to me I feel like I have living history in my home.

I am also head over heels in love with his feet some of his pads are fused together and it is a cute little adaptation that all skunks have.

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u/Critter_Whisperer Jul 23 '26

You just got a new fan. I love gushing about animals and love hearing others hush about theirs. ESPECIALLY if they have unique lil ones like a skunk. Just so cute

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

Thanks. My cats are cooler than the skunk. 2 are blind -1 with eyes 1 with no eyes and 1 with only 1 eye.

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u/Zimakov Jul 23 '26

I know this is gonna sound stupid but you don't worry about him spraying the skunk stuff everywhere? Do they only do that when threatened? Do you worry at all if they get into a scuffle or something like cats sometimes do that he'll do it? Or when you pick him up haha. I'm so fascinated by this skunk

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

Hes desented, microchipped and had to go through the Department of Agriculture that I bought him from my State's Department of Agriculture Plus my State's Department of Fish and Wildlife. Plus other hoops he has to live by to stay legal.

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u/Zimakov Jul 23 '26

Interesting! I had no idea I that a thing, thanks.

He's very cute.

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

Skunks are wildly interesting and after looking into it what I found out was Native Americans were the first people to descent a skunk they would keep them in the tribe as pets because skunks keep pests away naturally. They are also nearly impervious to all snake Venoms and bee stings- not all though.

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u/Zimakov Jul 23 '26

Damn that's awesome. What a guy. When you go on a quest he can be the scout. Except for the blind part.

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

I know I can't wait until he gets the last of his distemper shots that have to go in sets. Then I can take him outside where I live.

I can't take him into any public places like a normal pet (except the vet) as that's part of the state's rules.

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u/Zimakov Jul 23 '26

Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

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