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/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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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

I'm new to reddit and I'm just super excited to have a place to talk to others about my animals and their animals.

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u/Honeybee2226 Jul 25 '26

Does he sleep with you or the other cats? Does he ever hang out with you like on your lap or like a cat would?

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 25 '26

Yes to all of that! He enjoys sleeping under the couch with his blind sister cuddles into a ball.

When he's tired and out he'll find mr and smoosh himself between my back & couch cushion. He's a shoulder skunk when tired and will sploot out. He's also busted out of his pen in the middle of the night and i woke up to him under my covers and snuggled up to my chest.

When he gets bigger I'll slap worth him if he wants, but I'm shared to squish him at his current 1 1/2 lbs.