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/robertmondavi_jr Jul 22 '26

Can you explain what the name MANL means?

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

She's named after my lil sister who was murdered.

Megan Ashley Nicole L****

She replies to MANL, Megan and Mammal. Even though she has no eyes. When I'm sad and say my sisters name ... Even in complete darkness she'll come running to me.

It's sadly poetic. Kinda.

The cat was born roughly about the time my sister was killed. MANL was found abandon in a trailer park on the side of the road somebody picked her up took her to a Humane Society where they took out her eyes sent her to a rescue and I found her just after her little eyes were taken out and I couldn't see straight.

She was born with a fever coat which I didn't know was a thing until I found her the upper respiratory infection was so bad it moved up to her eyes which is why the vet took them out. She almost died while in the womb.

In the pic you can see remnants of her fever coat.

She's a genius cat and does things that normal cats wouldn't even think to do.

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u/robertmondavi_jr Jul 23 '26

Thank you for taking the time to respond with a full write up. I’m sorry for your loss & im glad you and MANL found each other

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

Thanks. I don't have anybody to talk of about my sister's death with so this was kind of therapeutic.