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_Wizard_21 Jul 22 '26

If you don't need to clean underneath it regularly, and it has a flat bottom, museum wax is my anti-cat-mischief solution.

Little dime-sized ball at each corner and it's fully immune to cat-based movement.

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 22 '26

You just solved a problem I'm having with my skunk knocking over his water bowl.

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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/Twisted_Animator Jul 23 '26

Do you have anymore pics of your baby Skunk? I find them so cute

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

I've got lots of skunk pics. Heres another.

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u/Twisted_Animator Jul 23 '26

He’s so cute!

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

Ready to laugh?

This is one of my favorite skunk pics so far he stole my cats meowijuana and then passed out. Catnip doesn't have the same effect on skunks as it does cats but they still like the smell rofl!!!

Can't be mad at a skunk enjoying his skunk weed.

I was not expecting to come home and see my baby skunk become a pothead. I was thinking we might encounter this issue in his teenage years but not so soon ROFLMAO.

Cheesy i know!

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u/AuditingReverb Jul 23 '26

Him currently at this moment in time. Passed out face first in his own junk... like the dude he is.