r/cats • u/radical_123 • Jul 22 '26

Advice Cat attacking automatic feeder

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

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?

33.4k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

103

u/Bailzasaurus Jul 22 '26

Off topic, but consider moving the fountain away from the feeder!!
Cats often instinctually don’t want to drink from a water source near their food (because in the wild food is a carcass and that could cause the water to be contaminated), so having their water beside their food can discourage them from hydrating enough!

20

u/Odd_Cranberry8012 Siamese (Modern) Jul 22 '26

I spread this piece of info to every cat owner I know!

11

u/24carrickgold Jul 22 '26

Came here to say this as well!

8

u/UniUrsuss Jul 22 '26

Yep! Food, water and litterbox all seperated from eachother is the way to do it properly.

6

u/_kuwu Jul 22 '26

Exactly

3

u/Logical_Clock_5207 Jul 22 '26

I came here to say this!

2

u/scarystuff Jul 22 '26

Came to say this...

0

u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26

[deleted]

1

u/Bailzasaurus Jul 22 '26

That is also true. Food, water, and litter should all be in separate locations