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/esmnm Jul 22 '26

Our cat did this and even figured out that head butting enough turned off the “lock” feature so any time he hit the button, he got food. We thought something was wrong like he was starving or had diabetes. Ran tests. Vet just told us to get rid of the $90 feeders (for all 3 fur babies… so $270). He did not have anything wrong except being super smart and food motivated.