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Warl0k3 ,

I’m so curious about why you need this.

ericbomb OP ,

I’m afraid it’s nothing fun.

I had two cats, one young, one old.

My old 17 year old cat passed recently, and my 3 year old cat has been super erratic for months since. I’ve tried tons of things from calm down treats, pheromones, different toys… he’s just a very unhappy young cat. He runs around just meowing a ton at random times, which he never did before. There is my room mates cat so there is another cat, but my cat has 0 interest in this other cat. He’s unhappy.

I’m hoping maybe I can hide this in different places each day and he’ll have something to hunt when it makes a noise and give him a sense of schedule and things to do?

I’ve tried most of the advice I can find online, so now I’m trying to make things up. I didn’t give very many details because I knew if I did, I’d just get a whole ton of advice that I already tried.

ChadCMulligan ,

If you live near a stream or river you could easily rig a water wheel to dispense cat food at whatever rate you want with the right gear combos and some scoop buckets with flaps

Lost_My_Mind ,

This sounds like the most complicated over-engineered option I’ve ever heard of.

“Guys, is there a cat treat dispenser?”

“So what you do is first, live by the river, and THEN connect a waterwheel, to run as power and connect that to the cat feeder, to dispense at so many wheel turns from the water”

“Or, ya know…maybe something battery operated, or plugs into a wall outlet.”

ChadCMulligan ,

Cats dig waterwheels though, everybody knows that.

DmMacniel ,
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But first, we need to talk about parallel universes.

Mechaguana ,
@Mechaguana@programming.dev avatar

You forgot the part of building a metal trebuchet

EleventhHour , (edited )
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this sounds like a fun arduino project

edit: a quick google search found this!

sciencebuddies.org/…/automatic-dog-treat-dispense…

more sophisticated 3d-printed dispenser, along with Raspberry Pi source code (python):

hackaday.com/…/local-iot-cat-treat-dispenser/

another for arduino:

instructables.com/Arduino-Project-Cat-Food-Dispen…

there are lots more…

MegaUltraChicken ,

We’ve got one that you can schedule meals through an app. Most of the smart auto feeders offer that kind of capability. Ours is set to drop a pre selected amount at 0530, 1200, and 1700.

OhStopYellingAtMe ,
@OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world avatar

I have this one:

a.co/d/0PxD8YW

…it has no slots, just a single big hopper. You can program it to feed any amount at any interval, and holds a huge amount of food. You can also control it remotely via any internet connection.

Today ,

Is there one you can dispense via Wi-Fi?

xmunk ,

Two six slots feels like the best answer unless you can score a programmable auto-feeder and your treats are dry food.

It may feel absurd but your scenario is quite out there so there aren’t great solutions readily available.

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