::: spoiler Transcription A Bluesky post from "Slippy", @damnslippy.slippy.me, with a profile picture of a woman with short, purple hair holding a knife: Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they \*can\* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them." :::
They do it for themselves, not the cats. The cats know when it's mealtime, unless mealtime happens at a new random time every day.
Do something your cat enjoys at a specific time every day for a couple days, and you've got yourself a furry alarm clock that will make sure to remind you of the time if you forget.
My cats remind me every few minutes that it's mealtime. I don't even feed them manually; I have an auto-feeder.
It's not the same, though. It tastes better when you do it.
(Bonus points if you "cook" it in the kitchen like you would your food; they're part of the family, after all, they'll appreciate being treated like equals. Or betters.)