I got one of those automated feeders and flashed it with custom ESP32 firmware so I could tie it in with HomeAssistant and get fancy notifications when it fails to dispense food or it runs out or whatever.

Ofc it also provides a way for me to manually trigger the food dispensal routine, so now I can get scammed from anywhere in the house!

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 6 points 7 months ago

Which feeder is that?

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

My cat has been inadvertently conditioned to believe that whenever someone comes home, she’s to be fed. So if my wife gets home from work first, cat gets fed. If I get home after, cat tries to get fed again. My wife & I have to check with each other to make sure the cat’s not playing us.

[–] ViperActual@roanoke.social 8 points 7 months ago

This makes me so glad my cat grazes on his food throughout the day and doesn't try to eat everything all at once. I only need to fill up his bowl in the morning and he's set for the day.

[–] aeki@slrpnk.net 8 points 7 months ago

Getting a CAT scam.

[–] Una@europe.pub 7 points 7 months ago

Does this apply to cheetah?

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 7 points 7 months ago

Also a PSA for neighbours of cat owners...

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 7 months ago

Criminals, all of them.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 7 months ago

Mine is like that with pets. Acts like she's the most neglected animal on Earth when you get up after only giving her a 20 minute belly rub.