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 10 months ago

Which feeder is that?

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

Getting a CAT scam.

[–] Una@europe.pub 7 points 10 months ago

Does this apply to cheetah?

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 months ago

Also a PSA for neighbours of cat owners...

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 months ago

Criminals, all of them.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 10 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.