Spent $80 on a 'smart' cat feeder and my cat learned how to hack it

I bought this fancy feeder to stop my cat from waking me up at 5 AM for breakfast. It had an app and everything. After a week, I found him sitting on the button panel, his weight triggering a manual feed over and over. He basically brute-forced his way to extra kibble. So much for smart tech. Anyone else have a pet that outsmarted a gadget you bought?

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3 Comments

jamiew831mo ago

It's just a cat getting some extra food, not a bank heist. These things are made to be simple for a reason. Maybe the real problem is setting an earlier automatic feed time. The cat won that round, but it's hardly a crisis.

the_lucas1mo ago

Ever feel like your cat is smarter than your gadgets? Mine outsmarts me daily, so I get it.

gibson.seth3d ago

2,317 grams of food. That's what my cat, Mr. Whiskers, managed to get out of his automatic feeder by sticking his paw up the dispenser tube. No joke. I get what you're saying though @the_lucas, they really are clever little gremlins. But I think jamiew83 has a point about the schedule being a factor. If the cat is outsmarting you that bad, maybe set the feeder to go off a little earlier so it's not so desperate by the time the next meal rolls around.