Cure for the hungry cat
Lack of sleep is forcing me to succumb to yuppie impulses: I'm going to get an automatic pet food dispenser. Every morning at 4:30, Hazel begins her nuzzle/noise onslaught and doesn't give up until my alarm goes off, an hour and a half later, when I give her a dainty scoop of food. She licks my chin and tries to pry my eyelids open with her paws. She steps on the pedal of the trashcan that contains the kibble. (A heavy plant on top keeps it closed.) She clangs her ID tag against the ceramic bowl. She bats at the blinds. The spray bottle doesn't reach her across the apartment, and after more than six months of torture, I'm convinced her schedule isn't going to change.
I'm thinking about the following options:
- Building one myself, perhaps out of Lego Mindstorms.
- Ergo Autopetfeeder. Very expensive, but otherwise perfect. The company provides the manual online and a video of the dispenser working. Too bad I don't trust the shoddily-designed site enough to provide my credit card number.
- Automatic cat feeder. Only dispenses five meals, and is designed more for wet food. But I can get it from a company I trust (PetSmart), so this will probably be the one I choose.
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