A report summarizing the fierce battle of 'cat vs automatic feeding machine', can the magical modification of the automatic feeding machine prevent the cat from stealing and eating?
An 'automatic feeding machine' that automatically feeds a specified amount of food at a fixed time is a convenient device that keeps pets from starving even if they leave the house for a long time, but it is a stubborn pet. The desire to 'want more food!' Is often endless, and sometimes there are troubled children who rampage against automatic feeding machines and forcibly steal food. Blogger Quinn Dunki, who owns such a cat with a strong appetite, has released the whole story of thoroughly remodeling the automatic feeding machine until it can not be pried open.
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The protagonist of the story is Mr. Dunki and his cat. Mr. Dunki, who gave wet cat food twice a day in the morning and dry cat food in the evening, decided to buy an automatic feeding machine because it seems to be very convenient.
After investigating this and that, Dunki chose PetSafe's 'Healthy Pet Simply Feed' product. The deciding factors for the purchase were the large amount of storage, the abundance of setting items such as the ability to specify multiple times in a day, and the review 'It is safe because it will not be stolen by cats. It was written.
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However, when I actually used the automatic feeding machine that arrived, I wondered if Dunki's cat had bad wisdom, and he dared to 'steal cat food' with that hand. The battle between Dunki, who is trying to stop stealing, and the cat, who is trying to steal and eat, has begun.
By the way, the name of Dunki's cat is 'Sprocket HG Shopcat' (store number cat 'HG Sprocket'), and the gender is female. The origin of the name is not specifically mentioned, but it seems that it was named from here because there is a product with the same name as HG sprocket in the Shimano chain wheel.
Sprocket-chan's memorable first stealing is a very simple technique of 'shaking the machine'. When the machine was shaken, the belt conveyor that discharges the bait was moved and the bait spilled. To prevent this technique, Dunki fixed the machine to the legs of the table. I tried not to shake even if it was shaken.
In this way, the shaking attack of the main body itself was prevented, but Sprocket developed a new technique of 'opening and closing the lid and shaking'. It is a technique that utilizes the fact that if you hold the lid with your mouth and then drop it, you will get the same effect as shaking it. For this technique, Mr. Dunki decided to put a weight on the lid to take measures.
Almost all the countermeasures for shaking attacks have been completed, but here Sprocket remembers to switch the target to the 'bait outlet' and move the belt conveyor that carries the bait by thrusting the forefoot into the outlet. rice field.
Mr. Dunki attached a stick so that he could not thrust his forefoot across the outlet, but Sprocket-chan responded by changing the angle at which he thrusts his forefoot.
So, Mr. Dunki came up with the idea of 'covering the entire outlet.' I attached a cut plastic PET bottle to the outlet to prevent direct attacks. This strategy worked well for about two full days, but in the end Sprocket smashed a plastic PET bottle and captured it. After having a feast of all-you-can-eat cat food while Dunki was absent, he said he vomits all over the kitchen due to overeating.
In this way, Mr. Dunki decided to cover the entire outlet with a copper sheet with a thickness of 24 gauge.
This ultimate measure worked, but it's a bit clunky because the machine itself needs to be fixed to a table post to avoid shaking attacks. Therefore, Mr. Dunki, whose motto is 'you can do anything with a steel plate', decided to make his own special case that can absolutely prevent stealing and eating using a steel plate.
The flow is as follows. Surround all sides with steel plates ...
An openable lid is added at the top.
To prevent the lid opening attack, set a fixing bolt on the lid.
The copper sheet at the opening is also attached to the case side, and sanded to every corner so that the sprocket will not be injured even if it touches it.
Below is how Sprocket is actually eating well.
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Until now, Sprocket-chan has been confronting the automatic feeding machine, but he did not even show the attitude to challenge the version firmly guarded by the case, Mr. Dunki said, 'The dignified appearance has a psychological effect. I think it's exerting it. '
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