I had a cat that never asked for anything. When she wanted something, she just sat next to the object of her desires and looked at me with that exact face you're describing
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For me, feeding my cat is a major bonding event. Because that's like 50% of the reason why she even interacts with me. How does an automatic feeder affect that dynamic for you?
It is mainly for indoor cats. They bond with their owner every moment they are at home.
Our cats still demand we feed them personally.
I feed her wet food when I get up and she gets dry food at 6pm and a couple of treats when we play before bed.
She still wants attention from us. Hubs calls the feeder "wire mother."
The big thing is the consistency of the timing makes her a lot less anxious. She also still knows he's ultimately it's manager because she'll go find and yell at him if it fails to dispense food.
In that dynamic they are gettin out of home, it's reasonable to jave an automatic feeder when you are not home since cats in nature eat very often (but little)
My daughter has a good relationship with food and has never needed an automatic feeder to avoid overeating. We just keep a bowl out and she eats when she wants. Feeding isn't really bonding unless it is something she wants to taste or smell off my plate.
Thanks for the insight, sharkfucker420
It's interesting who can and cannot see lemmy displaynames. This is my Dolphinfucker420 account lol. @Sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml is my main (though this one is my original) but I made all my accounts around the same time a few years ago on different instances. I use displaynames to differentiate them. Some people see them and some don't.
My other accounts are Fishfucker and Crabfucker
It depends on the client. I use Voyager which only displays usernames.
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Well, I guess technically we'd need a u/RimjobSteve.... although I bet...... no, I'm wrong. One does not exist, at least on lemmy.world. lol
…yet
How about r/satansmaggotycumfart?
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I don't particularly want to see that in the world, just assume that someone does. lol
That poor cat was on the verge of starvation and you only felt a little guilty?????
Practically a war crime!
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