i really love that you put a clock there for them. +1
A watched clock never boils!
We somewhat recently got an automatic feeder and realized cats (obviously) don’t understand the concept of daylight savings time
Humans don’t understand DST either tbh
Yeah we just keep the feeder on one time for the cats since theres no reason they should suffer for our mistakes.
Having had one for almost our cats’ entire lives, I can confirm that they do not.
It also creates something of a pavlovian response; it doesn’t matter if there’s still food in the dispenser’s bowl or he’s literally just eaten, the sound of more biscuits dropping is enough to make him absolutely hoof it in the direction of the feeder. Sometimes doesn’t even eat anything, just has to run over to it.
Like humans and our phones.
bzzzt
instinctive pickup
“ah fuck”
seems it should probably make a feeding time transition instead of shifing it overnight.
The problem is that it’s a smart feeder, so it adjusted its internal clock with DST. A “dumb” feeder would’ve stayed at the same “physical” time because it also would have no concept of DST.
right, so for it to keep its clock accurate to the set times but not shock kitty with late dinner, have it feed 10 minutes earlier or later over the course of 6 days to transition.
I think it’d just be better for it to ignore DST honestly
kitty agrees.
I sure hope that’s not the doomsday clock!
The cat will drink more water (hydrate better) if it’s moved away from the food area. Instinct to avoid contamination.
my first thought as well, it’s so imprinted in my brain now, just like the whiskers bothering bowls
Hey ! He his holding on the braincell for a whole 5 minutes! Other orange cats need it !
I, too, often dissociate around 11:58.
it would be hilarious is someone made the clock run five minutes late.
My automatic cat feeder was cheap and runs a few seconds earlier everyday. It’s now a full hour and half ahead of schedule (I never updated it for daylight savings time, I figured by the time the hours are set back I can tune the clock back to the right time)
Just like workplace clockwatchers
The cat needs something to occupy it before feed time
need to setup a moving laser pointer on another clock 40 minutes before the feed time so he can go stare at that for 4 minutes.
My cat just attacks the feeder
I don’t get why people buy these water fountains when the whole point of running water is that it’s freshly produced from a faucet then flushed down a drain. To run it in a circle is the same as leaving it to sit stagnant in a bowl except with extra dust collected from the air. Rig up a constantly dripping faucet and maybe your cat’s kidneys will stop failing after a few years.
“freshly produced”. You think it’s magic? Do you only drink from “freshly produced” sources as most of it goes down a drain?
You’re supposed to change the water as often as stagnant water bowls and it comes with filters that you’re supposed to change regularly (carbon and fiber)
To run it in a circle is the same as leaving it to sit stagnant in a bowl except with extra dust collected from the air.
Some cats will genuinely drink more from moving water. Other cats love water with some waterplants in it. And yet more cats would rather lick from muddy puddles than drink fresh clean water.
Regardless, these fountains usually have filters.
Rig up a constantly dripping faucet and maybe your cat’s kidneys will stop failing after a few years.
Cats as a species have weak kidneys. Cat kidney failure is kinda like human cardiovascular disease. Older humans get, the more likely their cardiovascular system gives out, and the older cats get, the more likely their kidneys are to fail.
Dust in water is not a contributor to kidney failure unless you work on a lilly farm or aspirin factory or something.
What aspect of it do you think is offered for the cat if it’s an infinitely dripping tap vs being changed regularly? Putting kidney failure on the fault of water quality alone without a source is pretty asinine.
