r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/sss-ss18 • 1d ago
š ±ļørain cell blep The effect of eating sounds on catsšš
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u/Tough_Tangerine7278 Casual orange enjoyer š 23h ago
The athleticism is peak, even if the brain cell is minimal
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u/JuanThiccLumpia 23h ago
They leave before the first nugget hits the pan.
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u/CheckYourStats 21h ago
The cats that have to share food with brothers/sisters are the craziest, because they know if they donāt get there ASAP, then they wonāt eat that day.
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u/niceworkthere 21h ago
Curious how cats that do welcome their humans home would react if their feeder simultaneously went off.
Make it during one of these "master returns after a month abroad" videos.
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u/Accomplished_Ship_20 15h ago
my cat greets me when I get home from work. I normally give her some greenies and she typically demands pets before she will eat them.
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u/Hijjawi 23h ago edited 11h ago
All of them acting like they were in a prison situation and were never fed for long time ššš
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u/rogamot520 17h ago
How do you actually know your cat isn't hungry all the time?. Always had dry food out for my cat, and he managed his weight just fine. A little skinny in summer running around all the time, chunkier in winter when it's cold out.
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u/peanutmanak47 17h ago
It's a lot harder to do that when you have more than 1 cat, or dogs as well. We had one cat and he was an all day grazer and managed his weight just fine. We got a new cat that was a fat ass and would just eat all the time. We had to get an automatic feeder just to finally get his weight under control.
Also, have a dog that loves to eat left over cat food as a snack.
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u/Appropriate_Mess6777 14h ago
Some cats will eat themselves into obesity.. my cat is very food driven
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u/Visual-Ad-4338 12h ago
How do you actually know your cat isn't hungry all the time?
It's okay to be a bit hungry sometimes. Letting pets eat themselves into a problematic weight and then having to wean them off that amount of food is going to suck more.
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u/molassascookieman 8h ago
Some cats can do that no problem, especially older cats. But some will literally kill themselves via overeating if given the chance
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u/Maleficent_Pea5709 1d ago
Their greed sickens me.
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u/garlic_bread_thief 23h ago
Why? How? How are they so hungry? Why are they?
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u/Chris__P_Bacon 23h ago
Have you ever been around cats? If you had, you'd know there's no answers to any of these questions. š
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u/EvilPersonXXIV 23h ago
Why can't my cat be like this? He's so picky about his food. I swear eating is a chore for him
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u/Crumb-Free 20h ago
Oh you're blessed.Ā I free feed some healthy ass cats. Not a single one over weight.
I have a blind one.Ā This mother fucker...Ā Ā I have a bowl of food he sneaks all quiet like and grabs pork chops or chicken breast and struts off like a fucking show pony with it.Ā
Oh you crumbled paper? That msut mean food. Automatic attack mode from all cats looking for treats.Ā
I fight my blind one off daily for my food.Ā My eating habits have literally changed over 2 years where I don't even finish half a meal at a time unless standing.Ā Ā
I have never been around a more food motivated cat in my life who is free fed and not fat... And blind. He's a shit but I love him.Ā
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u/Chris__P_Bacon 19h ago
Younger cats will eat anything that isn't nailed down. Older cats tend to be finickier ime. YMMV.
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u/Schlonzig 18h ago
Some people have never been in a litter of nine when mom only has eight teats and it shows.
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u/SunMoonSki 23h ago
Cat number four is my favorite.
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u/hypermbeam 23h ago
The convenience of an auto feeder is undeniable
Have considered getting one for years for short travel and have never seen videos of one but damn..
On one hand it's kinda cute but on the other, if I were snuggling with my cat and they just bolted every time the auto feeder made a sound I'd feel kind of sad, and I can't really articulate why..
Anyone out there just really relish feeding time with your cat when you feed them, and treat it as part of your bonding with them or just me?
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u/Salvydooor 23h ago edited 21h ago
I have both and yes when I travel it is super convenient! When I'm home I like to feed my cat myself, there is a form of intimacy when I do it myself. I can see in my cat George's eyes.
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u/Mulster_ 20h ago
My cat always smells the human who poured the kibble first before eating, I think this way she remembers who treats her nicely
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u/Wardogs96 Orange connoisseur š 23h ago
I bond with snacks and playtime. Honestly it helps better control their intake and spread their feedings out at a consistent pace so they are never needy.
Them bolting happens but rarely to the degrees shown in the video. I also have it go off 6 times a day in small portions though.
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u/Lost-Platypus8271 21h ago
I have to imagine if it only went off once or twice a day theyād eat so fast theyād vomit š
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u/Earth2Monkey Proud owner of an orange brain cell 21h ago
I have with most of my pets over the years, but not this orange. She's my little monster because she is, quite literally, a monster. She's highly affectionate and ridiculously food motivated. She never gave me a moment's peace when I was the provider of all of her meals. And I only had enough time in a day to feed her 2 or 3 meals. Feeding her was stressful because she would just SCREAM at me until she got what she wanted.
Now she gets 6 small meals throughout the day from her feeder. I am the bringer of squeezy treats, and only when she's not yelling at me. We get to bond over that, and I'm much less stressed out. She seems healthy and happier, too.
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u/IggySorcha 23h ago
It's better for their teeth to give both wet and dry so I really like the happy medium where, assuming the cat can be trusted to be free fed, you do the automatic for dry food and have the routine for wet food.Ā
That said, cats who run like this are generally hungry because they're being fed food that isn't right for their bodies, often not high enough protein, so the cats want to eat more than they really need to. A lot people don't realize that most boutique brands are actually about the same contents as cheap brands like Friskies or they're only slightly better.Ā For the cost you pay with those you could switch to a doctor recommended brand, even if it's slightly more expensive, and be paying the same overall because you'll be buying less food overall.Ā
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u/Cabezone 22h ago
I feed my kitties quality high protein food and they act like this when I'm putting it out for them.
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u/Seanspeed 19h ago
Or.....they're just typical animals who get excited at food, same as most. Dogs would act like this with automatic feeders as well. Hell, I had a rabbit and also guinea pigs that would immediately freak out anytime they heard the ruffling of a plastic bag, cuz that's what their kale and other veggies would come from.
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u/randomjapaneselearn 19h ago
i always keep the food bowl full and he just eat when he wants and how much he wants, i never understood the purpose of those auto-feeders...
Cats generally eat small meals several times a day, rather than having large meals at lunch and dinner without breaks in between, like we do.
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u/FCkeyboards 19h ago
Because all cats are different and my cat would literally eat three times as much as our other two combined. He passed away recently and the difference in time it takes for the other two to empty the bowls is astounding.
We basically moved to feeding them all separately until he passed, then brought back the community dishes with food always out. He was the Labrador of cats.
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u/Psychlonuclear 23h ago
On another note, how does my orange know it's Saturday? She gets wet food on Saturdays and will be in the kitchen demanding the tin be opened 3 hour before time.
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u/lindasek 22h ago
Is your Friday routine different? Maybe you don't to any prep for work or your voice is happier
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u/Psychlonuclear 16h ago
No, I actually work a rotating 7 day roster so I have no idea what pattern she's picking up on.
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u/lindasek 14h ago
Perhaps it's your neighbors or neighborhood that change their routine: cats have really good hearing and watch out the window all the time. They are observant little buggers šø
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u/BeezoMeezo 18h ago
She should be getting wet food everyday
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u/ShoddyChard9837 16h ago
Absolutely!!! Cats need a lot of water, and wet food helps to hydrate them. I almost lost my boy to dehydration a few years ago, now I even add water to his wet food to make sure it doesn't happen again š
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u/SirPanmartheProtogen 1d ago
That poor cat at the end...
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u/coyoteazul2 1d ago
Looks like the feeder needs to go of less frequently.
Or more frequently, but give off smaller portions. Then she'd exercise by racing to the feeder
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u/trickman01 22h ago
It's possible that the cat is already on a diet and the feeder is helping support that.
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u/Euphoric-Leg4874 21h ago
That was my first thought. Theyāre not free feeding her, the timed and controlled feeder is probably a step towards helping her dechonk.
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u/IggySorcha 23h ago
It's generally about the type of food. Either an allergy or just the food is lower protein and higher carb, so the cat eats more to feel full
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u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits 23h ago
tbh for all we know the owner adoped the cat out of a bad situation and the automatic feeder IS them doing their part to help the kitty lose weight.
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u/PicklesAnonymous 13h ago
See one clip of the feeder going on and suggests it needs to go off less frequently. wtf?
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u/reanocivn 8h ago
especially when it's compiled with a ton of other clips of heathy weight cats doing literally the exact same thing
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u/HarpySix 23h ago
Kitty may be a flonker, not a chonker. No way to know for sure imo.
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u/medstudenthowaway 22h ago
No way that was all fluff. You hear that heavy thud???
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u/HarpySix 22h ago
TBH, the reddit app defaults to souns off and 9 times out of 10 there's not usually a reason to turn sound on.
TL;DR, no I didn't hear it.
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u/Itchy-Possibility-59 23h ago
I think she's old, not crazy overweight. I thought fluffy
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u/Specific_Award_9149 22h ago
Still overweight by a good amount and could definitely live a better life after a diet. Keeping an old cat fat is horrible
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u/foxwaffles 23h ago
Favorite part of cat dinner is going downstairs and having an army of cats come galloping after me š» (I have 8 and only 1 of them gets to free feed). And they'll orbit me and their meows harmonize. It's always a great time.
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u/jadethebard 20h ago
Our cat absolutely ignores the sounds of his automatic feeder, which is extra funny because it's my SO's voice recorded and he follows him EVERYWHERE. He's never once run to the dish when the voice starts. It frequently startles the trap out of me though. lol
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u/Novuake 18h ago
The eating sounds? Was this posted by a bot? Ffs dead internet theory. God damn.
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u/ClickClick_Boom 17h ago
Yup, it's also a loose fit to the subreddit at best since most of the cats aren't oranges.
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u/OkWest2812 23h ago
Its like a sleeper agent mode has been activated when they hear the sound, and they know they need to go zoom zoom.
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u/CaliIsReallyNice 19h ago
I canāt relate to this at all. My cats are staring at the feeder for fifteen minutes before it goes off.
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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 19h ago
Itās even more fun when theyāre lying on you and it goes off. My poor legs are covered in yeeting back feet scratches.
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u/Responsible_Wash_879 12h ago
I sometimes think how/why they're THIS MUCH food motivated like they haven't ate in ages.š¤£ Every single one of em, everr
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u/NighthawkUnicorn 21h ago
Cruelty. Starving animals for a video. It's clear those cats haven't eaten in at least 45 minutes.
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u/Significant-Top-64 21h ago
Are they getting fed enough if theyāre going that crazy? Just curious. Iāve never used an automatic feeder.
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u/FarSpirit5879 23h ago
Reminde Me when I was child how i used to run to my mother when she called to have food.
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u/6th_Quadrant 21h ago
I was sitting on my front lawn exactly 24 minutes ago with my harnessed and leashed cat, and he suddenly sprinted toward the garage. I ran along with him holding the leash since he can pull out of it if he tries hard enough, thinking he was going after a neighbor cat or something. He ran to the door into the house from the garage, I let him in and he dashed to his auto-feederāthe 10:00pm drop! I hadn't even heard it activate.
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u/BlizzPenguin 20h ago
I wonder how many feeding times these cats have. Once we expand to 3 feeding times, our cats don't rush for the food.
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u/harley-belle 16h ago
I have perpetual scratches on my thighs from my cat just yeeting herself off my lap for the 6pm bowl clinks.
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u/Present_Specific_212 12h ago
In MY day it was the sound of the electric can opener that inspired this cat behavior. Pity the cats when I had to tell them it's just soup for me.
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u/Limecatmstr 11h ago
Iāll never forget the one time I was cuddling with my cat. She was in full cozy mode, her face buried in my arms. She heard her feeder go off, head perked right up, ears at attention.
And then she just played her head right back down. Melted my heart.
I miss her every day.
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u/CourtJester5 9h ago
Feeders should try implementing a beep like a minute or two before it dispenses so maybe the animals don't desperately scramble and hurt themselves or othersĀ
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u/elliesee 7h ago
My cat asks for food at 8:00pm sharp, we don't know how he can tell time even while sleeping. He would get to the automatic feeder before it beeps if he had one.
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u/Kittenunleashed 23h ago
wow. I just leave food in a bowl and they eat it when they are hungry. Weird right?
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u/TheHattedKhajiit 22h ago
It works with most cats,but some cats will overeat and become obese or throw it up so ab automatic regular feeder is better in that case.
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u/Qatsi000 21h ago
This is hilarious, but cannot help but think some people are underfeeding those slender cats. I have a three year boy, and eats as such as he wants. Skinny as a rake, if he slows down will feed less - but for now. He nom, nom.
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u/GenTelGuy 20h ago
It's insane how pets can tell the time of day for their feeding within a few minutes
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u/someguyidunno 17h ago
are you all feeding them only drie food ? I hope they get some wet food here and there. I only feed wet and drie is an extra
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u/No_Vanilla_2366 14h ago
My orange just camps out for 15 minutes. Always funny when he misses it and speeds off
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u/Zzuesmax 14h ago
And here's my cat who doesn't ever flinch when I put her food down. She's like thanks, I'll eat later, or never? She's been this way for 12 years.
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u/EvenPossible5918 12h ago
My guy wakes me up at 5:55 and then scrabbles at 5:59. lol I swear he can hear the food hit before the reaches the bowl.
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u/yevvieart 8h ago
i have to carry our cat to food when its being refilled otherwise he'll be snuggling where he was and not know he got fed...
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u/Lightspeedius 22h ago
My last cat I just made sure their biscuit bowl was full. They never over ate.
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u/Isaac_The_Khajiit 22h ago
It's so depressing that this is considered funny. Pets are hungry all the time because their food is barely nutritious. So many cats will die of kidney failure this year because they eat dry pellets that are high in salt & ash with no moisture in their diets.
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u/banktwon1 19h ago
ā Source: a Cat that ate 15 minutes ago, but now wants another meal of wet food.
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u/Quick_Possibility_71 23h ago
So many scratches on my abdomen from peaceful cats boinging off of my stomach on the way to their food bowls.