[TriLUG] How to use Linux to feed your cat

[David McDowell]

My Darla would have met your needs for a "fat cat in an instant".  I
*have* to regulate her food or she'd be a blimp!  Poor thing won't be
around much longer.  I'll be back to square 1 with a kitten soon!

David McD


On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:05:28 -0500, Aaron S. Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
> Joel Ebel wrote:
> 
> > ...I think you'd notice a drastic change in affection from your cat
> > when they realize you have been replaced with a much more reliable
> > computer...
> 
> In the interest in converting my young, frolicking, ankle-pouncing
> kitten into a large, lethargic, lap-cat (1), my wife and I purchased an
> ever-feeder.  Essentially, it just drops as much food from a large
> cylinder as the cat can possibly consume.  We fill it maybe twice every
> three weeks.  He still seems to love us, although he is not progressing
> towards fat and happy as quickly as I might like.  :)  So hopefully the
> automatic cat feeder would at the least, engender a sense of love of
> computers in your cat.  Perhaps he'd learn to hack python in order to
> get more food?
> 
> Aaron S. Joyner
> 
> (1) For the comfort of those who might be overly concerned for my cat's
> welfare, the actual motivation for this purchase originally was an
> out-of-town trip over the weekend.  The fat-cat mentality occurred to me
> later.  :)
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