Are you tired of feeding your cats? That is to take up much of your time. Why don't you build a cat feeder that can help you with the feeding work and save you some time?
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1. DIY Cat Feeder
The materials needed for this cat feeder include an old coke bottle, popsicle sticks, cutter, rubber band, small toy, and a sphere container. Cut the bottom of the bottle and crosscut the two sides of the bottle. After this, open the sphere, hang the rubber band with it, place the toy inside it and close it. With this, the sphere is suspended by the rubber band. Pass the rubber from the mouth of the bottle leaving the sphere outside and use a popsicle stick to hold the band above the bot.
2. DIY Automatic Feeder For Cats
To make this, get a soda plastic bottle, coke plastic bottle, a white gallon, cutter, hot glue gun, marker, and scissors. Cut the bottom of the coke bottle and make a semi-circular hole at the bottom of the soda bottle. Glue the bottom of the coke bottle to the bottom of the soda bottle as it stands. Then, cut off the top of the gallon and the front side of it. Recut the top opening to fit the hole on the soda bottle and glue them together.
3. DIY Cat Food Dispenser From Cardboard
This is made from cardboard, glue, and a plastic bottle and bowl. Cut two pieces of square cardboard for the base and back, three L-shaped for the sides and divider, and one rectangular board for the slide. Glue the base and back pieces together with glue then glue the two side pieces to it and attach the divider at the center. After this, attach the slide to one side of the box. Then, on the other side, make a water fountain there.
4. DIY Smart Arduino Cat Feeder
This is made from 2 cans (one short, and one tall), zip ties, thick wire, pliers, electric tape, a piece of styrofoam, a double bowl, Dremel, and servo motor. Make a pivot hole on each of the can then drill holes at the tip of the pivot holes. After this drill holes around the short can to pass the zip ties and attach the sleeve motor to it. Then, decorate the can and attach them.
5. How To Make A Cat Feeder
The material needed for this amazing cat feeder includes two plastic bottles, pet food, and scissors. Cut a hole wide enough for the bottle mouth on one of the bottles, on the same bottle, make another square hole on the same sides as the first hole. Then, cut the second bottle into two and fill the lower part of the bottle with pet food, then close it in with the upper part and remove the bottle cap. Place the mouth of the second bottle in the holes on the first bottle and your cat feeder is ready. It is very simple and inexpensive.
6. DIY Automatic Cat Feeder
The materials required for this include a mechanical outlet timer, stepper motor, USB wall charger, linear shaft support, bracket corner brace, and USB extension cable. Start by connecting the cables for the electronics then move to the coding. This project requires skills in coding and electronics.
7. How To Make A Homemade Puzzle Feeder For Cat
To start with the making of this puzzle feeder, first, design the puzzle board and gather the materials needed.
The materials include egg cartons, paper towel rolls, rope, plastic container, popsicle sticks, and a flat piece of cardboard.
Prepare the materials and glue them to the puzzle board with glue.
8. DIY Cat Feeder
Get a flat tray, a clean plastic bottle, a knife, and a hot glue gun.
Cut a wedge from the bottom of the bottle where the cat feed will roll out then glue the bottle to the tray. Fill the bottle with cat feed and you're good to go.
9. DIY Fun Feeder For Cats
This is made from cardboard. Cut a piece of the circle from the cardboard and make two holes on it; one small and one large. Then, glue a sheet of circular magnets around the big hole. Round the whole circle with a piece of rectangular cardboard with already drilled holes to form a cylinder. Assemble the base and the stand and attach the cylinder to it.
10. DIY Smart Cat Feeder
To get this done, you need a little experience in designing with the computer, because the whole design of the smart cat feeder is made from the computer.
The major materials needed for this include a computer system, a printer, and a motor.
11. DIY Automatic Cat Feeder
The materials needed for this DIY automatic cat feeder include plywood, screws, plate, relay, plug-in timer, and linear actuator.
Cut the plywood to pieces and build a box with a slide opening in the front where cat crunchies will roll down.
12. DIY Food Dispenser For Cats
To make this, measure and cut a large piece of plywood to pieces, then sand each of the pieces down with sandpaper. After this assemble all the pieces and you're good to go.
The materials used include plywood, track saw, hacksaw, glue, cat feeding bowl, and marker.
13. DIY Smart Cat Feeder
Get a pringles can and cut a hole under it, then get a paté can and cut a pivot hole on it. After this get a cardboard box and make a hole on top of it then assemble the pate and Pringles can on it.
The materials used include pringles can, paté can, cardboard, tape, and glue.
14. DIY Cardboard Cat Feeder
This DIY cat feeder is made mainly from cardboard. The aim behind this is to ease the burden of refilling your cat's bowl every single time. It is very simple and expensive to set up.
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15. DIY Cat Puzzle Feeder
This is made from pieces of wood, wooden dowel, hook screws, eyes screws, tape measure, pencil, plastic Tupperware bowl, drill, sandpaper, paint, and twine.
Start by building the platform, then attach the legs to the platform with screws. Then secure the wooden dowels with one 1×4 to make a ramp. After this, weave the twine to the end of the 1×4.
16. DIY Cat Treat Push Feeder
The required materials needed for this include wood, screwdriver, screws, bracket, drill, marker, disposable plastic bowl, and plastic bottle cap.
Start by assembling a lever, then place it on the plastic bowl and mark out where it will be pulled. Cut a hole on this mark and place the lever inside the bowl. Then, attach the cap to the lever from inside the bowl with a screw and you're good to go.
17. How To Make Automatic Cat Feeder
The materials needed for this DIY automatic cat feeder include a motor, timer, cardboard, hot glue gun, and scissors.
Measure and cut the cardboard into pieces and pass a linear actuator through one of the pieces. After this, connect the timer and the motor and secure them with electric tape. Then, assemble the cardboard and you're good to go.
18. DIY Cat Step Feeder
This is made from pieces of wood, glass, glue, dowel, and a feeding bowl.
Use the pieces of wood to build a feeding tower then assemble a lever underneath it which will open up the lid covering the food at the top of the tower.
19. DIY Cat Food dispenser at home
The materials needed for this include two shampoo bottles, one large plastic bottle, a knife, scissors, and a dust bin.
Remove the lid and pipe inside the shampoo bottles then make a hole on each of the bottles in the front. After this cut the top of the plastic bottle and the bottom. Then, place the top of the plastic bottle at the bottom and glue it together.
20. DIY Cardboard Cat Feeder
This is made from dowel, popsicle sticks, cardboard, glue, and scissors.
Cut the cardboard into pieces and assemble the pieces into a rectangular box with a slide opening for the cat feed to roll out. And just like that, you have your car feeder ready.
Check out these 20 DIY cat feeders and try them now. They are very simple and inexpensive to set up.
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