SureFeed Microchip Pet Feeder Door Section

My cat is orange, and he was too scared and unsure of the door movement with my SurePet Microchip Feeder. The training mode moved the door too much for his liking, so I spent months trying to get him to eat from it to no avail. So I modeled various door sections so he could gradually get used to the movement without it covering his bowl too much and finally got him to get used to the full door movement after incrementally making the door longer and longer.

• I first let him eat from the bowl for a while with no door at all, but the feeder was set to full movement so he could get used to the rotation of the hinge while eating. • When he got comfortable with the movement with no door, I introduced the 2cm door (pictured). It barely covers the bowl, and it's so far out of the way it didn't get in his face when moving. • After he got used to the 2cm door, I then upgraded him sneakily to the 3cm door. Rinse and repeat until you get a long enough door, it covers about half the bowl. • I then tried to use the training mode on the second step with the full door but with it only moving halfway open and closed. This seemed to be okay for my cat since the longest door segment covers about the same amount of the bowl, and then we proceeded with the rest of the training mode steps. • Cats will vary in how brave they are. If you need more segment lengths than what I made for my cat, you are welcome to edit the model (or I can edit them also).

Printing: I have a MINI so I had to print mine upright and diagonally with some supports. I used tree supports without issue. There are certain geometries that may still need the smallest bits of support as well since there are flat tabs that don't sit flush against the print bed on both sides.

Design and description by ninjazzy , licensed CC-BY.