Stray Cat Feeders

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The outside of a cat house (Credit 中安在线)

Feeders (猫屋, "Cat House"/"Kitty House") are the units that the cats eat in. As of February 2024, over 21,000 feeders had been distributed in China. They are connected to the Hello Street Cat apps and people are able to pay to feed the cats kibble or freeze-dried chicken snacks, which are preserved using freshness packets. Each Feeder has at least one Caretaker who replenishes the food supply in the feeders, cleans the cat house floor, decorates it, etc.

A Feeder/Cat House is composed of five main parts: The Dispenser and attached food bowl, the food storage, the cameras, and the shell. There is also a built in water dispenser, a water bottle may be added by the respective Caretaker, as it has been stated to suit most commercial plastic water bottles. (Note: This only applies to the standard cat house model and may be different in other models)

Each cat house has its own variety of cats - there are exceptions to this when the feeder is in close proximity to another (or more than one other) feeder. A good example of this is Happy Canteen and Auspicious Restaurant, which are known to share a number of the same cats.

Every feeder has their own sequence of numbers called an ID. These are mainly how they can be distinguished from each other. The ID can be used on some streaming platforms to find a specific feeder.

Extensive Details Of The Feeders

A post from the Purrrr team discussing the set-up of the feeders:

A post from the Purrrr team discussing the resistance of the feeder:

A post from the Purrrr team discussing the inner working of the feeders:

Cat House IDs

An in depth explanation of the Feeder/Cat house IDs can be found here:

Main article: Feeder/Cat House IDs


Feeder Models

There are two main types of feeder models outside of the standard model, excluding the kibble-only variants and the original feeder.

The First Feeder

Beta Feeders

Shelter Prototypes

Gallery