Have you talked to the cats? Sorry, I just could not resist... I only have one cat and he teaches me what I need to know. On 1/2/2016 1:08 PM, rossano gobbi wrote: > Speaking of cats... what would you people do in this case? > > I've got 4 of them, let's call them A,B,C and D. Cat A must eat a special= food, let's call it "1". Cats B and C must eat another special food I'll c= all "2". While cat A's diet must be absolutely strict otherwise really bad = (for us living with him) things happen, cat B and C's diet can tolerate exc= eptions. Cat D could eat whatever he wants but we'd like him eating his nor= mal food "3", instead of the other two. Needless to say, everyone, except B= , likes better the food that isn't his. > We usually do this procedure by hand, by feeding them only once or twice = a day and watching them, but doing the cat-police is getting more and more = annoying so I'd like to introduce some level of automation... > Any hint?:-) =20 > A late happy new year to all of you! > > Rossano --=20 John Ferrell W8CCW Julian NC 27283 It is better to walk alone, than with a crowd going the wrong direction. --Diane Grant --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .