MegaEsophagus Feeder For Small Cat
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So I quickly whipped up this design for a feeding system for cats with megaesohpagus, an enlargement of the esophagus that does not allow them to push down food while eating without the assistance of gravity. My friend contacted me on behalf of her aunt who rescues kittens, but could not afford to buy a specialized device. This device uses the arm and attachment elements from the popular Modular Mounting System with a custom mount for a small food bowl. Uses 4 M5 x 20 screws and hex nuts. Would recommend just buying them from your local hardware store instead of printing them, totaled like $2 for me and is a lot stronger. Printed at 0.15 resolution with 10-15% infill and monoprice filament. Will soon make a version that's easier to pull off the print bed, hold tight. The joints are also fairly tight but that might just be my imprecise printer. Would recommend printing the arms at close to max infill, as the connection ends snapped on me. Future work may include a laser cut version or other set of patterns for cutting out of a piece of material. This body took 24 hours and 300g of filament to print alone.
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