Squeeze-up Treat Slow(er) Snacking Dishes (NO AMS)

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**PLEASE NOTE: As these are printed in PLA they are not fully waterproof and could potentially harbor bacteria if not properly sealed and/or maintained/cleaned. Please do some research on your own to determine what sealant and cleaning method is best for your pet’s safety!**

All day long, my kitties wait (not so patiently) in anticipation for their daily squeeze-up treat (AKA kitty crack). I gave up trying to feed them the meat paste delicacy straight from the package and instead I squeeze the liquid kitty gold onto small saucers. As I watch them attack the saucers each day, I kept thinking that there should be a way for them to be able to enjoy their precious daily treat for longer, yet no matter how I spread the paste around on the plates trying to slow them down- they lick them clean in mere seconds… so quickly that sometimes one of them changes their mind afterwards and returns their portion somewhere in the house (inevitably on carpet) where it waits to surprise us.

Then one day I realized that I could design a dish with obstacles to slow them down- like the “slow-feeder” bowls- and hence the Squeeze-up Treat Slow(er) Snacking Dish was born.* There are two versions of the snack dish (both available with or without customizable names)- the first has less obstacles and will slow them down some, and then I designed a second one with even more obstacles to slow my ginger down even further.

While the kitties still attack their treat voraciously and with much gusto- it now takes them 3-4 times longer to enjoy it (granted that is still only a few minutes in total) so I am happy with the results. These dishes are very lightweight so I recommend getting some sticky rubbery feet or something similar to put on the bottoms if you are using them on hard surfaces- unless of course you enjoy watching your kitty push/chase the dish all around as they eat- which is quite amusing honestly.

PRINT INFO:

I printed these in PLA Basic (Bambu’s Magenta & Jade White and Filabees Cyan) and PLA Matte (Bambu’s White and Icy Blue) with the same settings that are in the print profile.

No supports were needed

I recommend 20% infill or greater (for surface quality and durability)

I used a layer height of .26 (honestly just to reduce time) and with the adaptive and smooth layer functions on the models it produced nice results as shown in the pics, but feel free to fiddle around more with the layer height and smoothing if you desire- but please remember at rating time that if you make changes it becomes your version of the print profile and your results- not mine.

With the layer height at .26mm, the color change print pause is set at layer 21- however if you change the layer height, then this will need to be updated if you wish to have two colors.

For Custom Name Dishes (this is how it works in Bambu Studio- not sure about other slicers:

Open the 3mf file

Click on Objects instead of Global next to Process (on the left-hand menu area)

Find the plate and name of the dish you wish to customize and click on the file name.

Right click “text_shape” and then click “Edit Text”

Make your desired changes and print away!