Use the feed dispenser, not the Food Blender

The machine you want is the Livestock Feed Dispenser. It processes suitable inputs into a calorie reserve and supplies animals from its position in their enclosure. Food Blender is a different device; the two names should not be used interchangeably. [2]

The current reference describes the dispenser as not requiring electricity. If animals are hungry, start with its placement and calorie reserve rather than looking for a battery to install. [2]

Convert food, then fit the dispenser

  1. Open the correct device. Check its name and locate the input storage and Blend control.
  2. Add food you intend to consume. Choose an appropriate input. Keep valuable breeding animals out: the machine can process animals as well as food.
  3. Use Blend. Inspect Stored Calories and confirm that it increased. Merely putting food in storage is not the same as converting it.
  4. Fit it into the Animal Cage’s Dispenser slot. Check the feeding setting and leave usable calories available.
  5. Inspect after the night. Check the animals’ hunger and the reserve that remains. [1][2]
  1. InputSuitable food
  2. BlendStored calories
  3. FitCage’s dispenser slot
  4. FeedOvernight result
Four separate states. Check each one if there is food present but the animals are still hungry.

The controls that matter

Control or reading Meaning
Blend Processes the contents of the storage into the calorie reserve.
Auto Blend The reference describes automatic nightly processing and says it is off by default. Check your current setting.
Empty Clears the stored calories. It is not the button to feed the animals.
Feeding slider Sets how full the animal’s hunger is filled. Inspect this if feeding is lower than expected.

These controls and their functions come from the current machine reference. The older linked video provides a visual example of the cage slot and Blend interaction. [2][1]

If the rats still will not eat

Check slot → stored calories → feed type → feeding setting → completed night. Rats do not draw fish feed. Suitable ordinary food inputs, such as Nutrifruit, are listed separately from fish-only feed in the reference. [2]

For the cage, breeding pair and nightly checks, continue to starting a rat setup.