Automatic cat feeders - suggestions, recommendations

[rutabowa]

any recommendations? its for 2 days so a 48 hour timer minimum. the catmate one on amazon looks ok but would like other opinions.

 

[bimble]

An Unrecommendation:
Do Not Buy the ‘Andrew James’ one. A complete bastard of a thing, had it for years & still have to read the complicated instructions tome 7 times every time I want to use it. Very bad thing designed by a sadist.

 

[Badgers]

marty21

 

[kabbes]

I use this:

Cat Mate C3000 Automatic Dry Food Dispenser

It does the job admirably. Set it up to feed as much as you like 3 times a day and never worry about it again.

 

[Crispy]

An Unrecommendation:
Do Not Buy the ‘Andrew James’ one. A complete bastard of a thing, had it for years & still have to read the complicated instructions tome 7 times every time I want to use it. Very bad thing designed by a sadist.

Could not agree more. Hideous device.
Have replaced it with a completely analogue model with two slowly rotating adjustable 48h dials that pop the lids up when they reach zero.
Cat Mate C20 Automatic Pet Feeder
Simplest thing in the world

 

[discobastard]

Don't know where you are location wise (I'm SW2) but I have one of these you can have - sadly no longer required.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PetSafe-Feeder-Automatic-Programing-Trays/dp/B000GEWHNS/ref=sr_1_11?pf_rd_i=471301031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=6a040a2b-a849-5158-8f5d-e32d1aaf452a&pf_rd_r=5FX95FM6DWRSHK2HD661&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_t=101&qid=1576164968&refinements=p_72:419153031&s=pet-supplies&sr=1-11

 

[mx wcfc]

This the Cat Mate one that we have. Works fine. If we go away on holiday for a couple of weeks we just fill it up and go.

C3000 Automatic Dry Food Pet Feeder · Pet Mate

(I had no idea how much mrs mx paid for it till now. How Much?????)

 

[bimble]

Could not agree more. Hideous device.
Have replaced it with a completely analogue model with two slowly rotating adjustable 48h dials that pop the lids up when they reach zero.
Cat Mate C20 Automatic Pet Feeder
Simplest thing in the world

Bought that nice simple one a few months ago but cat had figured out how to open it within a day.

 

[trashpony]

Could not agree more. Hideous device.
Have replaced it with a completely analogue model with two slowly rotating adjustable 48h dials that pop the lids up when they reach zero.
Cat Mate C20 Automatic Pet Feeder
Simplest thing in the world

I also have that one. Cats have never figured out how to open it

 

[rutabowa]

that one was the one I was looking at the C20. discobastard I will message tomorrow tho I might be able to get over weekend, but the computer I'm on currently has a screen that turns off every 5 seconds so it is not the best for messaging, sorry to hear it is no longer needed. thanks everyone.

 

[mauvais]

I also have that one. Cats have never figured out how to open it

We have something like that one, not the exact product, and same.

 

[mauvais]

I think this is probably what we have:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trixie-Aut...feeder&qid=1576169113&sprefix=Automati&sr=8-4

 

[two sheds]

I thought the point of a cat was that you're the automatic cat feeder

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i thought automatic cats didn't need feeding, just their batteries re-charging now and then

 

[editor]

I looked into some fancy pants internet connected ones so we could decide to feed the cat if a friend who was supposed to be coming around couldn't make it one night. They get pricey and a lot of them seemed to have very varied reviews. I wasn't going to risk Ziggy going hungry while I helplessly bash the 'feed the moggy' button on the app!

 

[bimble]

Don’t understand why they all seem to be battery powered when a plug would feel much more reassuring.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Can't you just put down a huge bowl of dry food?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Can't you just put down a huge bowl of dry food?

depends on the cat/s involved.

some would cope with that, some would scoff the bloody lot straight away (and probably then throw up)

 

[two sheds]

(and probably then throw up)

i.e. save it for later

 

[Detroit City]

Don’t understand why they all seem to be battery powered when a plug would feel much more reassuring.

I suppose they don’t want the felines electrocuting themselves

 

[editor]

Technology, eh?

7 Best Smart Automatic Pet Feeder Camera with WiFi for 2019

 

[ash]

An Unrecommendation:
Do Not Buy the ‘Andrew James’ one. A complete bastard of a thing, had it for years & still have to read the complicated instructions tome 7 times every time I want to use it. Very bad thing designed by a sadist.
We’ve got one it works very well but I agree it’s exhausting to set and madly complicated.

 

[ash]

Could not agree more. Hideous device.
Have replaced it with a completely analogue model with two slowly rotating adjustable 48h dials that pop the lids up when they reach zero.
Cat Mate C20 Automatic Pet Feeder
Simplest thing in the world

How long does it last for as we sometimes leave our cat for 4 weeks ?

 

[Detroit City]

... as we sometimes leave our cat for 4 weeks ?

one day you'll come home to a skeleton

 

[mx wcfc]

Pretty sure the C3000 Automatic Dry Food Pet Feeder · Pet Mate
that we have would last 4 weeks. We have two cats, but the amount of food it drops each feed time can be varied.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

When we look after her parents cat they ask we go round twice a day which seems a tad excessive. Especially as it's an hour each one there back and seeing the cat. I'd say more, but they are pretty good at looking after our two when we ask.

 

[ash]

one day you'll come home to a skeleton

We have friends who come and water her and she’s far happier in her own place than when we used to take her to the cattery

 

[girasol]

Can't you just put down a huge bowl of dry food?

You don't have a cat, do you? The one we have now didn't seem to work last time... Don't know if I failed to program it right or if it's just not working anymore. It's a few years old... *subscribes to thread*

 

[ash]

Pretty sure the C3000 Automatic Dry Food Pet Feeder · Pet Mate
that we have would last 4 weeks. We have two cats, but the amount of food it drops each feed time can be varied.

Thanks will have a look - is it easy to set?

 

[mx wcfc]

Thanks will have a look - is it easy to set?

No idea. mrs mx deals with anything like that in our house!