The brilliance of this over a gravity feeder is that it allows you to change each meal, even including moist food for your cat.

This cat feeder is battery operated and is timer controlled feeder which can be great for cats or dogs.

Consider your usual scheduled feeds and any changes you might like to make to those. If your pet is regularly bothering you for food at night, an automated feeder might give you an extra hour or two in bed. If your pet needs regular small portions, an automatic feeder with a timer that can cover that schedule is essential. The Pawbo Crunchy is a modern looking smart feeder that lets you schedule up to 10 meals per day for your pet. The entirety of the Cat Mate C3000 Automatic Feeder is simply to clean, with the bowl, container, lid, nozzle and delivery tube all being dishwasher proof. The base unit can be wiped clean with a damp cloth, but it should not be submerged in water.

Good quality alkaline batteries should normally last approximately 12 months (dependent on use). You may use all popular batteries including rechargeable and 1.5v lithium batteries but the low battery indicator will only work correctly with standard alkaline batteries. If you are planning on using your feeder to feed your cat while you are away for a day or so your capacity requirements will differ from someone who plans on using the feeder as a permanent feeding solution which just needs topping up every so often. Selective FeedingAs with most feeders it is easy to manually serve an unscheduled feed, simply hold the up button for 3 seconds and food will be dispensed. The feeder serves it’s meals in portions. A portion is roughly 12 grams of dry pellets, you can serve as many portions per meal as you like, with a maximum of 39 – ideal for a multiple cat household. It can dispense as many as 4 meals per day. The PetKit can be scheduled to dispense as many as 10 meals a day is necessary, each of these meals can be set to range in size from anywhere between 20-400 grams.

DO NOT press any buttons during the removal or replacement of the batteries. Doing so will reset the unit and you will need to reprogramme your settings. A lot of high end feeders only allow you to schedule up to four meals per day so if you have a cat that require frequent small meals then the Bunty may be a better choice.It requires 4 x C batteries to keep it running but these should power it for over 6 months with normal use. If you need more specific information about the advantages of this auto feeder and also its disadvantages, the following Pros and Cons will help you to decide better: PROS We have no doubt that the fact that this feeder can contain inaccessible wet food will be infuriating for some pets, and while Cat Mate claims it's as tamper-resistant as possible, you'll certainly want to save it for those who won't bat it around too violently. For cats who are able to be patient, it will be a real treat. One of the big benefits of a disc feeder is that they can be used for both wet and dry food as you can simply store them in the food segments. It is a simple feeder that is ideal for keeping your cat fed for a day or so, however you shouldn’t rely on it for more than a weekend as it simply doesn’t have sufficient capacity to feed a cat for very long.

It allows you to serve up to 5 meals, one of the good things about the Bunty is that you can feed your cat wet or dry food.Its key feature is that it uses RFID technology to selectively feed whichever cat you set it to feed. When your cat puts its head through the arch the feeder will read your cat’s RFID tag and will open providing it is the right cat. Been using the Catmate C3000 in a somewhat customised version for a while now and I’m pretty fond of it. Since one of my cats is pretty clever and VERY foodmotivated I needed a way to get the feeder out of his reach, while it still being able to feed both of my cats and give them both equal opportunity to get the kibbels. The final solution was to build a case around it, hang it on the wall out of his reach, and saw the little ‘catching bowl’ in half. Now when the Catmate switches on to dispence kibbles, they come raining down on the ground. Picture of the little cupboard and modified tray: http://i.imgur.com/U4K72YC.jpg The Cat Mate C3000 allows you to program up to 3 individually sized meals within a 24-hour period with the ability to dispense each meal with a minimum of approx. 10 gr. (1/3 oz) at a time. This automatic feeder is designed to work with kibble sizes between 1/4″ and 6/8″ in diameter. For better accuracy in portions, you may want to use a 1/2″ diameter kibble size. What makes this automatic cat feeder unique is that there is a storage container under the food dish. If you choose, this container can be used to store extra food so your cat will never have to run for it again. This tray holds three meals and you can alternate them as needed. If you plan to use this system on several cats, it can save you time by always having fresh food at meal time.