Cat Mate C500 Digital 5 Meal Automatic Dog & Cat Feeder

Ordered this on a Monday, received it that Friday, which was good as we were going out of town Tuesday. It probably is best for cats, but we had recently acquired a small dog, about 25 pounds. Since I set it for 2 feedings/day, it is best for weekend or short-term use. Since we were gone 5 days, had to get someone to come by and reset. It was fairly easy to program; I had a little trouble initially, but managed:) Dog figured it out very quickly, too. I bought this almost last minute since dog was a "surprise" so was glad to receive it within 5 days of order. I also like that they can't eat as much as they want. He did paw at it some, searching for more food, but did not open top. This Ordered this on a Monday, received it that Friday, which was good as we were going out of town Tuesday. It probably is best for cats, but we had recently acquired a small dog, about 25 pounds. Since I set it for 2 feedings/day, it is best for weekend or short-term use. Since we were gone 5 days, had to get someone to come by and reset. It was fairly easy to program; I had a little trouble initially, but managed:) Dog figured it out very quickly, too. I bought this almost last minute since dog was a "surprise" so was glad to receive it within 5 days of order. I also like that they can't eat as much as they want. He did paw at it some, searching for more food, but did not open top. This is good for the price and I still use it, so he gets breakfast while I am getting ready for work. … more

I would not recommend this feeder for wet food which is the reason I bought it. It will only keep the food fresh for one day which is not helpful if you are trying to feed for a several day trip. It is also unclear online that you can only feed for 2 days if feeding twice a day.

This product saved me and fixed my cats annoying begging habit until it out of no where stopped working. I was at work and my poor cat was screaming when I got home. The little screen just says off and it won’t respond to any of the buttons or changing the batteries. It’s a bummer because I’m not sure it’s worth the $50 if it’s going to be a yearly purchase!

My Cat's Sugar was sky high and I had to pull all dry food/Treats, right before we went on a 2 week vacation. I bought 4 of these for my 4 cats, so they would have plenty of Wet food throughout the day, someone came 1 x dly to put new Ice Pks in( which I had to get xtra from Amazon, because Chewy was out) and they worked out great! No turning problems, but I imagine when the batteries wear down, that will happen, do just replace batteries. I tried to reset them like they tell you to do, if they would have partially turned. Worked like a charm. Replace your batteries before you go away!! I'm still using them, even now while I'm back home and working. Good buy!!

Got this for my Yorkie . She has to take her meds twice a day at a particular time every day. I had each compartment filled with food and a treat with her pill in it . I still had someone Check on her ones a day and make sure there is food and meds refilled . She tried to break into into at first but it survived. Easy to set up and the battery last a long time

We've been using this for a little over a week. At first, we just used it for the 4:00am feeding (yay, sleep!). Then I set it up for feeding four times a day. And sometimes it advances, and sometimes it doesn't. It may be user error on my part, but I will keep trying because it's so darned convenient.

I work from home and like to give my cat multiple feedings throughout the day, at specific intervals so that he doesn’t overeat in one sitting. I bought this feeder so that I can be more flexible with my plans and not worry about coming home to feed the cat. Now my cat knows it’s time to eat as soon as he hears the food plate rotate! I find that the ice packs work well for the wet food that I give my cat. My only complaint is really about the design; I wish that the individual dishes could be a little larger for my cat.

my cat has an issue with eating too quickly and puking it all back up, so I have to do small frequent feedings. this worked out perfectly when going away for a week. had a sitter in the AM and PM and used 2 of these to supplement smaller meals throughout the day. easy to program. Two cons are the loud noise and the fact it says '5 feedings', but in reality it's 4 because the last section doesn't have a cover. had to get him use to eating out of this a few days before, but, he learned when the noise happened, food came out.

Wasn’t expecting that all 5 settings had to be with a 24 hour period- thought I could program for an overnight get away. How many people feed their pets 5 times in one day. Should have been more transparent

We have been using this for almost 3 years and we love it. We’ve never had any problems with its performance with the exception of after 2 1/2 years we were unable to reset the time of feeding. It just stopped letting us reset it but, fortunately it still operated with the time that we had set before. The only time my cat has gotten into it is when I didn’t have the lid pushed down all the way down.