Cat Mate Automatic Pet Feeder with Digital Timer #C500

Works great. Nifty. I use it everyday and fill it back up again every few days. The company that makes it I believe is the only one who allows for ice packs to keep the food cold. Only con, is that the ice packs that come with it need to be constructed so they will keep the food cold around 5 days rather than a couple days. Awesome product invention other than that. Pet Guys have great prices, too.

The updated Cat Mate rectifies several issues with the older model. Primarily it foils my little big boy (19lb) boy's ability to intimidate the older catmate into feeding him early. He could knock the older machine's clock mechanism cover off and manipulate it to uncover his food early. The newer model is much less manipulatable. It also has ready made holes to allow the base to be fixed to his eating shelf thereby keeping him from pushing it onto the floor from 3 feet up in hopes of getting at the food.

One drawback is that the cooler blocks are different shape and I will need a spare pair. Also question if the three batteries will last a whole year.

Love this version of feeder!!! I travel and work odd hours. This feeder has a digital timer you can set for 4 feedings. It was so much easier to set up than than the other manual timer feeders. I have 2 cats and 2 feeders. When the timer goes off, they open at the same time and not a few minutes apart because you have to manually set pins and barely see the timer lines.The lid snaps on tight so the cats are not able to open it on day one and eat everything! It also rotates under one opening so you can place it by a wall and not leave room for the cat to rotate around the feeder. The older version of this feeder with the pin timer was unreliable and easily opened by my cats and I had to leave them a good distance apart because the top rotates to each spot and the cats had rotate around it to eat.

A major shout out to Petguys.com...their price was the cheapest on the internet. The customer service was outstanding. I left a voicemail before they opened looking for tracking information and never expected a call back. I called again and got my answer AND someone also called me back to ask if my questions had all been answered! CUDOS

This product did not work for us. It did not keep the wet food cold for more than a few house. It also needs to have space so the cat can walk around it. It would work for dry food if you can figure out the timer.

Now we are allowed to travel! Our cat's feeding times runs our life! We have been thinking about an automatic feeder for a long time, now we finally did it and can get out of the house for overnighters :-)

This is our second Cat Mate feeder. The first lasted over 20 years! We can leave our cat for 4 days and feel comfortable knowing the feeder will work and we will return home to a well-fed/happy cat. Purchasing through PetGuys was easy and we received our feeder in a few days.

It sucks. It doesn't work.

This product allowed me to leave my cat home for several days and it worked perfectly. Marmalade had no reservations regarding eating from the unit and it's easy to use and clean.

I have been looking for a way to make sure my cat is fed when I go away on weekends and this fits the bill! I set two of the timers to go off each day and my cat is happy and well fed. The price was a little steep, but it saves me from paying someone else to check on the kitty.