These 7 Automated Cat Feeders Have been the Greatest We Examined (2025)

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Oneisall Cordless WiFi Automated Cat Feeder for $60: I had excessive hopes for this cordless feeder that boasts a chargeable battery with a 100-day life and an built-in app, but it surely’s simply too unreliable. By the app, you possibly can program as much as 10 each day meals (in 1-12 parts every), monitor pets’ consuming habits, and customise meal calls. In contrast to different apps, you are not ready to decide on portion dimension, however as a substitute must multiply the variety of servings. The app gave me fixed issues, and would typically disconnect from the feeder and be unable to reconnect to WiFi. Fortunately, I used to be in a position to program meals by way of the display screen and buttons, however it could’ve been a complete lot nicer if the app had labored reliably.

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Catit Pixi Good 6-Meal Feeder for $103: Like others on this checklist, the Catit Pixi moist and dry feeder makes use of ice packs to maintain moist meals recent and uncovers the meals under in six compartments in a rotating schedule. The schedule may be programmed by way of the app or modified on the physique of the feeder. At this value level, the app shouldn’t be this restricted and glitchy. The schedule is on the market in navy time solely, and the app is extraordinarily restricted—you possibly can solely set the meal schedule for a similar day, and once I needed to do solely two to a few meals a day unfold over two days, I needed to reschedule the meals for each new day. The feeder did not hold it chilly sufficient to unfold the meals out and the moist meals was not at a secure consuming temperature. At this value level, simply get the Petlibro Polar moist feeder for a couple of dollars extra.

Catit Pixi Good Cat Feeder for $140: Kibble is saved within the physique of this dry feeder, but it surely doesn’t have a window to visually examine meals ranges. The calendar to plan meals reveals solely every week at a time, and though it ought to repeat each day based mostly on the schedule, I discovered that some days there can be no schedule regardless of setting one up. The Pixi additionally doesn’t let you know how a lot meals was distributed; it simply refers to it as a “portion”—I manually measured and located the portion was lower than a tablespoon of kibble. After utilizing it repeatedly for greater than a month, I discovered it was extraordinarily glitchy and nearly by no means reliably caught to the programmed schedule, generally skipping meals altogether. This feeder is probably harmful, and I might warning pet mother and father in opposition to counting on it.

Nearer Pets C500 for $75: This computerized moist and dry feeder can schedule as much as 4 pre-portioned meals (and one meal given manually) which are opened on a timer system utilizing three AA batteries (offered individually). The person presets the 4 instances they need the bowls, which have ice packs beneath, to rotate. The bowls are fairly deep and slim and aren’t tremendous straightforward for cats to succeed in, which may trigger whisker fatigue. And though there are two comparatively giant ice packs, once I checked on the feeder after an evening’s sleep, the packs weren’t very chilly. This can be OK for kibble, however moist meals was stored at unsafe temperatures, and my cats could not attain the entire meals.