Cat Mate C500 Automatic Feeder - 5 Meals

As the sections aren't sealed the cat could smell the food and managed to take off the outer cover and get at all the food straight away. I have a different type of auto feeder also which is much better as it drops the food into the bowl and has never been broken into by either cat

First time I left this out I came back and my cats had managed to open it and ate half a days worth of food.

The feeder worked two or three times before it packed up. You can still programme it, but nothing happens. That's actually worse than if it wouldn't turn on at all: at first you think it's working, leave the house, and come back – only to wonder why the cats are starving even though they haven't eaten anything. In fact, they couldn't eat anything because the feeder didn't rotate even once, despite being programmed.

I got this contraption as a gift for my fussy cat who only eats a few bites of wet food and then walks away. Not only did he not eat from it at all—because His Highness will only eat from a slightly warmed ceramic plate and the food has to be just the right temperature—but he also smashed it within an hour by knocking it down the stairs, since, in his opinion, unnecessary things should be removed. I let my other two cats try out the container: one of them got into it and gobbled up everything he liked, leaving the rest, while the other gave it a wide berth.

I bought 2 bowls and both broke at the same time. They reset every day – I don't recommend them.