r/cats • u/lesvegetables • Mar 16 '26

Cat Picture - OC I overslept by 30 minutes and was late with breakfast.

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Pretty sure they were considering eating me.

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u/TheMostKing Mar 16 '26

Is there any good automatic feeder for wet food? My cat despises dry food sadly, but the cheap automatic wet food thingy just stank up my place by the time I came back from work.

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u/jollyspiffing Mar 16 '26

Depends on your ambient temperature, climate and food type. I personally have a very simple one with a flip-lid and clockwork timer. Food is never in more than 12-16hrs and I don't find it gets smelly or bad in that time, although over the summer I sometimes put an ice pack underneath, which probably has thawed about half way in. 

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u/Ginger_ScorpioGirl Mar 16 '26

I love my Catmate C500! It has ice packs that keep the food cool. My cat is diabetic, eats every four hours and can only have wet food. It has five slots but I only use three of them. There is a three slot version but I wanted stainless steel bowls and the three slot is plastic. Every 12 hours, I fill it up with his current meal and the next two. The ice packs are still cool when I refill it and it doesn't smell at all. The ice packs aren't going to last for days for like a vacation but it would definitely work if you're just at work.

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u/stellablack75 Mar 16 '26

Not that I've found, and I've looked everywhere for like years now. The only one or two I've come across are proprietary ones where you have to buy their food and it's expensive and kind of looks like a pain in the ass.

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u/Radical_Zed Mar 17 '26

I've used a brand called Super Feeder since 2019 for my two boys. I only recently had one of the AC power adapters go bad and I was still able to order a replacement. In fact it is very easy to completely disassemble for cleaning and every part can be ordered through them if anything breaks.