You love your cat, but you are tired of being woken up in the morning by your hungry pet? A feeding machine for cats provides a remedy and takes care of the "predator feeding. First of all, there are differences in the capacity. This varies between 600 and a lush 3.000 grams.
Also the number of meals that can be programmed in advance varies. Here are at the available models can be stored between two and ten hours. You are looking for a device that automatically portions the food? Find now in our test or comparison table an automatic feeder for cats that will do the job for you.
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Updated: 24.01.2022
Navaris automatic food dispenser
Honeyguaridan HG-A68D
PETKIT smart automatic feeder
Welltobe automatic feeder
Sailnovo food dispenser
PETLIBRO automatic feeder
Balimo 4L automatic food dispenser
Rosewood C3000
Navaris automatic feeder with drinking station
Pet mate cat mate C500
Petsafe automatic feeder
Navaris automatic food dispenser
Honeyguaridan HG-A68D
PETKIT smart feeder
Welltobe automatic feeder
Sailnovo feed dispenser
PETLIBRO automatic feeder
Balimo 4L automatic food dispenser
Rosewood C3000
Navaris automatic feeder with drinking station
Pet mate cat mate C500
Petsafe automatic feeder
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- Easy cleaning of the feeding bowls in the dishwasher
- Also suitable for dogs
- Recording function for audio signal to lure the cats with their voice
- Also available in pink
- Easy cleaning of the feeding bowls in the dishwasher
- Also suitable for dogs
- Recording function for audio signal to attract the cats with their voice
- Particularly large capacity
- Particularly good workmanship
- Can be controlled via app with smartphone
- Compatible with amazon alexa
- Easy cleaning of the feeding bowls in the dishwasher
- Also suitable for dogs
- Recording function for audio signal to attract the cats with their voice
- Particularly large capacity
- With LCD
- Recording function for audio signal to attract the cats with their voice
- Also suitable for dogs
- Particularly large capacity
- Recording function for audio signal to attract the cats with their voice
- Extra large capacity
- Also suitable for dogs
- Recording function for audio signal to attract the cat with its voice
- Can be controlled via app with smartphone
- Extra large capacity
- With LCD
- With LED display
- Recording function for audio signal to attract the cats with their voice
- With integrated water bowl
- Easy cleaning of the feeding bowls in the dishwasher
- Cooling batteries included to keep wet food fresh
- Long battery life
- With LCD
- Particularly easy operation
Navaris automatic food dispenser
Feeders cat buying advice:
how to choose the right product from the above automatic cat feeder test or comparison
- The capacity of commercially available cat food dispensers varies greatly. While small devices offer space for about 600 grams of dry feed, high-quality feeders convince with a capacity of up to 3.000 grams.
- In many cases, food dispensers for cats are only suitable for dry food. Wet food must be kept fresh, which is why an integrated cooling device or a space for cooling accumulators under the food container is necessary.
- Automatic feeders for cats with a digital timer are particularly versatile programmable and accurate. Analog clocks often do not work to the minute.
Besides dogs and budgies cats are one of the most popular pets in germany. In almost 8 million households a purring house cat is kept as a pet. This is based on a survey conducted by verbrauchs- und medienanalyse (vuma).
With a domestic cat are associated with various duties and efforts. For example, the cat’s litter box must be cleaned or a veterinarian must be visited from time to time. Feeding the cat also involves a time commitment.
An automatic feeder for cats takes over the feeding of your pet. This usually has a programmable timer that dispenses the cat food at the desired time. Rarer are devices that allow only certain cats access to the food bowl.
For our comparison, we took a closer look at the available cat food dispensers. In our buying guide you will learn, what to look for when purchasing an automatic cat feeder.
Here we have further interesting comparisons compiled for you:
1. What are the types of feeders for cats?
In the course of our cat feeder comparison 2021 / 2022, we were able to establish that cat feeding stations dominate the market. In addition, automatic feeders for cats with chip (such as the surefeed microchip feeder) are available.
In the following table, we have briefly summarized the two categories for you and worked out their unique selling points for you:
- The feeding station for the cat is released by timer
- Automatic cat food dispenser can be filled with cat food and programmed in advance
- Cat food stations of this type enable optimal food management, even if you are not at home
- Cat feeding stations in this category are also suitable for taking medication tied to specific times of day
- The automatic feeder for cats with chip is opened automatically when a corresponding microchip is registered
- It can profiles for several cats for the food bowl with chip can be created and activated as well as temporarily deactivated
- Chip-controlled automatic cat feeders therefore very suitable for weight control and diets
- Flap closes automatically after a few minutes, so that small children are denied access to the cat food
In the following overview we have the advantages and disadvantages of a cat bowl model with chip compared to each other:
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advantages
- Access to food only for approved cats
- Optimal for cats in multi-pet households that require special food or medication
- babies and small children have no access to the cat food
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disadvantages
- Cats must be fitted with a collar and chip
- Enabled cats have permanent access to the food
cats need a high protein intake. The german animal protection association warns against a one-sided meatless diet.
2. Has the best automatic feeder for cats a high capacity?
Did you know?
Experts from the german animal protection association warn against feeding domestic cats a purely vegetarian or vegan diet. a one-sided diet can lead to deficiencies in certain circumstances. Especially due to the increased protein requirement, exclusively meatless food should be avoided.
Many consumers buy a cat feeder to save themselves the trouble of feeding their pet. For this reason, when buying, be sure to make sure that the food container has a high capacity.
This is filled with food and gives it out automatically to your cat. So that you don’t have to constantly refill food, your cat food dispenser should must hold at least 600 grams of dry food.
Very convenient in this regard are feeding stations for cats, whose containers are space for 2.offers 500 grams of dry food or more. These offer enough volume for a large number of meals and therefore save you a lot of time.
A feeding station for cats can also be a relief when you are traveling. So your cats – depending on the capacity – are supplied with food. However, we recommend that you do not rely exclusively on the device. Ideally, friends or family members check on the pets daily.
Feeding behavior: your cat’s feeding behavior may change when you replace conventional food bowls with an automatic feeder (such as a trixie feeder, petsafe feeder or catsomat). This is how consumers report that their cats consume significantly less food since purchasing the feeder. Keep an eye on the weight of your pet during your personal automatic feeder for cats test.
Often automatic feeders for cats are only compatible with dry food.
3. Does an automatic feeder for cats test winner allow automatic portioning?
An automatic feeder for cats test winner portions the meals automatically.
Particularly high quality automatic feeders for cats allow, to program different portion sizes in advance. These are then automatically dispensed from the food container into the food bowl. So you save the weighing of the food when filling the cat food bowl.
As a rule, you have the possibility to individually adjust the amount of food for each meal with such cat feeders in the test. The portions are therefore not uniformly. So these can be set according to time of day or type of food.
In the course of our research, we were able to determine that the adjustable dry food quantities in the range between 10 and 400 grams move. Especially when small portions of food are important, this detail is very important.
In some automatic feeders for cats the lower limit of the programmable food quantity is 40 grams or even more. This can be counterproductive in diet management.
The same applies to small and frugal cats respectively. If more cat food is dispensed than eaten, the leftovers are exposed to fresh air without protection. This has a negative effect on the quality of the food.
In case of pure dry food dispensers you should give your cat wet food once a day – for example in the evening.
4. The number of meals that can be programmed in advance varies among the available automatic feeders for cats
the petsafe automatic feeder offers space for five different meals.
The performance of the computer, which is built into common automatic feeders for cats, is limited. For this reason the number of storage locations for meals is small.
Particularly high quality automatic feed dispensers for cats allow you to, up to 10 meals can be programmed. In the case of digital feeders from fressnapf, these settings are usually stored permanently and do not have to be re-entered after feeding.
with an analog cat food feeder the situation is different. These operate with a dial that has a scale from one to 24. This is aligned according to the desired time.
Since this way only one meal can be pre-programmed, cat food dispensers of this category mostly consist of from two feed containers, each with its own rotating clock.
Chip-controlled cat feeders mostly do not allow programming of different meals. With automatic cat food dispensers of this type, the protection against unauthorized access is in the foreground.
What type of food is my cat feeder suitable for?? During our research we found that pure dry cat food dispensers dominate the market. Rarely are cat feeders for wet food or automatic feeders for wet food available. The latter are special automatic feeders for cats with refrigeration. Since wet food is perishable, it must be protected from air and heat. Automatic feeders for cats with cooling are usually equipped with an additional compartment for one or more cooling accumulators. A cat feeder with cooling can be purchased as a chip feeder for cats or as a device with timer.
5. An automatic feeder for cats convinces by its equipment
Within the framework of our comparison, we also looked at the equipment of the cat food dispensers. In the following subchapters, we will go into the most important aspects:
5.1. The timer determines the quality of your automatic feeder for cats
Digital timers (here pet-U-automatic feeder) are clearly superior to analog ones.
When you buy your automatic feeder for cats, the following applies: an automatic feeder with timer should, in addition to a large capacity and programmability have a high-quality timer.
In this respect, we have found that the digital version gives much better results. This this applies not only to the ease of operation during programming, but also for the accuracy of the setting. While consumers with analogue rotating clocks of deviations of up to 20 minutes digital timers do not pose any problems in this respect.
You can use a display to make the appropriate settings. As a rule the input is intuitive and quick to grasp. the displays are mostly liquid crystal display (LCD), more rarely LED display.
5.2. Some automatic feeders for cats can be controlled via app
Few fressnapf feeders do without a screen altogether, and can be linked to an app via smartphone or tablet. Such applications are usually used to make much more extensive settings (such as the amount of food or the time of feeding).
Lcds make programming very easy.
The disadvantage: you need an appropriate end device for a cat feeder with app control.
Otherwise, the food dispenser must be manually triggered via a button on the automatic feeder for cats.
Pre-programming is not possible without the appropriate cat feeder app.
5.3. Non-slip feet increase the stability of your cat feeder
Many automatic feeder for cats tests highlight the benefit of non-slip feet on the bottom of the unit. Is your automatic food dispenser for cats equipped with anti-slip nubs, this remains in the same position when eating and is not moved around.
So your cat eats effortlessly and doesn’t have to struggle with an automatic feeder with little grip on the floor. the plastic nubs also have advantages for you: the cat food remains in the bowl and is not distributed in the room. this is especially true for dry cat food dispensers.
Cat food dispenser with audio signal: cat food dispensers that use an audible signal to indicate feeding are particularly well suited for large apartments or multi-story homes. In the immediate vicinity, your cats perceive the click when opening the cat food dispenser without problems and are thus made aware of the feeding. cats also have an extremely good sense of smell.
6. High demands on automatic feeders for several cats
A cat feeder can also be used for smaller dogs.
If you have several cats in the household, the device must be designed so that several animals can help themselves to the food bowl. For this, the feeding bowl must be easily accessible from several sides.
In addition the maximum portion size must be at least 330 grams. So enough food can be provided for several cats per food dispenser.
Furthermore, the available food dispensers for cats differ in their power supply. This are usually battery operated. Only in rare cases is mains operation via a 1.5 volt power supply or USB cable possible. You should keep this in mind for your personal automatic feeder for cats test.
On the dog: automatic feeders for cats can also be used for small dogs without any problems. Larger dogs may require more generous portions than can be set on standard cat feeders. this is something you should definitely consider when buying the automatic feeder for your dog. This also saves time when feeding your partner with the cold snout.
7. Manufacturers and brands of automatic feeders for cats
The number of different manufacturers of cat food dispensers is very large. For example, trixie automatic feeders, petsafe automatic feeders or surefeed microchip automatic feeders are available.
Also the models catsomat and trixie-feeder-TX6 are very popular. Sureflap feeders are also in demand. In the following overview we have the best known companies summarized for you:
- Petsafe
- Amzdeal
- Trixie
- WOPET
- Ferplast
- Honeyguaridan
- Karlie
- Surefeed
Automatic feeders for wet food should definitely cool the food.
you can often find bargains on the internet, you would not find in pet shops. How to buy online often particularly cheap feeders for cats or dogs.
Also other cat accessories such as a drinking fountain for cats or a food ball for cats can be purchased inexpensively on the net. At this point we would like to draw your attention to our cat fountain comparison.
The foundation warentest has not yet tested an automatic feeder for cats. However, the consumer organization for issue 05/2017 tested cat food. Here, stiftung warentest warned against products with an increased phosphorus and sodium content, because so kidney diseases are favored.
8. Questions and answers about automatic cat feeders
8.1. Are there feeders for cats with refrigeration?
In addition to dry feeders, you can also purchase cat food dispensers with cooling in stores. These have a hollow space under the food container, which can be equipped with one or more cooling batteries. Particularly high-priced models are equipped with their own cooling device. Cat food dispensers of this type are especially suitable for wet food.
8.2. Are there apps for cat feeders?
Models like the PETKIT smart food dispenser are programmed via an app.
Particularly high quality cat food dispensers can be linked to an app. So control the cat feeder with your smartphone program up to ten different meals in advance.
Unfortunately do cat food dispensers with app usually not have their own display. A smartphone is for cat feeders of this kind therefore obligatory. Without an app, you have to trigger the food dispenser manually using a button on the cat food dispenser.
8.3. Is a cat feeder also suitable for wet food??
Many automatic feeder for cats tests indicate that not all cat food dispensers are suitable for wet food. Since wet food is perishable, this must be kept refrigerated and fresh. For this reason, an automatic feeder for wet food requires an integrated cooling system or the possibility of equipping it with cooling batteries.
our product table at the beginning shows which models can be filled with wet food. Pure dry food dispensers without cooling should not be used for wet food. If your cat eats spoiled food, this may in some circumstances cause have resulted in health complaints.
8.4. Are there cat feeders for two cats?
Vending machines like the one shown here are more suitable for households with only one cat.
If it is a multi-pet household, the feeder must be accessible to several cats. For this, the food bowl should be as easy to reach as possible after the food is dispensed.
Also portions of at least 330 grams should be able to be set. In this regard, devices with analog timer can score points. These usually have two separate trays for the food.
Are these now set to the same time of day, both cats have their own food bowl at their disposal. However, these must be filled again afterwards. The time saved and the comfort gained are limited in this respect.
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| with the PETLIBRO automatic feeder you can also feed dogs? | Yes, with this device you have the possibility to feed a dog automatically at regular intervals. |
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| programmable meals | ++ |
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| it is possible to set the number of meals dispensed by the honeyguaridan 7L automatic feeder? | the honeyguaridan feeder from our comparison can be programmed to feed up to six meals per day. Up to 48 portions of 12 g each can be set per meal. |
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| programmable meals | +++ |
| food | janein |
| it is possible to control the PETKIT cat puppy feeder from the cat feeder comparison with a special app? | yes, you have the possibility to control this feeder with an app via your own smartphone. In this way you can feed the cat even on the road. |
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| programmable meals | ++ |
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| how many meals can be fed per day with the automatic feeder?? | The pet mate cat mate C500 has a timer that helps to feed the cat at the right time automatically. Up to five meals can be fed per day. dry and wet food are possible. However, the dosage must be done manually. |
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| the automatic feeder takes the portioning automatically? | It is possible to set the automatic portioning on the sailnovo feeder. it is possible to choose between portions of 10 g up to 390 g. A total of 2.700 g dry food can be stored in the machine, wet food cannot be fed through it. |
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| the navaris automatic feeder sends an acoustic signal when the feeding times are reached? | the navaris feeder is designed to send an audible notification at the feeding times you set. Many animal lovers have made very good experiences with it, because the animals get used to it. |
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| what is the capacity of the C3000 automatic feeder?? | The rosewood feeder has a feed hopper that can hold 3 kg of feed. The model C3000 from our automatic feeder comparison is especially suitable for cats. The filling quantity of 3 kg is sufficient for cats for a whole month. |
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| can the balimo 4L food dispenser be controlled by smartphone? | The automatic cat feeder from balimo is a smart device that can be controlled with your smartphone. So the feeding time can be set exactly even from a distance. customers who use this feeder have had good experiences with it. |
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