While many traditional distributors fulfill their function perfectly, brands compete in ingenuity to create ever more innovative programmable distributors. These devices allow you to program your cat's meals with meticulousness: number of meals per day, times and quantities. These are the perfect products to keep your pet eating and drinking as usual while you are away. Some cat food distributors have an option to register. The messages are broadcast just before meals and often several times, since you often have to call your cat several times before he comes!
Cats quickly understand how a vending machine works, whether classic, programmable or connected, whether it's a kibble dispenser or even a water fountain.
They can also understand faster than humans!
In our selection, you'll find programmable kibble dispensers that are easy to use overall, and dispensers that only need one thing to function, aside from kibble and a feline: gravity.
Each distributor has its strengths and disadvantages, depending on the main reasons you buy one.
Browse the selection, and make your choice according to the criteria that matter to you.
Our selection :
PetSafe Connected Food Dispenser
Ferplast cat food dispenser
YGJT kibble and water vending machine
Sailnovo automatic cat food dispenser
IsYoung cat food dispenser
PUPPY KITTY cat food dispenser
Cat food and water dispenser Queta
PetSafe Cat Food Dispenser
PetSafe Dry Food Dispenser with Timer
Probache cat food and water dispenser
Why buy a cat food dispenser?
To leave serenely for a few days
Most cats can be left alone for a few days.
Cats can appreciate having a visit and it can be reassuring for you, but for 2 or 3 days it is usually not necessary to bring someone over.
For a longer absence, a loved one or a neighbor could pass by.
A cat can be left alone if it has something to eat, drink, and some toys to take care of.
With a kibble feeder, you know he will be able to feed himself while you are away, and some feeders have a similar system for water.
Worried that your cat will eat the entire supply in a short time?
This is unlikely: cats usually do not eat a whole supply of kibble when they are freely available.
To sleep on weekends
It is a good habit to remember to fill your cat's bowl at the same time every day or so.
Unfortunately, many cats do not know the difference between the week and the weekend.
If your cat meows on Sunday morning, a kibble dispenser will literally change your life!
For many other situations
Many people use feeders for their pets when they are away.
But a cat food distributor can also be of service to you in everyday life.
Not sure when to come home from work?
Got a last minute invitation?
A particularly busy day?
You know your cat will be able to eat anyway.
How to choose the best cat food dispenser?
Focus on the classic vending machine
“Mechanical” kibble dispensers do not need power or batteries to operate.
This is an advantage if you are concerned about power outages or Wi-Fi connection issues for connected distributors.
Important note all the same: most programmable distributors plug into the mains, but they have a battery compartment so that they take over in the event of a power failure.
On the other hand, these distributors do not make it possible to program quantities.
Gluttonous cats tend to eat more than usual.
But note that sometimes they just need a period of adaptation to this diet.
Then they moderate.
How to choose a programmable dispenser?
The first criterion for choosing a programmable kibble dispenser is the number of daily meals it can offer.
Next, let's talk about portions: each meal can be made up of a certain number of portions, more or less depending on the device.
With this system, dispensers are provided with a function that slows down the dispensing of portions;
and this makes a radical difference with the traditional dispenser which, for its part, just waits for the bowl to be empty to fill it!
The best programmable kibble dispensers allow you to feed cat-friendly amounts of food.
Sometimes the minimum quantity is too large for cats, on dispensers intended for both cats and dogs.
As for the recording of voicemail messages, with some exceptions, it is a bonus, rather than a necessity.
Most programmable dispensers attract cats with the sound of dropping kibble, and some also emit a short beep.
And the connected distributors?
A distributor is connected when you can act on the device via a smartphone application.
From anywhere, you change the programming of the dispenser, for example to add snacks!
But being able to use your smartphone is also reassuring.
You receive notifications, especially when the tank starts to empty.
Measure your kibbles!
Check if the manufacturer specifies the maximum size of the kibble that you can put in the dispenser.
It is common for dispensers, programmable or not, to work with small kibbles less than a centimeter in diameter.
Beyond that, the croquettes can get stuck and no longer fall out.
Obviously, the distributor loses all its interest.
Beware of noise
The best cat food dispensers are quiet.
It is not an important criterion if you only use a dispenser when you are not there.
But if it's for sleeping in the morning and you're in the same room, the kibble can make noise when falling.
This concerns some programmable kibble dispensers.
Note that others beep.
How does a cat food dispenser work?
A classic dispenser is simply based on gravity.
The croquettes fall out when the bowl is empty.
Some have a hatch, but of course you have to be present to be able to temporarily block the distribution of food.
With a programmable kibble dispenser, your cat eats at times that you determine.
You also determine the quantities, and some devices allow you to set different quantities at different times of the day.
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