Worked so well, I bought 3
Had to leave town for 3 days (72 hours). We were using one of these on a daily basis to feed our 3 cats wet food overnight and thus let us sleep in. We had to leave town for 4 days so I bought another two in advance for a total of three.
I pre-froze the wet food by emptying the cans on 4 of the trays and sticking the trays in the freezer. The last 2 trays were filled with dry food. I put down refrigerated wet food in regular cat bowls so they could start on that the moment we left. Then set each timer for 8 hours more than the last. So their feeding was:
0 hour - Refrigerated wet food in open bowls.
8 hour - One tray opens containing frozen wet food, Starting to thaw so it makes a tasty meat-sicle.
16 hour - Second tray opens containing frozen food. Frozen in spots, thawing in others.
24 hour - Third tray opens. Food thawed but cold.
32 hour - Fourth tray opens. Food at or nearing room temperature.
40 hour - Fifth try opens. Dry food.
48 hour - Sixth tray opens, Dry food.
When we got back home after 75 or so hours, all the wet food was gone, but they still had dry food left over. I took that as a sign that no one was going hungry.
These worked flawlessly for us. They are the best wet-food timed feeders I've found. There are plenty of dry-food timed feeders out there, but if you feed your cats wet food, this is the product to get.
The only thing I wished for was longer timers. Even up to days if possible. Still, for a few days, daisy chaining these feeders as we did does the trick!
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