105 reviews forSureFeed Microchip Pet Feeder

My male cat has to have special wet renal food but the female (who eats dry food) loves to eat it and then gets sick. This has been a time-saver as I don't now have to watch over them when they eat. He learnt very quickly how to use it and it's worth it's weight in gold.

We have two cats, one is a chubby cops and the other has food intolerance so we could not keep both cats without this fab solution. Takes a little effort to get them used to it but even our female (nickname PTSD kitty) got the hang of it. Working well after nearly a year. Lucille, our female has occasionally bullied her way into Ernest's food by holding the flap back with her head, but luckily he has never got into hers as he has the food intolerance. Also great for keeping flies off the food.

If you have a super greedy cat and a grazer cat like I do, this product is a must have in your household. I hesitated over the price for quite a while but there is nothing else like it out there. It is quite a big contraption but now I can feed my grazer cat and walk away knowing that the greedy cat will not be able to steal his food as soon as he can (it is very satisfying watching him try). The grazer cat will then be able to eat his food throughout the day as and when he pleases.

I was a little skeptical that this was worth nearly £80, but it was so worth it. After about a week of the training mode, cat #1 (who likes to pick at her food throughout the day) had learned how to use it properly, and cat #2 (who is a greedy little fluff) has been desperately trying to work out how to get at the food ever since. Success! Highly recommended.

I have one elderly, grazing cat, who was getting thinner and thinner, and 3 greedy cats that need dieting. This allows me not to worry that the oldie gets enough food. And he is getting fatter. I really think it has bought him years of life!

I purchased this so my elderly, thin cat could have free access to food without my fat boy eating it all. Took her just 2 weeks to work it, unfortunately fat boy quickly worked it out too. My old girl tolerates fat cat so they are both able to get under the chip reader together! Even if she isn't up to sharing, fat cat is tall enough to reach over the side plate and steal biscuits! So not ideal if you have cats that are friendly with each other or tall enough to reach over the sides.

These are the best thing ever! I have one cat with CKD that must not eat regular cat food and two others who have gotten plump from eating the calorie dense renal food that they don't need. I did need two one for each food type and they are expensive but well worth it. If you have been trying to manually monitor food for cats you know how time consuming it is, you won't look back with these, they are very simple to use as well!

Now little miss greedy cannot eat all the food and little miss picky can eat throughout the day as she wishes Would suggest consider including batteries in pack

Apart from the loud motor alerting greedy cat that model cat is snacking, and waking us up from the hall, this is a great product.

Just like everyone else, my cats all have different dietary needs. One is overweight at 7kg, due to helping herself to the others' food; one has recently been put on medication for her arthritis; and the other likes to graze, as and when the mood takes her. I have bought 3 of these products and they truly do what they are designed to do. Only one cat was nervous of the motorised lid, but she eventually overcame that.

I now have 2 of this little gems. Stringer has his on a 4 inch high stand to make it easier for him as he is tall, I have also added the RFID tag to help him open the feeder as his microchip does not always work due to his size. So now he is happy and only he eats his food. Dylan and Molly are also happy with the other feeder and have tags on their collars for ease. With a little ingenuity you can make these work for big cats, very happy customer! (See photos)

This is a lifesaver for me. I have a fat Maine Coon who weighs over 11kg and needs to be on a diet, unfortunately his brother likes the diet food too and wolfs it all down and as it is very expensive this is not good. To date I have had to feed the diet food and watch while he eats then pick it up. As cats are grazers this is not working well for any of us and I cannot leave food down whilst I am at work all day. This little device is fabulous, Stringer picked it up straight away and was not nervous at all. It saves me getting up and down and stops Dylan eating all the diet food. I am now going to purchase another one for my other 2 Maine Coons so their food is safe from Stringer.The only slight problem is as the Maine Coons are tall they have to stoop right in to open the lid, a larger version for big cats and Spaniel size dogs would be great, surely dogs have this problem too? I am still giving 5 stars though as it is a fantastic product.

This is so good I now have four. Just to let you know that if you have any issues or queries with the feeder you can contact the very helpful customer service, there's also a forum too with questions and answers. For the owner with the issue of another cat trying to steal food, there is a way of setting up the feeder so it closes when another cat puts its head in, even if the allowed cat is eating at the time. Useful if you want to be absolutely sure a greedy cat isn't eating a prescription diet.

I have two cats ,one who is on a diet .The Surefeed Microchip Pet Feeder is brilliant, I did think twice at buying it as i thought it was expensive,but i am so glad i bought it.No more keep putting the food a way,or forgetting to put the food way,or worrying who has ate what,.I must admit i did try to hurry the process of the training mode, and had to go back to the beginning,as my cat took a while to get used to the movement of the lid.so its best not to rush the cat, but the Surefeeder is very easy to use with simple instructions. So now she is a very happy cat,and im a very happy person, so pleased with the feeder.

Its very pricey which made me hesitate at first but so pleased I did buy one as its been wonderful. It took my cat a couple of weeks to get used to it,but it does explain fully in the handbook how to train a hesitant cat to use it. Now he loves it and it enables me to fully monitor how much and what he eats (he is on a specific prescription diet and can only have small amounts often) . I recently sent for another feeder so impressed, he now has one upstairs and one downstairs. My other cats cant access his expensive prescription diet so this feeder will pay for itself over time.

I got one bowl so that I could make sure the prescription thyroid diet only got eaten by the one cat that needs it, not the very large one who eats it just because. Works brilliantly, except the greedy one has learned that if he runs at the bowl as the other cat walks away, he can ram his head in and stop the flap from closing. I'm solving the problem by buying a second one so that he can hopefully stick to his own dish - as housecats they're not chipped but 'training' the dish is a piece of cake with the included tag and it took about 5 minutes for my really quite dim cat to lear how to use it. A brilliant idea!

After reading the reviews I thought I'd give this a try as I have one cat on a special diet and a greedy youngster that eats anything going. I didn't use the training mode, which keeps the lid up, then the next stage is it moves slightly..as the other cats would have got used to sticking their heads in it too. I manually pressed the button at the back to open the lid when my cat on the diet was near. It took a couple of weeks, then she was using it all the time. I've made the time it takes for the lid to go down longer, which seems the best setting for her. One of my other cats, who is pretty nervous, is now also used to it so may buy another for her so she can graze at will too. This is quite an investment, but for me definitely worth it. Excellent for cats on special diets or to allow them to graze without greedy cats eating everything.

this is a great product. I bought two of these as one of my cats eat too much and I was fed up watching them as the other cat is a nibbler. so fat cat was finishing it off. now nibbler can go back and forth till his hearts content. only thing that could be improved on is the split tray. the middle needs to be higher so to seal the wet food from the dry when closed. as after a while the dry food gets damp and spoils. but great for serving one type of food

This is one of the best things I have ever bought. One of my cats steals the other's food . She is overweight and trying to keep her on a diet has been a nightmare. Now I don't have to worry as she just cant get into this dish! It took my boy a few days to get used to the lid opening and closing as the movement is quite noisy but now he uses the feeder with no problems . Instructions are clear and it is easy to set up. My only gripe is, that as the feeder is so expensive it should come with batteries supplied. I would recommend this product to anyone in a multi cat household !

I have an older cat on a Hills prescription thyroid diet who needs to keep her weight up, and a younger cat who cannot stop eating! This feeder has been a godsend. It means I can now leave food down constantly for my older cat (who likes to graze) and the diet food for the greedy younger one. The food stealing was becoming anightmare and I was at my wits end. The surefeed was easy to set up and read both of their chips with no problem. My only grumble is that it didn't include a set of batteries, which given the price I would have expected. That said, it's an ingenious idea - I just hope the mechanism lasts!