Great for cats who over eat!!!
931480
I absolutely love this feeder (hence the 5 stars)

I would recommend to anyone with a cat or smaller dog who over eats! I have a cat that is extremely overweight. I used to free feed him and he got to be 19 pounds at one point in his life!! Now with this feeder he's lost tremendous weight and is down to 13 pounds and much healthier. You wouldn't believe what 6 lb weight loss on a cat looks like, my vet was impressed!

I've had this feeder for a good 8 years now and it still works great. Money well spent!

Pros:
1)It has great portion control if you have a cat (or dog) that consumes to the point of combustion.

2)You can program the amount of times you want it to feed your pet

3)You can control the amount of food that comes out each feeding. For example if you want a small feeding in the morning, then let it dispense for 15 seconds and if you want a larger feeding in evening then let it dispense for 40 seconds.

4)It has a perfect design so your pet can't get extra food out of it if they tried. (If you do shake the canister a little will come out but it's only taking away from the next feeding so you'll still feed them the same amount in one day.

5)The feeder tray that the food drops out into slides right up and out when you want to clean it. Easy!

6)My favorite part: The electrical cord is well protected and super heavy duty! They definitely kept cat owners in mind when they designed the power cord (if you ever had a kitten, you know what I mean!!!)

Cons:
1)Cleaning the canister is not easy. Once in a while I like to take out the residual crumbs out of the bottom when it becomes empty. I've broken the mechanism once by cleaning, so I'm guessing your not supposed to clean the canister?? So now I just gently tap out the canister every once in a while.
(Its not much of a "con" but I just like my pets stuff clean.)

2) The agar inside is a bit wonky, but it's supposed to be that way. Don't mess with it. That's what I did with the first one I had, and I somehow messed it up when cleaning. The second one works just fine and I learned to leave it be.
3448262
I think I have one of the laziest cats ever to grace this planet.  She eats, sleeps, eats more, sleeps, poops.  Then wants to eat more.  The only exercise she would get was to follow me around to harass me for more.  She only liked dry food.  No interest in wet food whatsoever.  She didn't like the restriction of her dry food (because she'd eat herself into morbid obesity).  She gets mean when she doesn't get fed to her liking.  I had a cat problem.  I bought this thing and she hated it.  She is so lazy she can't get hungry enough to bother scooping the food out of the slots on this thing that tip upward.  After several days I decided it was a good time to try wet food again.  It worked!  She reconsidered her hard line stance against wet food.  After several more days she started eating wet food with gusto.  This allows me to feed her in such a way that she is satisfied without over eating.  I no longer hate this cat.  She bites less often.  It's all good.  Oh, and I do still give her dry food.  A 1/4 cup a day in the Trixie feeder.  She no longer resents having to fish for her kibbles.  Just accepts her fate and looks forward to getting a full tummy when I give her the wet stuff.  I'm amused when I hear the scraping sound of her eking out a few kibbles to get a snack.  Her laziness worked in my favor once I bought this feeder.  It definitely slows down the rate that a cat will snarf down their kibble.  And it converted a cat from an only dry food diet to primarily wet food which many vets believe now is a healthier diet for the kitties.
333404
i have 2 cats who are very picky eaters.  not only that, both had digestion problems with slightly loose stools.  after starting this dry food, the stools have gotten a lot better from loose to hard.  they also love the taste of this product.  even with a tasty wet food next to this, they will munch along with the wet food.  i highly recommend for those cats with digestive or stool issues.
3646816
My cats love this. They haven't had any hairball problems for a long time. They do tend to overeat though so I have to regulate their food intake because this kibble is so delicious for them!!!
1893194
My cats love it!! I use turkey thighes with the skin on as cats need the healthy fat. I grind up most of the meat and cube a small amount so the cats still get the chew that they need for their teeth (kibble helping with their teeth is a myth, and really just crumbles when they bite). My cats' health has really improved since i started feeding this to them, they have lost some weight, and their fur is amazingly soft.

I love this supplement for cats and I have definitely recommended to others.
3790056
My three cats all like it, I use it in combination with weruva canned food to give them extra nutritional oomph.  Two of my cats have chronic health conditions and are prone to not eating, so I try to make sure that every bite they do eat is as healthy as possible.  One of my cats loves these so much she actually eats them dry out of the bag... (which is not good since they need the water in their diet but still, she loves it).
3242275
This thing is awesome! I have 3 cats and 2 of them are/were over weight due to having food available in a bowl 24/7 (that's the way my parents fed the cats at their house) and I wanted to get them on a diet as soon as I moved. This is nice because you can choose the amount of food they get and what time they get it, a few times throughout the day. I have noticed a change in my cat's weight and it also saves me money because they aren't pigging out all day. Also- I find it important to note that I have had this for close to a year now and I have not had to change the batteries yet.
3719808
My cat is a good eater and loves this. Been giving her pills for a few months now with this stuff and she still loves it! No more shoving pills down her throat! Life saver!
4113853
I love this because it forces my fat kitty to slow down when eating to he doesn't puke. It also makes feedings last much longer so my cat isn't asking for food all the time. He's kinda pissed about it, but he totally gets it and eats from it daily.
2544606
I have two senior cats that are picky eaters, so much that they regularly eat Whiskas Temptations, Fancy Feast Appetizers and Broth. We've tried many different brands of cat foods. They are spoiled! We received a sample of this Friskies in the mail and my cats ate every last morsel. I was quite surprised they liked this so much. So I bought the big bag. They have now taken to eating this dry food more so than the other selections. I hope it continues!
1199969
I got a sample of this in the cat litter we normally buy (purina's tidy cats Touch Odor), which typically comes with a sample of noms - normaly a dry food sample - which I'll use as treats for the cats here who can eat it (some of my cats are allergic to some ingredients).  This was WELL-LOVED!  And I mean... ... the plastic container was licked clean... the bowl I put it in was waited for... in line... and was finished before the third kitty could get a taste lol.  So, this nomy treat came with a coupon... lol...  I picked up the required 4 to get the dollar off... and came home to widened eyes of yayness.... and even my limited ingredient kitties can have this!  (Much to their joy!) The down side is: "feed an average size adult cat one tray per 1.5 to 2 lbs of body weight daily"  So, ... my 24lb cat would be about 10$ a day to feed ... on the low end (and let's face it... he could stand to lose a bit of weight heheh... I don't call him chub-chubz as a nick name for nothing!  If I had fewer cats, this is the only thing they'd be eating.  But, it's an awesome supplement to go with the limited ingredient dry food they're currently on :)  Thanks Purina for making my kitties think I'm an awesome huntress :)
3651526
I started buying these for my two cats at Petco. I bought the small packages and found that my cats ABSOLUTELT LOVE these!! My cat Nala does not like any other treats, but for these, she goes crazy!! I only have to shake the bag and my two kitties come running and wait for me to feed them!! I haven't tried any other flavors, but if you are looking for a good treat for your cats, these are it!!

I got this big bag and its lasted me almost three months. I would def recommend getting a bigger bag because it will last longer and you won't spend as much money and as often as you would when getting the smaller bags.
4062431
This combo works great for my two kitties. I was always afraid that they didn't have enough food and water when I'm at work or out and about. To keep them from eating too quickly, I've put a golf ball in the bowl to slow them. It seem to be working great!
14215
My cats all requested I review this one and give it 5 stars.  CLEARLY they love the pumpkin juice this is in.  Expensive?  Yes.  This is a bit of a treat at our house but it's also handy when someone is not feeling well and I need to be sure they are eating.

Endorsed by:  Smokie (18 years young, but very finicky), Willow (2 years old and usually only eats kibble), and Leo (rambunctious 6 month old who - honestly - eats anything and everything (teenage boys!)  :-)

I just wish I could buy a 3 oz packet of only that pumpkin-tuna juice for Smokie when she is having one of those days where she has no interest in food.  (why haven't cat food manufacturers figured that out btw?  Everyone I know with a cat has problems in the senior-geriatric years where the ONE thing their cat will eat is the gravy that they lick off the tuna or the chunked food - SOMEBODY please figure this out and sell just that gravy/juice!)
2326351
I bought special food for my overweight cat and she simply will not eat it.

Theoretically I should not put other out and make her eat the diet food, but how long can I listen to pathetic meowing and keep my sanity?

So I mixed the diet food with ths one,and nw she is eating both happily!
1011884
We decided to switch our cats from dry food to wet due to the fact that they were eating the dry food so fast, it would cause them to throw up often. And what came up was food that was not completely chewed. We thought the transition would be hard because our cats are SO picky when it comes to food. Even treats!! But we took the dry food away and just had the wet food out. It was gone within 3 hours the first day and within seconds every day after that!. Now they wake us up meowing for their tasty meals. Plus no more throwing up food. Yay!!
1831465
My cats love these Temptations snacks!  Normally my cats would just ignore me as cats do.  Break out these snacks, and they'll follow me around and do my bidding!  They would eat these as a full meal if given the option.  I would highly recommend it if you want to make your cat happy.