Will my cats paw or head get caught when the device moves to the next dish and she is still trying to get food out of the previous dish?
912767
I don't think so. The lid is closely fitted, moves slowly and makes enough noise that the cat has time to move out of the way. Since you set it to move every 12 or 24 hours, the food is usually long gone before it moves. If you move it manually by hitting the button, then you are there to see the cat safe. Should be fine.
1033006
No, the feeder has a cover that may be attached to the food chute exit. If the cover is attached the angle of the cover precludes either of our two cats from pushing their paw to manipulate the mechanism. Even without the cover, the length of the chute internally is at least 4 inches to the dispensing mechanism, making paw insertion problematic but not impossible for the cat.
136750
I hear ya about having a determined cat!!! The feeder I had before was very easy for my cat to get into. But this feeder, even though he might get his paw up there, he will NOT be able to get to the food. My cat has tried to no avail!!!
763666
Sorry cant help you, I didnt run into that problem. We did not have success with this keeping our cat off the counter.
1878867
Absolutely. Both my cat have figured out that if they are eating together they can simply switch bowls.
1165369
I don't think this would work. Especially if they move the bowl around a lot. My two cats get a lot of food on the floor and I don't use it for our 30lb dog as ibwoukd be worried it would tip.
1879678
The unit is quite large and it would not be possible for a cat to turn the machine over. I'm not even sure a large dog could do it. The cover for the food hopper secures firmly locking in place and takes some effert to remove it so I seriously doubt an animal could do it. The only drawback is that a cat and probably a small dog can stick their paw up inside where the food comes out and they can get a few kernels that way. This seems to be a problem for most other automatic pet feeders of this type.
1492662
Honestly, this isn't the same bowl that we had. The ones we did have though kept them from knocking them over, however 1 ferret liked to stick her paws in there and dig still. So there we'd find ourselves scooping it up and putting it back into dish.
1878872
The cat will have a sensor hanging from their collar in order for the lid to open. I think you'll be fine with this purchase. We had a similar situation with our pets and this fixed our problem.
1633656
This medium size works perfect for my four cats. The only problem is that they will sometimes push the bowls around to get wet food at the bottom. If they want it enough (and they usually do) they will use their paws. Then the spend an hour cleaning themselves. I suppose JUST LIKE IN THE WILD after a messy kill? Also these are easily dishwasher top rack safe.
1512368
I have very little food spillage. I fill to about 3/4 full. I have never seen my cats dig into the food with their paws but yours might be doing that.
1838307
I really don't think so. It moves pretty slow when it rotates, I've never seen my cat's paws get caught or heard him cry when he is near it
247107
No, it doesn't stay on that tight. But there is a lip on the lid, so it won't slide off easily if they bat at it. Not sure how crafty your cats are! They'd have to lift the edge to knock it off, then would have to get the roll out.
1778021
Food would be blocked from falling if door is push all the way open. For a cat it may work because the door wouldn't need to be open all the way.
2217573
My cat used to do that with my other feeder but this one does not allow for that. There is a plastic sort of "paddle wheel" inside that dispenses the food so it pretty much stops them from doing it (except for what ever is left on the wheel).
1746931
Your cat may try to and depending on how firm you have it around them and/or aggressive they are, they may eventually get to it by pushing onto something else but not with their paws. Always good to try as they do prefer this over the cone undoubtedly and you can always return it as amazon has awesome return policy
262636
I have a cat that does that as well. The pump bowl section is pretty heavy. I haven't had any problems with it.