Hi, looking for some creative approaches to this little problem.
I have two cats who scarf down kibbles so I'm looking for an auto feeder that will dispense dry food when I travel or evenings out. Otherwise I feed them myself on schedule.
Problem is that one of my cats is quite dominant so if I buy an auto feeder, she will likely crowd out her poor sister. I tried feeding them from one dinner plate this morning as experimentation and that's exactly what happened. Dory, the timid one, just walked away from the plate even though she loves her kibbles.
I'm not really keen on buying two feeders as money though not the top priority is a consideration. The other issue is that there's no guarantee the feeders will dispense at the same exact time. The scenario where Josie the aggressive one, eats from the first feeder and then makes her way to the second feeder when it dispenses, is a possibility.
I think the ideal situation is if there's a feeder that dispenses food into two separate bowls at the same time. But the only one I could find that does that is $500!
So any creative ideas out there?
My one idea is to fill up the balls that hold treats and make them work for their food. And Josie would be preoccupied with her own ball and not eat Dory's share. The one major block with this idea is that I've carpet in my rented apartment and I really do not want bits of kibbles all over the place...attracting ants, etc.
I have two cats who scarf down kibbles so I'm looking for an auto feeder that will dispense dry food when I travel or evenings out. Otherwise I feed them myself on schedule.
Problem is that one of my cats is quite dominant so if I buy an auto feeder, she will likely crowd out her poor sister. I tried feeding them from one dinner plate this morning as experimentation and that's exactly what happened. Dory, the timid one, just walked away from the plate even though she loves her kibbles.
I'm not really keen on buying two feeders as money though not the top priority is a consideration. The other issue is that there's no guarantee the feeders will dispense at the same exact time. The scenario where Josie the aggressive one, eats from the first feeder and then makes her way to the second feeder when it dispenses, is a possibility.
I think the ideal situation is if there's a feeder that dispenses food into two separate bowls at the same time. But the only one I could find that does that is $500!
So any creative ideas out there?
My one idea is to fill up the balls that hold treats and make them work for their food. And Josie would be preoccupied with her own ball and not eat Dory's share. The one major block with this idea is that I've carpet in my rented apartment and I really do not want bits of kibbles all over the place...attracting ants, etc.