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PortionProRx Automatic Pet Feeder offers generous capacity, the ability to feed up to six meals per day, and a system that ensures other pets don’t steal food.
If you have multiple dogs, multiple cats, or a combination of cats and dogs in your home, ensuring that each pet gets its food — and its food alone — can be a challenge when you’re not around to supervise meals. The PortionProRx Automatic Pet Feeder helps to solve that problem.
This feeder comes with an RFID tag, and will only open up the protective barrier when it recognizes the pet wearing that specific tag. Other nosy pets won’t be able to steal food. The problem is that it only includes one tag, so if you want additional tags, you'd need to buy it separately. Another bummer: The tag is expensive.
This feeder is an excellent choice when it comes to portion control. You can feed up to six meals per day, and can feed between half-cup to 6 cups of food per meal. For a pet who tends to scarf down food, gets bored between meals, or simply tends to overeat, this feeder can feed small, frequent meals throughout the day, even when you’re unavailable.
Plenty of thought has gone into this feeder’s quality design. The access control system only opens when a pet wearing the appropriate RFID tag is within 2 feet of the feeder. The self-locking lid is pet proof, so even the most determined pets won’t be able to get into the storage container. Plus, the system is equipped with a sensor that recognizes if a pet is trying to reach up through the dispenser door to steal more food. If this occurs, the door will close at a low force to prevent food theft.
The PortionProRx Automatic Pet Feeder has a 4.1 out of 5-star Amazon rating based on 17 reviews. Devin uses two of these feeders to keep two cats on their appropriate diets: "The scheduling lets me feed them dry food four times a day without having to worry about forgetting to fill the bowl if I leave the house … These feeders make meal times worry-free and easy."
Just Us has two cats on two different prescription diets and found the feeders worked well: "Almost immediately, both cats were at their own dishes, eating their own food, and when they crossed to the wrong bowl, it closed right up. It works perfectly, and I'm actually sort of surprised, I expected at least some small hiccups, but nope!"
Pros: Generous capacity, ability to feed up to six meals a day, designed to prevent other pets from stealing food
Cons: Expensive, each pet must wear RFID tag, additional tags are costly
Buy the PortionProRx Automatic Pet Feeder on Amazon for $199