How to feed cats with different diets without expensive microchip feeders?
Microchip-activated feeders cost hundreds of dollars, leaving owners with no choice but to physically separate their pets for hours every day. This manual isolation is required to stop food-motivated cats from stealing specialized diets or kitten food from underweight cats, consuming hours of time.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1separating the cats in different rooms for hours at a time
- 2looking for cheaper microchip feeder alternatives around the $50 price point
- 3using timed wet feeders
- 4free-feeding dry food and portioning for weight
- 5having nearby family or petsitters check on feedings
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My og baby is extremely food motivated and eats everything in sight. My new baby is underweight and getting her to eat is difficult.”source ↗
“I am still separating them for hours at a time to give her time to eat without him stealing her food.”source ↗
“I looked into microchip feeders but they are SO expensive. Is there anything more in the $50 range that could work for this?”source ↗
“The kitten will obviously be on kitten food, both wet and dry, so we will need to keep those feedings separate.”source ↗
“I'm looking for a cheaper solution as I don't have one to three hundred dollars to spare lol”source ↗
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