I wish my little guy still could have free-feed kibble. He’s ill, now, and I have to feed him special food, with meds, twice a day, so this won’t work. But back when, this would have been really cool.
Get off your ass and feed your pet/s at specific times every day and also eliminate the pet door while your at it. Automatic dispensers are on the boarder of robots Which is actually the device that is currently eliminating the American job market in leading online fulfillment centers.
@whomeyesu Sometiems I go on vacation and I’m not going to make my family come over to my house 3x a day just to feed the cats on their normal schedule when one time a day is sufficient to give them some play time, wet food, and clean the litter box.
@bigevilgrape Well don’t have family or a pet sitting company take care of your beloved pets. We treat em as children in our household and would be damned if we couldn’t make them feel as they are on vacation when we currently are as well.
@brennyn People that don’t have time to take care of pets since work permits it shouldn’t have such. Especially, since they are lacking the attention they deserve. Mine as well be wild animals.
@bigevilgrape@whomeyesu The only thing I would worry about is the batteries go bad or it gets unplugged (didn’t read the description well enough to see which) and then no food dispensed for days.
Fast forward 10 years…
“My 30lb monster has been eating periodically throughout the day for years and I really wish I had bought that portion-control auto-feeder from Meh.”
@steelopus Hmm. Our ten-year-old-plus kitty is far from overweight. Bordering on sleek, as a matter of fact, for an older tom. In fact, we haven’t had one that habitually over-ate, though we’ve got two that qualify as comfortably plump, and stable at their size.
@werehatrack My 10 year old was a voracious eater, bullying her siblings at every meal for years, but she recently lost 4lbs in a year naturally and is back at a healthy weight. I was worried but the vets found nothing to be concerned with.
My 7 year old is now the bully and she is continually growing despite portioned meals. 16lbs and counting. Lack of exercise is her issue. Lazy bum.
The 2 year old maintains a healthy 11lbs by constantly terrorizing me and the other two 25 hours a day.
@steelopus hah! Well, so far she’s kept a steady weight and she’s still young so she gets plenty of excercise playing fetch and otherwise running around like a maniac all day.
I think I could use this when I am away for the weekend, to feed my outdoor cat. I feed her in one of our outbuildings. This could prevent me from paying someone to come over.
That was my thought too. It looks like the top opens with just pressing the button up there. It’ll take my dog about 2 seconds to figure out how to pop the top and gorge herself.
Dry food is not…how do I say this diplomatically?.. an ideal diet for cats, so I’ll pass on this one. Besides, my furry little monsters prefer to have me wait on them at each meal.
Generally you are right. For my three furry demons, we leave fancy dry kibble out for grazing and give them wet food once a day. I wish I could get one of these feeders, but it won’t work with multiple murder floofs in the house.
Most of our cats could adapt to this thing easily enough, though we would need a lot more than just one of them. But we have one kitty who just absoluely refuses all kibble, and won’t even take the temptations soft-dry treats. For her, it’s fresh meat when possible, and canned as an acceptable substitute. No kibble, no way. Not even freeze-dried chicken gets her approval. Ergo, we have to arrange for a pet sitter to drop by at least once a day, no matter what else we do, when both of us have to be out of town.
Works so far for the cat that harasses passers by for food. Electronically being fed 1/8 cup of kibble 4x a day and has stopped stalking us and shredding our ankles when we try and pass.
Specs
Product: Vremi Programmable Automatic Pet Feeder with Voice Recording Feature
Model: VRM67885
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$69.97 on Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, May 6 - Tuesday, May 10
*Animal not included
@guybrush01 That’s too bad, they would have sold out by now!
@guybrush01 Just as well. The last time, when the animal WAS included, they “forgot” to put air holes in the shipping boxes.
Can it dispense offal for a hellhound? Asking for a fiend.
@werehatrack I’ve got one of those!
“Dimensions: 15” x 14" x 9" , Vremi Programmable Automatic Pet Feeder w/ Voice Recording Feature (4.4lbs)?
My 20lb bad-boy cat would have this turned over several time and possibly destroyed within 20 minutes.
@eeterrific Which means you should buy it, set up a camera, and wait for the viral video to take place. … Profit!!!
@eeterrific A minute per pound.A “well rounded” cat.Impressive.
@eeterrific I was thinking about velcro-ing the thing down so my fat boy doesn’t do the same thing.
@eeterrific 15 by 14 is pretty large, and I don’t think my 20 pound tabby can doit and he’s pretty smart about it.
Feed me right MEOW!!
419 nearly perfect reviews on Amazon. Like the 80’s song says… "things that make you go hmmm…’
@mcemanuel I almost always run Amazon links through ReviewMeta to see how many the algorithm removes and what a more accurate rating might be. Looks like this is actually that highly reviewed.
I wife saw this and said she is glad to set it and forget it and petted my head lovingly. Wait, we don’t have a pet.
@hchavers
“I wife” says it all.
I caught another Pod Person in the act!!!
If only someone would listen to me. . .
@hchavers @robthedude05 Another “person” claiming they couldn’t pass the Captcha.
@hchavers Sheldon approved!
@hchavers @robthedude05 Better check the back of their neck!!!
@hchavers @MrNews @robthedude05
Love the gag pic this time.
Do they have one that feeds the cat AND takes it to the vet?
@awk I’d buy it if it could dose the cat with meds.
I don’t have a pet but I want to buy this just for the last photo.
I wish my little guy still could have free-feed kibble. He’s ill, now, and I have to feed him special food, with meds, twice a day, so this won’t work. But back when, this would have been really cool.
@CBL_WV I’m so sorry. I hope your furry kid does well.
Get off your ass and feed your pet/s at specific times every day and also eliminate the pet door while your at it. Automatic dispensers are on the boarder of robots Which is actually the device that is currently eliminating the American job market in leading online fulfillment centers.
@whomeyesu Well said!
@whomeyesu Wow. Some of us work. hard. Keeping the robots at bay. So putting food out while we’re not actually home isn’t possible.
@whomeyesu Sometiems I go on vacation and I’m not going to make my family come over to my house 3x a day just to feed the cats on their normal schedule when one time a day is sufficient to give them some play time, wet food, and clean the litter box.
@whomeyesu Not always possible for people that work rotating shifts, work 16+ hour shifts, or go places other than work and home.
@whomeyesu those are a lot of words
@bigevilgrape Well don’t have family or a pet sitting company take care of your beloved pets. We treat em as children in our household and would be damned if we couldn’t make them feel as they are on vacation when we currently are as well.
@brennyn People that don’t have time to take care of pets since work permits it shouldn’t have such. Especially, since they are lacking the attention they deserve. Mine as well be wild animals.
@bigevilgrape @whomeyesu The only thing I would worry about is the batteries go bad or it gets unplugged (didn’t read the description well enough to see which) and then no food dispensed for days.
Can I use this while working to dispense M&Ms at break times?
@phendrick My immediate thought upon seeing this item was “will it jam up if I fill it with Cap’n Crunch?”
@phendrick hmm. You may have sold me on ordering one
I wonder if I filled it with candy corn, I could set this out for trick-or-treaters?
@daveinwarsh Not if you expect to keep it.
@daveinwarsh Fresh candy corn might work, but not mehtastic melted candy corncobs. Those’ll get stuck.
My little kitty just eats periodically throughout the day and not more than she’s allowed, so I don’t really need this.
Fast forward 10 years…
“My 30lb monster has been eating periodically throughout the day for years and I really wish I had bought that portion-control auto-feeder from Meh.”
@steelopus Hmm. Our ten-year-old-plus kitty is far from overweight. Bordering on sleek, as a matter of fact, for an older tom. In fact, we haven’t had one that habitually over-ate, though we’ve got two that qualify as comfortably plump, and stable at their size.
@werehatrack My 10 year old was a voracious eater, bullying her siblings at every meal for years, but she recently lost 4lbs in a year naturally and is back at a healthy weight. I was worried but the vets found nothing to be concerned with.
My 7 year old is now the bully and she is continually growing despite portioned meals. 16lbs and counting. Lack of exercise is her issue. Lazy bum.
The 2 year old maintains a healthy 11lbs by constantly terrorizing me and the other two 25 hours a day.
@steelopus hah! Well, so far she’s kept a steady weight and she’s still young so she gets plenty of excercise playing fetch and otherwise running around like a maniac all day.
My dog wouldn’t eat from this just for the sake of not having human interaction.
@Larry1977 My princess enjoys being waited on too much to lower herself to this level.
I think I could use this when I am away for the weekend, to feed my outdoor cat. I feed her in one of our outbuildings. This could prevent me from paying someone to come over.
@banjo4fun You don’t have raccoons that would dismantle it, I guess.
@banjo4fun @werehatrack or foxes… or rats… or opossums… or ants…
Amount of time it would take my dog to bust into this thing:
~ 17 seconds
That was my thought too. It looks like the top opens with just pressing the button up there. It’ll take my dog about 2 seconds to figure out how to pop the top and gorge herself.
In for one!
/giphy sore-laden-mockingbird
Dry food is not…how do I say this diplomatically?.. an ideal diet for cats, so I’ll pass on this one. Besides, my furry little monsters prefer to have me wait on them at each meal.
Generally you are right. For my three furry demons, we leave fancy dry kibble out for grazing and give them wet food once a day. I wish I could get one of these feeders, but it won’t work with multiple murder floofs in the house.
Let’s see if I can sleep at night with help of this thing.
/buy
@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: assertive-gray-connection
/image assertive gray connection
Most of our cats could adapt to this thing easily enough, though we would need a lot more than just one of them. But we have one kitty who just absoluely refuses all kibble, and won’t even take the temptations soft-dry treats. For her, it’s fresh meat when possible, and canned as an acceptable substitute. No kibble, no way. Not even freeze-dried chicken gets her approval. Ergo, we have to arrange for a pet sitter to drop by at least once a day, no matter what else we do, when both of us have to be out of town.
Meh must have known my cat woke me up 3 times last night. I’m in for one!
/giphy teachable-vorpal-plot
Hoping regular, controlled portion sizes (along with the new, active younger kitty we recently got) will help my “fluffy” older cat lose some weight.
/buy
@adambray It worked! Your order number is: exultant-helpful-potluck
/image exultant helpful potluck
Did anyone else get a notification of a malware exploit active on this site? IframeRef.R!MTB
Sold!
/buy
@kc5rbq It worked! Your order number is: mouthy-magic-loss
/image mouthy magic loss
I can put my candy corn in here!
Vremi (време) means time in Bulgarian
@mollyf pronounced: vre-meh
@mollyf Which, of course, is just the shortening of “very-meh.”
Cat buttholes!
Watch out for plastic shavings inside the unit!
Anyone else receive this missing the actual food bowl piece that attaches?
@tmsaucy nevermind I found it!
Works so far for the cat that harasses passers by for food. Electronically being fed 1/8 cup of kibble 4x a day and has stopped stalking us and shredding our ankles when we try and pass.