• A cat eating from the timed feeder while its owner sleeps behind daytime blackout curtains

Timed Pet Feeder Bowl: let shift workers sleep while the cat eats

Timed Pet Feeder Bowl: let shift workers sleep while the cat eats

“I finish a night shift at 7am. The cat wants breakfast at 11.”

For nurses, carers and shift workers whose cat doesn't care what time you got to bed.

  • Dial timer opens the lid on schedule
  • Wet, dry or raw food, with no power or app
  • Single or double meal
A cat eating from the timed feeder while its owner sleeps behind daytime blackout curtains

Timed Pet Feeder Bowl: let shift workers sleep while the cat eats

$49.99
$49.99
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A cat pawing at a sleeping owner during the day behind blackout curtains

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The problem

You get home after a twelve-hour night shift, black out the bedroom and finally fall asleep. Three hours later there's a paw on your face, then meowing at the door, then nipping toes. Lunch is due, and you're the only one who can serve it.

Get up once to feed them and you've taught them that waking you works. Tomorrow they'll be back earlier.

A cat waiting outside a closed bedroom door beside hanging nurse scrubs

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What we found

We kept finding the same threads from nurses and shift workers. The cats themselves are lovely. The schedule clash is brutal, especially on rotating rosters.

The advice from experienced owners and animal welfare groups lines up. Stop being the food source. Feed on a schedule from a device that opens on its own, and don't reward the wake-up calls. Cats adapt to the routine of the bowl.

Plenty of automatic feeders only handle kibble, or rely on apps and wall power. We wanted something simpler that works with wet food too. This is the one we chose.

A hand setting the dial timer on the feeder

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Why this works

  • A dial timer opens the lid for you. Wind it to mealtime and the lid flips open on schedule, whether you're asleep, at work or stuck in handover.
  • Single or double meal. The double version can serve two meals at different times, or feed two pets.
  • Wet, dry or raw. It's a bowl with a lid, not a kibble dispenser. Leave wet food out only as long as is safe for the room temperature.
  • Buckle cover. Rotate it to stop clever paws prising the timer open early.
  • No power, no app, no Wi-Fi. Nothing to set up or lose connection.
A shift worker heading out while the cat waits by the timed feeder

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Who it's for

  • Night-shift and rotating-roster workers: nurses, carers, hospo, emergency services
  • Anyone with a cat that has decided breakfast is at 5am
  • Multi-pet homes where one pet steals the other's dinner
  • Owners heading out for the day who want a meal served on time

The details

Specifications

Key features
  • Available in single meal or double meal formats
  • Mechanical dial timer opens the lid on schedule
  • Simple no-power design
  • Suitable for cats and dogs
  • Works with wet, dry or raw food
Product details
  • Material: Plastic
  • Colour options: Pink, Grey
  • Size, single meal: 24 x 14 x 7.5cm
  • Size, double meal: 28.5 x 24.5 x 7.5cm
What's included
  • 1 x Feeder bowl