Microchip Cat Feeder — the bowl opens for the right pet only

This microchip cat feeder exists for one specific household problem: two or more pets, one bowl, and the wrong animal eating the food. A cat on a prescription diet gets raided by the healthy cat. The dog hoovers up the cat food. The measured meal disappears into whichever pet got there first.

So this feeder locks the bowl instead of the room. The covered bowl stays shut until a registered RFID collar tag comes close — then it opens for that pet, and that pet only. The food inside stays one pet’s food, on one pet’s schedule.

It works with the collar tags in the box, which also makes it the right tool for pets without an implanted chip. What it does not do is read implanted microchips — that distinction matters, and we state it plainly wherever this feeder is described.

When “feed them separately” stops working

Most multi-pet feeding advice assumes you can be there. Feed them in different rooms, stand guard at mealtimes, pick the bowls up the moment one pet finishes. It works — until work runs late, the door gets left open, or the faster pet learns the routine better than you did.

A selective feeder moves the separation to the bowl itself. The registered pet eats when it is hungry, inside its feeding window; every other pet finds a closed lid. No supervision shift, no closed doors, no bowl guard duty.

An RFID feeder that knows who is standing at the bowl

Access runs on RFID identification paired with an infrared sensor. When a pet wearing a registered collar tag approaches, the microchip cat feeder recognises the tag and the lid opens; an unregistered pet gets a closed bowl. The credential hangs on the collar — nothing needs to be implanted, and a pet with no chip at all can use it from day one.

Two tags in the box, room for up to 32 pet IDs

Two RFID collar tags are included, and the feeder stores up to 32 pet IDs (the ID capacity is stated in the manufacturer’s own product graphics). One microchip cat feeder serves one diet: register every pet allowed to eat that diet, and keep every other pet unregistered. A home running two different diets uses one feeder per diet.

Timed feeding windows, set on the feeder itself

The schedule is set on the LED display — no app, no account. The default plan runs four feeding windows a day, and each window can be set between 5 and 30 minutes, so access to the bowl follows the routine you choose rather than an all-day open buffet. The sealed lid helps keep the food inside fresher between windows, for dry food or wet food alike.

Dual power, so the routine survives an outage

This microchip cat feeder runs on 110–240V mains power with battery backup. If the power drops, the schedule and the selective access carry on — the pet who needs that specific food is not locked out by a dead socket, and the pet who must not eat it is not let in by one either.

Made for homes like these

• Prescription and special diets — the cat who must eat the special food can; the cat who must not, can’t.
• Cat-and-dog homes — cat food stays cat food, behind a lid the dog’s lack of a tag keeps shut.
• Measured meals that kept disappearing — the portion you put in the bowl is eaten by the pet it was measured for.
• Pets without implanted chips — the collar tag is the key, so no vet visit stands between you and selective feeding.
• Several pets on one shared diet — register each allowed pet’s tag; up to 32 pet IDs can be stored.
• Wet-food routines — the sealed, covered bowl suits wet food as well as dry, inside the feeding windows you set.

A covered bowl, built to stay shut

The feeder is a single covered bowl in a white plastic body, 400 × 300 × 150mm and 2.2kg. The front window is the access point: closed at rest, open when a registered tag arrives. There is no open hopper and no shared trough — the whole shape is designed around keeping one pet’s food under a lid until that pet shows up.

The two round collar tags are part of the product, not an accessory to hunt down afterwards: clip one to each allowed pet’s collar, register them on the feeder, and the system is complete.

Product Details

Not specified by the manufacturer and therefore not claimed here: bowl capacity, portion weights, battery type, and whether a power adapter or cable is included in the box.

Care

• Register before the first meal — clip a tag to each allowed pet’s collar, register the tags, and watch the lid open for the right pet once before you rely on it.
• One feeder, one diet — if two pets eat two different prescription foods, each diet gets its own feeder and its own registered tags.

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