The 15-min delay can be set up if you feed your pet more than the minimum dispensing at once so the conveyor spaces out in between the minimum amounts of food.

I notice you mentioned that slow feed only does a minimum of 1/4 cup. I was hoping it would do this for 1/8th. Did you learn this from experience or do you have source material that I can look at? I can’t find this anywhere. My cat eats so fast and I thought I finally found the right product but 1/4 is too much in 15 minutes for her.

Thank you,

Ron

Hello, if you use batteries you just need to remove them from the feeder and this way the unit won’t dispense.

Hello Yinyin, the PetSafe Smart Feed auto feeder doesn’t have a special protector but instead, it has a special chute that prevents cats from stealing the food. Cats simply won’t be able to get food from this chute. To get one piece of kibble from the chute takes for the cat to stick its entire arm inside up the chute and move around its arm with a lot of strength and patience to get one piece of kibble, sometimes none. If your cat is a very special and persistent feline and you think it could do something like this (very rare) I wouldn’t recommend it, instead, I would suggest you to get the Honey Guaridan S25. You can check my review here.