Ergo Systems "Eight Day" (8 day) Automatic Pet Feeder. Feeds your cat or dog wet or dry food.

Here's an automatic pet feeder that can handle both wet and dry food and lets you set the feeding schedule to the minute. Feed your pet whenever you want to, up to eight times a day. You determine when the food is available, not gravity ... and not your gluttonous pet.

This feeder has a fully programmable, battery-powered, digital timer (see below) that gives you complete control over when — and how much — you feed your cat or dog. With its eight large feeding chambers, you can feed your pet up to 12 ounces of food per meal... or as little as you want over an eight-meal period. That's more food and more feedings than most other automatic pet feeders can handle, making it more appropriate for larger dogs than the other brands. An added feature is the recording device that lets you "call" your pet to the feeder each time it operates.

You can also use it to administer medication when combined with food. Just program the digital timer to operate this automatic pet feeder as many as eight times in a single day, or as little as once a week. You can even set it to feed at different times on different days. And unlike some feeders, if you want to feed your cat or dog once a day at 4:00 a.m., you don't have to get up at 4:00 a.m. just to set the timer!

The 8-Day feeder includes freezer packs to help keep wet food cool. (However, like all freezer packs on the market, they only extend the life of wet food by a couple of hours.)

(If you're looking for a sophisticated, programmable electronic automatic pet feeder with a large capacity for dry food, consider the Autopetfeeder, also by Ergo Systems. And don't forget to provide an automatic watering device. We've got them for indoor and outdoor pets.)