how much food does this dispense per cycle? a tablespoon? is the amount programmable?
1408492
You can adjust it in 2 Ways. The little gray door is adjustable so you can open it a little or all the way. The feeder works by spinning and dropping food when the door is pointed down. The second way is to program the number of spins, up to 3. I'd say the it will drop about a tablespoon per turn with the door all the way open.
1408493
The dispenser it's like a little door and you can adjust depend how much food do you want and how many times. it works really good!
1408494
You can adjust the amount that comes out. Maybe a tablespoon if opened all the way. There is slide door its not programmable. I hope this helps.
1408495
However much you desire. It has a door that you simply slide up and down to adjust how much is despensed.
1450908
Hi the amount of beans dispensed is variable, it can be one or three. You cannot set the quantity.Charles
1184533
No, this is a single dispensing feeder...however, there is another one with 2 compartments so you can program for 2 feedings. Otherwise, you would need to get the digital feeders that can be programmed for multiple feedings...drawback with those, however, is that portions are not accurate or kibble gets jammed so no food is dispensed �
732612
According to instructions use 5 Tablespoons per gallon of water for heavy duty-3 Tablespoons for general control. I believe there are 64 Tablespoons per 32 ounces.
608804
It depends on how much you set it up to feed and the size of your food. I was gone for 9 days, worked fine for me. It is complicatied to program, but once you figure it out it will make sense, but it did take me a while......
43770
Hi, yes. When I first received the feeder and set it up, I tested it with a cup of kibble. At first it was dispensing about a tablespoon and I carefully fiddled with it for about 10 minutes to get the desire 1/4 cup I was looking for. You shouldn't have any problem with a tablespoon, you just have to spend some time re-calibrating it.
1142806
Depends - I only use about 1tablespoon. The container says 30 servings but I get more like 40-50.
1106101
The feeder will dispense up to two cups per meal. I have mine set at 1/4 cup per meal and it spits out closer to 1/3 cup. You do have to make sure the dispensing are is kept cleared or it will stop working and flash an error message. All in all I think its a great unit.
412154
I've not tried myself, however this is very powerful software. You can change almost any parameter in a recipe, including total batch size and it calculates the results for you.
233761
U have to reprogram it every day. U would be better off getting the automatic feeder that has 5 separate bowls. It runs on 4 D batteries n u set the timers digitally. Then all u need to do is fill them. It's more expensive but worth it. I have 3 feeders at my house. Love it!
1730471
There are codes for many raw ingredients in the booklet, but you can't save the values you entered for nutrients to a code (though that would be a nice feature) so they will need to be re-entered each time you turn it on. It may be quicker to calculate by hand after weighing, or if you're tracking many nutrients then enter the multipliers in a spreadsheet (a free Google documents spreadsheet, perhaps?)
2031939
You do not need to program it each day. But you DO need to check it each day to make sure it's not stuck. I bought 2 feeders and neither feeder works very well. I've used different kinds of food and the feeder works for a day or so, and then gets "stuck" and quits allowing the food to come out. So I have to start all over. If I had to do it over again, I would not buy this feeder.
889410
There is a setting for determining how much food is dispensed. It goes in 1/2 cup increments. You can set meals to be delivered up to 3 times a day. You can select when the food is dispense and how much for each of the 3 times of day. Be prepared to get the electrical converter. Batteries do not last long.
796501
What is dispensed is determined by how much the animal eats. There is no timer on this inexpensive model. In our case, we have two cats.I do not see that you can control the amount of food eaten each day unless only put out a certain amount. Don't need this to do that.
941155
The feeder does not "dispense" food it measures how much they typically eat over a 3 day period. You then cut back their food on a percentage basis. For example setting the Adjust AutoDiet to -30% will cut back your pets habitual feeding by 30%. You can also manually override all the settings but it is recommended that you allow the AutoDiet Wizard to measure and set the allowances for you, then with an accurate baseline you can periodically adjust the AutoDiet setting until your pet is the perfect weight.
2274264
I'm not sure but I have it dispensing about 1/8 of a cup 4 times per day and that is working just fine. I also have this plastic ball that has holes in in that i will put a tablespoon of dry food in it and he pushes it around with his nose and eats what comes out, this i do 2x per day and I also supplement his food with half a 3oz. can of food at dinner time. He does seem to be losing weight now or at least it seems like he has!
765925
It dispenses the same amount each time. Of course you can reset the amount when you want to, but that's the setting that will be in effect until you change it again.