Anyone have a good recommendation for an automatic cat feeder?

[alarimer]

I need something for wet food. My cat wakes me up daily at 6 am for food, well before my alarm. I'm exhausted and really not sure how much more I can take, so I need a solution. I've looked at a few automatic cat feeders and they seem like they could hold wet food, especially if I freeze it first. Some have pockets for freezer packs.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[RKP5637]

1. Maybe one like this?

"TD Design Automatic Pet Feeder for Dogs & Cats | Dry & Wet Food - 5 Meals, 5 x 240ml"

https://www.amazon.com/TD-Design-Automatic-Feeder-Dogs/dp/B01LRMBEN6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1492175740&sr=8-4&keywords=cat+feeders+wet

I had a dry one for my kitty that did the same for dry food. It did not work out. He wanted me in the kitchen with him. It was just his thing that we always had to eat together, every meal. Eventually, he trained me to get up with him at 6:30 AM! LOL!!!

[alarimer]

2. He does seem to prefer to eat when we do.

I almost always go home for lunch and give him something.

But I think in the morning he really is very hungry, since I feed him around when we eat the night before.

All I really want to use it for is the early morning feeding because he is so noisy at 6 am. He will not shut up, even for a minute. Then he eats and is quiet again for a while.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Try feeding him just before bedtime.

That usually keeps my guys from stepping on my face too early the next morning.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Any chance you could also get him to eat dry food,

and that hold him until you are ready to get up?

[alarimer]

6. The vet wanted him on canned because he is an old cat.

Almost 17, now. He ate dry food for his entire life and it was never an issue, but I will ask the vet when I am there on Monday. if he can possibly have some dry food overnight.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Ohhh, I understand.

[Generic Brad]

4. My wife

She's never met a cat she would not automatically feed.

[grantcart]

8. beat me to it

[malthaussen]

9. "Human Mark I" works well. n/t

[alarimer]

10. This human is clearly falling down on the job.

I need something more reliable, especially at 6 am.