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Automatic animal feeder: relax and keep an eye on the health of pets

The new Aqara device is a smart animal feeder. Feed your pet remotely or set up a schedule. With the help of a smart feeder, you can track your pet’s appetite and maintain its healthy weight.

Solves problems

Forgot to feed

Set up automatic feeding according to a schedule, so as not to waste time when you are late for work, and not to worry about whether the pet is fed or not.
Let’s go on vacation

You can not only set up a schedule, but also give out food remotely. For example, if on vacation you noticed from the camera that the pet asks for more food. The volume of the feeder is 4 liters, which can hold up to 1.7 kg of feed.

We monitor the healthy weight of the pet

Some animals, especially sterilized ones, are overweight. This negatively affects lifestyle and can cause diabetes. In such cases, it is important to monitor the time and amount of food that the pet consumes during the day. In this case, the device can help – just set the values in the application. This can be configured using the device.

How it works

Calculation of grams. There are no scales in the feeder. Therefore, the feed is taken into account in portions. That is, for the first time you load the feed into the container, press the issue of one serving and hang the number of grams in one serving on other scales. By selecting a value in the application, you choose how many servings to give out for one feeding. If your pet needs 16 grams of food at one meal, and one serving weighs 8 grams – just mark the value of two servings.

Power supply of the device. The feeder is connected to a 220 V network via a USB cable from the kit. 3 LR-20 batteries are used for backup power. When the device is powered by a network, it retransmits the Zigbee signal. Be careful: the power supply and batteries are not included. It seems that the name is about pet nutrition, and not about the operation of the device
Don’t be afraid

The feeding schedule is automatic. Even if the hub or router fails, the feeder will continue to automatically give out food.

The electricity was turned off — there is a backup charge in the device. Two LR-20 batteries. Therefore, if the electricity is turned off, the feeder will continue to give out food.

Features in the app

The device keeps records of how many grams of feed the pet consumes and when the feed was issued. So you can track the pet’s appetite and the amount of nutrients received.
The device can play pre-recorded audio. To record it – click on the button on the body of the feeder. Record a voice message for the time when the pet gets food
The feed can be given out through the button on the feeder. The app has a „child lock“ feature. Also in the application there is an option to turn off the indicator light so that it does not interfere at night.
Automation

If the pet is at the feeder, let it give him a portion of food. The motion sensor will register that the animal has come to the feeder, and then automation will work.

Keep an eye on the pet after feeding through the G3 camera. Thus, you can be sure that the pet has eaten. And just be touched by your pet and see what he does without you 🙂

You can buy an automatic animal feeder in our online store with free delivery for orders from 5,000 rubles.

Attention! To work in the Smart Home ecosystem, Aqara Home requires a Smart Home Center (hub) with Zigbee 3.0 support: Aqara M2, Aqara M1S, Aqara M1S (Gen 2), Camera Hub G2H, Camera Hub G2H Pro, Camera Hub G3, Aqara E1.