What HA-compatible cat feeder to get in 2024?

Hi,

I am planning to buy a connected cat feeder to give the little monster dry food when I’m away. The main goal is to be sure that I see the level going down after each portion given, so that I am sure the cat gets to it and that the device is not malfunctioning because of a power outage, food getting stuck or something like this.

I am not looking for super fancy models. I have seen so far the Aqara Pet Feeder C1 (92.-), Xiaomi Feeder 2nd gen (53.-).
Is there other you would recommend ?
Thanks in advance and have a nice day

There is one from versuni:

This way your data is hosted in the EU. There is no HA integration yet so that might be a dealbreaker.


I tried making a custom integration for this Philips feeder, reversing engineering the API, but didn’t figure out fully how I wanted the information to show up like events.

I didn’t manage to get the camera feed working, that is using some other protocol I wasn’t able to get (yet)

would be so nice when you share it with us :smiley:

I am working on it at the moment!

You did ask for off-the-shelf products but I’ll share my 3D printed solution anyhow :smiley: Maybe it inspires you or others

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Got a first version for people interested to try out! Sadly some of the controls are Tuya exclusive, so it needs a rooted phone (afaik) to get the needed key for those.

The devices, meal schedules, events, powering off and disable/enable motion notifications are available!

Feel free to leave feedback or changes you would like to see, and i’ll look into it :grin:

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Petkit series have inofficial custom integrations for their cloud (China):

Petlibro is another alternative, and some of their devices are based on ESP8266 or ESP32 so can be hacked with custom ESPHome firmware:

I’m using the Aqara feeder and it works great over zigbee, no issues!

Matt