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I had seen reviews for this product in other places, with complaints that when the tag is hanging into the bowl, which it will naturally do when the animal is eating, the cover shuts. I found this to be true. However, I followed the advice of another person who overcame the problem by sewing the tag onto the collar. Instead of sewing, I simply got some double-stick Velcro, sewed half to the collar, and stuck the other half on the tag. Sticking it directly to the collar means that the front of the tag is always pointing "enough" toward the sensor to keep the cover open.
The other thing I noticed when the tag was hanging, was that it would ding musically against the cat's glass water bowl, and then dangle into the water. I'm thinking that repeated dunking is probably not so great for the electronics, which also makes me think that the product might not work so well for an outdoor cat.
Once the tag situation was under control, it only took the cat, who is actually pretty skittish, a couple days to get used to the opening and closing. At first, she would grab a bite and pull it out of the bowl, and of course the cover would close, scaring her a bit. But she'd keep going back for more. Eventually (and fairly quickly) she built up enough confidence to keep her head in the bowl and eat until she was done.
This bowl has solved the problem I bought it for: Skinny Cat is skittish and only eats a little at a time, so I try to leave her bowl out all day long. Pudgy Cat finishes her own food in one go, then goes to Skinny Cat's bowl looking for dessert, or a midnight snack. Now, Pudge is limited to her own food, while Skinny can have as much as she wants. I think that Pudge may have already lost a few ounces in 2 weeks and Skinny Cat seems content.
If WonderBowl made the tag for the product so that it would slide along, or clamp onto the collar rather than dangling, it would definitely get 5 stars from me.
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