Best wet food feeder for Norwegian Forest Cat

So your carousel wet-food feeder has given up — that's a common story, unfortunately. Carousel-style feeders for wet food tend to fail faster than dry feeders because the rotating mechanism and moisture don't mix well long-term, and they're notoriously hard to clean properly, which is a real hygiene concern with wet food. Before I point you to something better, let me ask: is this just for the one Norwegian Forest Cat, are you primarily using the feeder for scheduled meals while you're at work, or is it more about travel cover? And are you happy to move away from the carousel format entirely if it means something more reliable?

That's a really straightforward use case — two scheduled wet meals across a ten-hour window for one cat. The thing to avoid is any sealed-lid timed feeder where the lid sits on top of wet food for hours, because those trap heat and smell, and the seals degrade quickly. What I'd actually steer you toward is the SureFeed Microchip Pet Feeder. It's not a multi-meal scheduler on its own, but paired with two units on a timer plug or used as a portion-controlled meal station, it's genuinely the most hygienic wet-food solution out there. Before I go further — does she have any issues with other cats or pets getting into her food, or is it purely a scheduling need?

SureFeed markets it that way but it's much more useful than that framing suggests. For a single-cat household where hygiene and reliability are the priority, I'd actually recommend the Cat Mate C500 Automatic Pet Feeder. It holds five meals in individual sealed compartments, has a digital timer, and — crucially — each portion is properly isolated so wet food in one compartment doesn't affect the others. The lid mechanism is simple and mechanical rather than electronic, which is exactly why cheap carousel feeders fail: they overcomplicate the moving parts. The C500 is easy to disassemble, the trays go straight in the dishwasher, and it's been around long enough that the reliability is proven. For your setup, you'd programme meals two and three — she'd have had her morning meal from you — and it handles the midday and late-afternoon feeds cleanly.

The timer is a simple digital display with two buttons — you set it once and it runs on a 24-hour cycle. It's genuinely one of the more straightforward feeders to programme; most people have it sorted in under five minutes. One practical tip: with wet food, give the compartment trays a quick rinse every two to three days even if you're running it daily, just because wet food residue builds up in the joints. Norwegian Forest Cats can be particular eaters and a slightly stale smell can put them off, so keeping it fresh matters. You can find the Cat Mate C500 on Amazon UK for around £40–£45, which is reasonable for what it does. It's the one I'd buy in your situation without hesitation.

Good call. One last thing worth knowing: Norwegian Forest Cats are prone to being food-motivated and will sometimes try to nose the compartments open before the timer releases them — the C500's lid latch is firm enough to resist that, but it's worth watching for the first week to make sure she's not outsmarting it. They're clever cats. You should be in great shape with this one.