We feed Gizmo at about 6 am everyday and most of the time he doesn't eat right away. Then we feed him again around 5:30 or 6 pm and he doesn't usually eat then right away either. He just snacks through out the day and night. The only way to insure that he eats right away is when he gets wet food like once a week or every other week which he of course scarfs down right away.