Jeff,

Side note...nice to see you active on the forum again. Always find your post valueable and informative.

Your response pretty much answers the "why" question for me. I work all day, and want to insure a steady stream of prey items for the animals in my outdoor enclosure while I'm away. The answer is some sort of timed feeder. As was suggested, I did a some checking into fish feeders and found that the FISH MATE AUTO FEEDER might be a viable solution. Will keep all informed on my findings.

Thanks,
Roger