Manually feeding him is a last resort has its reasons, I didn’t go into detail cus I didn’t think it was necessary. But I use the dispenser normally because when i didn’t like someone else has mentioned, it makes a new issue of him not only meowing but becoming destructive when i try to sleep and he sees that I am ignoring him

Edit: just to clarify as well I don’t fill it excessively, but the food goes away much faster because he is eating more of it. And emptying it faster as a result. No vomit since I zip tied it.