Health Tech for Pets: Four Brands to Watch

Published 14 April 2023

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Shrewd brands are helping pet owners optimise the longevity of their furry friends with specially designed health-monitoring tech. Stylus shares four brands to know, spotted by our Trend Editors on the show floor of Global Pet Expo (Orlando, March 22-24).

Tably: Canadian app Tably uses artificial intelligence to assess whether a cat is experiencing pain, based on a photo of its face. Its analysis of the images is centred on the five facial cues (including ear, head and whisker position) of the pain-indicating female grimace scale.

The app is intended for repeated use to detect health patterns, especially for older cats or those with chronic illnesses. Tably is currently deployed at veterinarians’ offices, and there’s a subscription-based consumer version in the works.
The Little Cat: South Korean brand The Little Cat offers a smart bowl for felines that comes equipped with an integrated scale for monitoring the pet’s weight, and another for portioning food. It sits at the end of a circular platform, and the cat is weighed when it stands upon it. A companion app tracks its weight and sends notifications regarding any sudden changes in feeding patterns.
Mibowl: Dutch company Closer Pets updated its Mibowl smart feeder to provide comprehensive pet health insights. Using a companion app, the bowl can track the duration an animal feeds for, how much it eats, and when it eats. Every bowl can be configured for multiple pets, each of whom is identified either via its embedded microchip or a smart collar.
Honeywell: The new line of pet products from US industrial company Honeywell includes an automatic feeder, a food bowl with a built-in scale, and an activity-tracking collar. Notably, the bowl contains an insert designed to slow down fast-eating animals, which may help owners better manage their pet’s weight.

Tably

The Little Cat

Closer Pets

Honeywell

The Little Cat

Closer Pets

Honeywell