Cubby is free fed. I fill up his bowls when ever he runs out. He eats in the bedroom the most, if the bedroom door is closed he eats in the hallway, or if I am in the kitchen he will eat in the kitchen. The only one that I have to dump the food after so long is the one in the kitchen. He refuses to use that one unless I am in there watching him to make sure his bowls aren't going to attack him.