Ive had Steve, my BP, for almost 7 years now but in the last year I havent been the best owner. I got a dog that I spoil to death and put all of my energy into and ive noticed that I dont spend nearly enough time on the upkeep of Steves cage.

To make things worse my $250 mini freezer broke a year ago and the $100+ worth of contents went bad and there was some leaking on the carpet. I was really good about feeding him on time when I had a bulk supply in my house but Ive been getting worse now that I have to go to petco and dont have the option of storing anything in the kitchen freezer if he doesnt eat. I dont think I can invest in the previous setup again since the wife is still traumatized by the idea of rat juice in the carpet.

Ive been thinking for the past 6 months about finding him a better home vs trying to optimize/automate my current setup (switching from high maintenance 45 gal glass tank to a tub which I assume is much easier?) Im still not sure how to improve the feeding system though. Any suggestions or perspective?