LOL.....I don't think you are going to break the routine now. I have seen in pet supply catalogues automatic dishes where the cover rotates on a timer and can be set to dispense food at given times. Of course this would mean a dry food, and I'm not sure what you normally feed Toby. Perhaps a soft morsel tidbit in the a.m.s would suffice if he is not on dry kibble. They aren't that expensive....maybe thirty/forty dollars if I remember right. I think that's a cheap price to pay not to be awakened at dawn every morning by a hungry cat.

My cat wakes me up without fail at 4:30 am! It is worse now that it is spring and the birds are singing. He's up and he wants me up for company, if not for breakfast. About the only thing to do would be to shut him out of your room.