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No, the would is not modifying time relationships. If it had "have", then it would:

You know what probably would have happened if I had fed the cat?

I think I drop the "had" sometimes in similar situations, but it might be a grammar error.

I'll take out the "have":

You know what would happen if I fed the cat?

Now we are talking about the future, you could say. We are using the continuous.

But it looks like you understand numbers 1 and 2