Eating and flipping bowls.
So I've been seeing my guinea pig, Patches, flipping her food bowas over ever since I got her. She is only 11 months old, is there a way I can get her to stop? Whenever she is out she makes a mess and it's hard to clean. She has a small yellow bowl around an inch and a half high. Is it because the food bowl is too big?
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It's because guinea pigs are wired to flip food bowls.
Your only hope of that not happening in in the choice of bowl you use. I use a soap dish with the sides flared out at the bottom, and in many years of owning guinea pigs, it's only been flipped once. There's also a thing called a StayBowl a lot of people have had good luck with -- you can get them on Amazon. Chewy.com also has some flared bowls.
Your only hope of that not happening in in the choice of bowl you use. I use a soap dish with the sides flared out at the bottom, and in many years of owning guinea pigs, it's only been flipped once. There's also a thing called a StayBowl a lot of people have had good luck with -- you can get them on Amazon. Chewy.com also has some flared bowls.
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I have three pigs currently. One of them will deliberately put a foot on the lip of the bowl and cause it to spill. I think he's lazy. Doesn't seem to matter how full or what kind of bowl. He's big enough to tip them all. You could try a bowl affixed to the side of the cage.
I do, and she wants nothing to do with it, cause the ones on the side of the cages are taller, but my rabbit uses one. Also, she grabs it from the far end of the bowl, and twists her head so it's flipped and all the food flies out.
I picked up a couple of the stamped steel bowls that look like this. One big one for veggies and one small one for pellets or treats
The Pellets are in small but hefty ramekins/mini casserole dishes which only Chunkita seems to be able to tip over
You can see them and the other bowls in this picture
The Pellets are in small but hefty ramekins/mini casserole dishes which only Chunkita seems to be able to tip over
You can see them and the other bowls in this picture
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When I have a bowl flipper in the cage, I surround the bowl with concrete tiles. Keeps the nails trimmed as well and reduces clipping sessions. The tiles clean well in in a dishwasher, or by hand after a soak in soapy water with disinfectant.
I am sure they do it to make looking for that perfect pellet easier, lol.
I am sure they do it to make looking for that perfect pellet easier, lol.