food bowl for head tilt

kt_baby9 · Feb 14, 2006

as you may know my rabbit has recently developed a head tilt. he's doing well and eating/drinking on his own but the only problem is when he tries to eat he has to reach to the other side of the food bowl so the food is at the right angle for him to eat which usually ends up with him standing on the side of the food bowl and tipping it over, then he can't eat at all! i have seen a bowl which you attach to the wires of the cage and you can tilt it to wherever you want but i stupidly didn't save the page and now i can't find it!

has anyone seen it too? any ideas?

thanx

janice · Feb 14, 2006

Surrey Pets do something like that, they are technically bird food bowls, you may even see them in a local pet shop which sells bird bits. They are known as Coop cups.

http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/Coop_Cups.html

I hope that helps

Janice

elve · Feb 14, 2006

I feed my girls using paper plates (the party type) - would that be any good?

bunnyhuggger · Feb 14, 2006

Put the food in with his hay so he has to look for it, it gives him something fun to do, rabbits don't necessarily have to eat from a bowl.

Karly · Feb 14, 2006

If you look in the cat section of a petshop you might've find some shallower dishes that are suitable? I got one for my chinchillas after one had his leg amputated as at first his balance wasn't great and a shallow dish made it easier for him. I also have another one for my bun Mary when he lost his appetite and it seemed to encourage him more if he didn't have to lean over a big bowl (he's a Nethie so only tiny himself)
The edge of them is only a couple of cm high so they don't really have to stretch their necks over them or anything

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