How do i....

[dray123]

Stop my horse tipping/playing with his feed bucket and spilling feed over the floor?

I've tried putting his bucket in a tyre and he still gets it over!
Suggestions please :

 

[Enfys]

Walk away and let him get on with it?

Give him a feed ball?

Feed him on the floor?

Tip his feed on a section of hay?

Use a fixed corner manger with bars?

Make a concrete feed trough? (Take two rubber skips, put concrete mix in the biggest one and push the smaller one inside, remove when dry...simple) He'll still chuck his food about but not the trough.

In stalls if my horses chuck their food/bowls about then that is their lookout, they can either hoover up or go without.

Outside I just dump food on the ground or on piles of hay.

 

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*applauds*

I think that covered all points!

 

[spotty_pony]

What about using a bucket which hooks over the door? IMO if thy tip it over, let them. It is a horse's natural way of eating to forage for it's food. Also, it will last longer if he has to search for it!

 

[Emily91]

IMO if thy tip it over, let them. It is a horse's natural way of eating to forage for it's food. Also, it will last longer if he has to search for it!

kind of agree with this ^

often they tip it cos it natural.

Other thing I would suggest is a bigger feed bowl? my gelding used to to it and we worked out that he did it because he couldnt get his big nose into it very well to eat. So got him a bigger flatter rubber skip and he didnt do it as much.

Hope that helps

 

[ThePony]

My mare takes a mouthful of food, then paws at her bowl and tips it right over. Once it hits the floor it is up to her to eat it. If she doesn't then she can't be that hungry. She does hoover up every scrap though so I leave her to eat her tea as she chooses! I do put her bowl in the corner away from her bedding as she is on shavings and I'd rather she didn't eat them too.