I have a horse who drags his feed pan all over while he eats. I like to keep it on a rubber mat so dropped feed is not in the dirt… I have seen feed pans with really wide “lips” around the base but cannot find them now… any other suggestions welcome. Note I do not want to bolt it down or tie to to the fencepost for a variety of reasons (safety, the need to dump it when it rains, the need to clean it… etc).
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I have a horse who drags his feed pan all over while he eats. I like to keep it on a rubber mat so dropped feed is not in the dirt… I have seen feed pans with really wide “lips” around the base but cannot find them now… any other suggestions welcome. Note I do not want to bolt it down or tie to to the fencepost for a variety of reasons (safety, the need to dump it when it rains, the need to clean it… etc).[/QUOTE]
You mean like this one?
You can also bolt a regular rubber feed pan to a piece of thicker rubber mat.
I took one of the plastic 50#salt block holders and mounted a rubber feeder to it by drilling through the center of rubber feed pan… a single bolt and ended up with all rounded edges so George couldn’t play with his feeder
one of these types of 50 pound block holders
https://www.equestriancollections.com/horse-barn-stable-supplies-equipment/horse-barn-stable-supplies/salt-licks-blocks-holders/pan-for-50-salt-block-sbp-10?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&scid=scplp15120193&sc_intid=203-293784&gclid=Cj0KEQjwyozABRDtgPTM0taCrKsBEiQATk6xDnQ-snytb7seEhfWcFwdodUZTEwMLtswnfEaNgitXFcaAgQG8P8HAQ
and a rubber feeder like this that fitted tightly into the holder
https://www.equestriancollections.com/horse-barn-stable-supplies-equipment/horse-stall-supplies/buckets-feeders-waterers/rubber-feed-pan-hp2
cost wasn’t anything as I had these things here… but retail about $10
There’s one in every crowd.
I take a half sheet of plywood, pressure treated last longer. Cut it into a circle and used my router with a round over bit to “smooth” the edges. This can be done with a regular hand sander also. We’re not making furniture.
Even something this big attached to the feed tub some horses still try and pick it up. If the circle is big enough most horses have to stand so they can’t pick up. Some still manage so the rounded edges keeps them from cutting a leg.
Bolt a rubber, not plastic feed tub to it with 3-4 bolts. Rounded heads with washers.
Taking an old tire and stuffing a rubber tub into works also. Most of the time. I don’t like the look.
Thanks,
He pushes it around doesnt pick it up…
that mowl is close… looks like I could still dump it fairly easily, since this is FLorida and we get regular rain and heavy dew…
Maybe this is more what you had in mind?
http://www.sstack.com/product/hcp-ground-feeder-6-gallon/
You could bolt one of those to a rubber mat.
I see you are in FL & that eating grain off sandy ground could be a concern, so maybe the Mowl is your best - albeit pricy - bet.
I can go you one better:
My TWH not only picks up his pan, but shakes it so any tiny oat left at the edge is moved to the center where it can be lipped up.
He repeats this until the pan is empty & will then pick it up to show me the sad state of emptyness :rolleyes:
I have a habit of leaving the stall doors ajar after putting hay down & until grain is fed.
Often this results in TWH’s pan being flung into the aisle… ya know, like perhaps I had not noticed it was empty…
When my horse that needs medication was fed in the larger, horse pan, he too played with it.
I tried a small rubber pan and he eats out of it without moving it around at all.
You may want to try that, if you are using a large pan, if a smaller one could possibly help him eat it all in one place, at once?
Here he is, with his friend the one up, one down eared scrawny rabbit:
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Maybe this is more what you had in mind?
http://www.sstack.com/product/hcp-ground-feeder-6-gallon/
You could bolt one of those to a rubber mat.[/QUOTE]
thats more like what I’m looking for. Heavy enough that he might not pull it around ( he pulls it, doesn’t push it…)
(And the stories are great, thanks 2dogs!!)
What about going the old feeder in the tire route?
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What about going the old feeder in the tire route?[/QUOTE]
Yes- we have one of these feeders that fits in a tire- for a horse who always dumped his feed. would be difficult to push around.
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e0763b-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&gas=tire%20feeder
Nosebag. Mine throws tires around, breaks tubtrugs, flings fence feeders and is generally a hooligan. A nosebag is the only way.
