food dish problems.

[nonniemorris]

For the past week or so I've been having to change my chins food everyday, so I've had to throw a lot away too.

I've kept seeing the food go into clumps because it's wet, first of all I thought one of the chins were peeing in it, because Pip did that when I first brought him home and changed his food (I thought it was his way of saying, 'I want the old stuff back and I want it now!')

But I'm just not so sure now, I've been watching them today and I haven't seen either of them sit on the food or anything.

So then I thought, maybe drooling in the food? I went into panic mode and started thinking what if my babies have malo. But I checked the fur on their chins and chests and they're both dry, and if the food had only just been drooled in a few hours ago, they'd still be wet...

So now I'm just out of ideas, do any of you guys have any thoughts or have experienced anything similar? Help!

 

[Essentia]

Definitely sounds like someone is peeing in the dish, even if you don't see them do it. I would recommend getting a dish like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Pet-Scatter-less-Ceramic-Feeder/dp/B0002ASC94

or

http://www.amazon.com/Prevue-Produc...?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1313361038&sr=1-3

 

[nonniemorris]

Definitely sounds like someone is peeing in the dish, even if you don't see them do it. I would recommend getting a dish like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Pet-Scatter-less-Ceramic-Feeder/dp/B0002ASC94

That looks fantastic, thanks. Do you have any ideas about anything I could do in the meantime to stop them peeing in it?

 

[ChinnyMom]

you could put a shelf in their cage that is right above the food dish, giving the chins only room to stick their head under the shelf to get at the food dish, but not enough room for them to get in there and sit on/in the food dish and pee in it.

 

[nonniemorris]

you could put a shelf in their cage that is right above the food dish, giving the chins only room to stick their head under the shelf to get at the food dish, but not enough room for them to get in there and sit on/in the food dish and pee in it.

that is a great idea! I know just the spot, thanks!