Hehe...I was just WAITING for someone to mentionthis. My husband and I FINALLY found something to keep ourbuns from dumping their food bowls!!!! I'll post somethingseparate about it, too, so everyone can see it readily, but here it is,in reply to your situation.
We bought each bun one of these (took out the screws, of course):
Which their food bowls fit in EXACTLY, and they're made out of hardplastic. Their technical name is"
Ezduit2 Gang Box 1/2" Knockout", and they're basically plasticelectrical boxes (what the wires for certain switches, etc. hang outin, inside your wall). They're PERFECT!!
We just took a couple of binder clips and clipped each part that sticksout to the cage, and they haven't been able to dump their food bowlssince!! It got SO bad, to the point where they weren'tdumping them because there was any lack of food...they were dumpingFULL bowls of food!! Argh!! This is completelysolved our problem, and they're CHEAP, too!!
Here's the food bowls we use:
We got them from Petco, and I believe they're the 3" diameterbowls. Fits PERFECTLY in the electrical box!
I'm so glad I married an electrician! You can use binderclips to clip other things (like litterboxes and hay racks) to thecage, too. I had to use two clips per hay rack (which I'llprovide a picture for, too) because they were just having a time ofscooting and dumping them all over the place!
Here's what we use for hay racks (we take out the metal things you see in the top):
It's technically called a "mud pan", and is another idea of myhusband's. When I encounter a problem, I just tell him theproblem and see if he knows something that would suit the need, and heusually does! They're all such inexpensive solutions,too!
Rosie*
