Tipping food bowl over

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Hello,

We are having a problem with our boar who has a habit of tipping his food bowl over. Currently he is using a small dish at ground level, and after we fill it he will take a few bites, but then knudge his snout underneath the bowl and flips it, emptying the contents into his bedding. The problem is one of food waste. Unlike the sow (same pen but separate fenced-in section) he doesn't designate a specific corner as a bathroom, so you can imagine what he ends up with after he tramples around a bit.

Our first thoughts is he did not like the bowl, so we tried swapping feeding containers, letting him try what she was using. Hers was the type that mounts to to the vertical cage walls and fills from the top, with a feeding trough at ground level. No matter, he promptly knudged his way behind it and knocked it off the wall.

So, do we have an overly difficult food critic on our hands?
Any suggestions on how to teach our 'boy' proper table manners?
 
are you using a ceramic bowl? there the best as they are usually to heavy for piggies to move :)
 
Darcy does this all the time, his food ends up on top of him, he just shakes it off and carries on!

I think I need to bolt my bowls down, he is like a bull in a china shop
 
Heavy bowls is the way forward. I've had boys do this a lot in the past. Or you can use bowls that clip into the cage depending on teh cage type you have then he couldn't tip it.

The other option might be to use something completely different. I ofton hide food etc to make my boys work for it so you could try a few tricks to keep him busy so he doesn't think about the food bowl...
 
Charlie constantly throws his bowl around (which is ceramic). He has a two tier cage and everyday he tips his food out, moves the bowl around a little and then forces it down the hole to the bottom of his cage. I think he just likes to throw things around :) he does it with everything :) x
 
Could it be his natural preference to forage as opposed to having it all in one place?

Another thought I had is the shape of the bowl might be a factor. Although it is rather small and shallow, he tends to perch his front paws on the lip and lower his head down into it to feed. That's no problem if the bowl is full, but If the content is below the lip it might be uncomfortable for him to reach for it, or am I wrong here? He didn't seem to fancy the trough either even though it was at the perfect height for him.
 
hehe oopsie naughty piggy, I must admit that I grateful for not having this problem at the moment, my piggies only tend to turn theirs over once its empty so its almost a sign that if 2 of 3 are turned over I need to refill their food lol
 
We have ceramic bowls that are weighted at the bottom... we do occasionally have tipping since one of my pigs likes to stand with her front toes on the very edge of the bowl, but I think it's probably too heavy for them to flip with their noses. Some animals seem to do weird things with the food bowls... I haven't had piggies with this issue yet, but one of my mice used to constantly empty the food dish so that she could curl up and sleep in there! LOL!
 
Sophie stands on the edge of her bowl and once it is no longer full up it tips up. result sophie is covered in food, doesn't stop her tho she carries on, in fact nine times out of ten the food bowl is stood up with her behind it!
 
After my pigs starting tipping over dishes ones look like this /[_]/(but backwards) I drilled holes in them and tied them with wire.
 
Freela said:
We have ceramic bowls that are weighted at the bottom... we do occasionally have tipping since one of my pigs likes to stand with her front toes on the very edge of the bowl, but I think it's probably too heavy for them to flip with their noses. Some animals seem to do weird things with the food bowls... I haven't had piggies with this issue yet, but one of my mice used to constantly empty the food dish so that she could curl up and sleep in there! LOL!
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Cant stop my piggies tipping the bowl over or sitting in it. They just like to forage!
 
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