I decided to try the smaller pellet dish without the tray as I figured the dish is too small for Smoke to stand and the dish would be easier to reach without the tray. Once I had established that this was working and no pellets were being flicked out I had another light bulb moment. I decided to use two small dishes.
Solving the pellet dish problem
Look, no mess!
This means I can put out twice the amount of pellets and the girls have twice the space to get to them and there is still no mess. Hurrah!
Notice Dandelion’s head feathers are filling in at last.
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You allways manage to solve these problems in the end.
I am sure that my girls like to throw a new problem at me just to see if I can solve it! It always seems to be a work in progress but the problems get ironed out as we go along.
Well done! It’s always a problem if food is split and left, and you’ve solved it.
I am pleased that it has worked. I hate having to sweep up wasted pellets.