Kicking all the food out the food bowl

[Frumpydumple]

Another question.

Nova sometimes kicks the food out the food bowl and I don't know why.

One minute he is sitting quietly, the next minute he runs to the bowl, jumps in and starts kicking all the food out. I thought maybe he doesn't like what's in it, but he does eat sometimes. He has seed and pellets in the bowl.

It's really funny to watch, but why does he do this?

 

[RavensGryf]

Usually when I've seen that it's because they're looking for a certain something in there like a certain kind of seed. Especially when there is no more of the wanted item left, they're really digging and searching for it and getting the other junk they're not interested in out of the way.

 

[Frumpydumple]

Usually when I've seen that it's because they're looking for a certain something in there like a certain kind of seed. Especially when there is no more of the wanted item left, they're really digging and searching for it and getting the other junk they're not interested in out of the way.

I don't know what he's looking for then. He was fed mostly sunflower seeds at his old home, but he does have some sunflower seeds in his bowl.

He actually seems to like the pellets more than the seed, but he kicks the pellets out too...

 

[RavensGryf]

Hm, I don't know then. Maybe just playing?

 

[Frumpydumple]

Hm, I don't know then. Maybe just playing?

Maybe, I don't know. He just stops whatever he is doing and runs to the bowl to kick the food out. It's hilarious. I might get a video of it.

 

[henpecked]

Try putting less in the dish or using a shallow tray with the food spread out more. See what he eats first. My zons will often throw out nonfavorite stuff in their fresh food dish. After the 'good" stuff is gone, they'll go back and pick up other things that were just"ok". I now use a very shallow tray where they can see everything being offered and don't have to "dig". Only stuff littering the cage now is stuff they drop. Alot less messy.

 

[FluffyYellowBird]

Norman sometimes climbs into his pot and throws out what he doesn't like. He laughs when the pot is empty :0

 

[Frumpydumple]

I found out why he was doing this. He doesn't like having his food mixed. I was putting pellets, seed and almonds in together and he didn't like that. I gave him just seed and he didn't kick it out. Although, when he ate all the seed and there was only husks left I came back to the bowl tipped on its side with nothing left in it.

 

[Lo_Liv]

If my Pancake is throwing food out of the bowl because the favorite seed is gone, should I change the food to include more of it? It looks like 75% of his food is going into the floor. Picky thing ::

 

[LordTriggs]

I would include none of his favorite and have that become his treat food

much easier to get them to do what you want when a favorite thing is on offer