Hello fellow horse keepers! I have a few questions about feeding stations and training your horses to use them.
I have tried a couple different feeding stations and haven't had much success. Here are my issues and what I've tried...
1. A deep and wide clam shell. Pros: It looks very natural. Cons: I can't keep the mysis to stay put even moving to different areas. I do not want to have to turn off my pumps to slow the flow. Also, I still have to put my hands in the tank with a baster to get the food into and excess out.
2. A diy acrylic dish with a built in acrylic tube hitch around three sides. In therory it's awesome but too big for the current tank I have. Magnetic holder. Still have to remove it after every feeding due to the fact that it is too wide for the sides of the tank and I do not want it in the viewing pane. I want something more permanent. (That can be taken out to clean of course.)
Issues: My pony is very shy. Unless the food is in his face he just stays hitched. Should I be concerned?
My current method is using a turkey baster or long tweeezers and hand feeding him. It works but I really want to keep my hands out of the tank as much as poosible.
How do you train them to use a feeding station successfully? I see videos of others using them and the horses just go crazy! Any advice is greatly appreciated and if you have pictures of what you use that would be great!!!!
Thanks in advance,
Lisa
I have tried a couple different feeding stations and haven't had much success. Here are my issues and what I've tried...
1. A deep and wide clam shell. Pros: It looks very natural. Cons: I can't keep the mysis to stay put even moving to different areas. I do not want to have to turn off my pumps to slow the flow. Also, I still have to put my hands in the tank with a baster to get the food into and excess out.
2. A diy acrylic dish with a built in acrylic tube hitch around three sides. In therory it's awesome but too big for the current tank I have. Magnetic holder. Still have to remove it after every feeding due to the fact that it is too wide for the sides of the tank and I do not want it in the viewing pane. I want something more permanent. (That can be taken out to clean of course.)
Issues: My pony is very shy. Unless the food is in his face he just stays hitched. Should I be concerned?
My current method is using a turkey baster or long tweeezers and hand feeding him. It works but I really want to keep my hands out of the tank as much as poosible.
How do you train them to use a feeding station successfully? I see videos of others using them and the horses just go crazy! Any advice is greatly appreciated and if you have pictures of what you use that would be great!!!!
Thanks in advance,
Lisa