Best small animal automatic feeders according to redditors

A piece of friendly advice: I notice there is some digging of the rug going on, which might be unsafe if she eats any of the small bits. I highly recommend this indoor/outdoor rug instead - it is easy to clean, inexpensive, and due to a tight weave hard to chew or dig, and looks great. It fantastic and a lot of bunny parents use it.

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Also consider adding an xpen for the bunny to your set up... sorry but this cage is too small for the bun of this size especially. Bunnies need at least 4 by 4 ft of space at all time to be healthy and happy.

A cage is not enough, this is true during the night also and when you are sleeping. Rabbits are crepuscular - meaning most active at night and early mornings as prey animals, so they are quite active often when humans sleep...

I totally understand the idea of having the bun in a more secure space when you are asleep but given the crepuscular schedule I mentioned above try to expand that space from just a cage. You can get an xpen or some NIC grids and attach them to the cage edges with some zipties such that the hutch door always leads to a larger but still more secure space for him. Kind of like in here or this picture or this or this.

You might consider doing something like this and this. They are using a large dog crate (though you could use a medium size maybe too if bun has an xpen attached) and they added a second floor to it also. The person kindly shared their set up and how they made it in this thread.

My guide on bunny care here has tips on how to set up bunny housing if you'd like to take a look https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z_IvDuy5Fr-VOKwBVBSmZih0m1ATCIquIMhYyFl4aIw

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Diet:

I also see very little hay in the cage - it super hard to get out of that hay rack you have... hay is 90% of their diet and critical to digesting and keeping the teeth from overgrowing. You need to make sure good quality unlimited hay is available at all times and is a good hay eater. In that rack he will never be a good hay eater.

Instead of putting it in the rack or in addition to that, also put a HEAPING pile of hay on one corner of his cage for him to eat or get a hay rack like this or this.



The correct diet for an adult bunny is - UNLIMITED hay, 1/4 cup MAX of plain pellets per day (not colorful bits or seed in them, and do not give unlimited pellets), 1 to 2 cups of green leafy veggies. Carrot, kale, and fruit only as occasional very small treats. No yogurt drops or processed sugars.

My guide has more details.... please consider this advice as it will save a lot of money in vet bills.

Cardboard boxes with shredded paper, pieces of cardboard, paper towel rolls, and some hay stuffed inside with a tunnel attached is by far my buns' favorite toys. They love going in and ripping everything apart and finding hay/treats to eat. Bunnies love cardboard boxes in general. They'll rip them apart and move them around, chew on 'em, make hidey holes, climb on them. I'll even cut out some holes on the side of the boxes and stuff cardboard tubes frayed at the ends/stuffed with hay for them to have fun with.

Tunnels rank at number 2 favorite toy. Their favorite is the crinkley cat tunnels which have holes throughout them they can dart out. They like the crinkle noise too.

They love manipulating objects, hard plastic slinkies (not metal ones!) are fun for them ... and to watch, haha. Hard plastic baby rattles, baby keys, etc. Just no gel/soft plastic as it would be easy for them to bite and ingest.
http://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Toys_and_Games This has an awesome list of toys and also places to buy bun toys. I've bought cottontail cottages, activity tables, rosewood activity trees, etc--buns love them all! But they are expensive for sure. The activity tables last forever but it would definitely be cheaper to build one !

Oh, also--I would recommend games like the Teach N Treat for mental stimulation as well: http://www.amazon.com/Hagen-Living-World-Teach-Treat/dp/B004HYW9B8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393474030&sr=8-1&keywords=teach+n+treat

There are tons of dog and cat games like that too that buns will love: http://www.amazon.ca/Trixie-4594-Products-Solitaire-White/dp/B0057G1WT0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EH8O533V5DMS&coliid=I346NPTH7GATHZ

Also they love moving around these treat balls when you stuff em with pellets: http://www.amazon.com/Smarter-Toys-Treat-Inches-Colors/dp/B003ARUKTG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393474058&sr=8-2&keywords=treat+ball

They love games that have anything to do with eating/end result being eating. :P

http://www.amazon.ca/Kitty-Mansions-Memphis-Tree-Beige/dp/B0043Z0EUE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EH8O533V5DMS&coliid=IHU58PNBHRME6 CAT TREES! Build your own if you want! Make sure if you buy one to cover any non-safe bun material.

I also got them one of these: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0038B2EKM/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00005C5H4/ref=oh_details_o02_s05_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Stack cups! Put treats between them and watch them knock them over and nom the treats. :)

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00000IZQP/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i05?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They also like knocking these off.

http://www.amazon.ca/Super-Pet-Tropical-Fiddle-Stick/dp/B000HHO26E/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EH8O533V5DMS&coliid=I1Y9U0EEWOMV8N These things!

http://www.amazon.ca/Ware-711-Roller-Assorted-Colors/dp/B001CQFDJY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EH8O533V5DMS&coliid=I3D5TZDNHU5HM8 This makes eating hay a bit more fun for them. :)

My boys love rolling around and destroying these: http://www.amazon.ca/Peters-Woven-Grass-Play-Ball/dp/B0009YJ3OG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EH8O533V5DMS&coliid=I2VYO2771IW0LJ

Bunnies really enjoy long-term projects, which is why they like the dig boxes I described in the first paragraph so much. They dig and rearrange the boxes foreeever until I make a new one for them.

X-pen: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083ZWZ2K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cage: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0098L1Z9C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Litter boxes: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075QFPB5C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Baby mat: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071NSPSN3/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hay feeder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072C5LTY5/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Kiwi cushion: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MPWWWDW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Kiwi bowl (non-tippable): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1L597Q/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Fleece blankets: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C1P3Z1B/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Wooden toys: https://www.farmerdavepetsupply.com/organic-apple-chew-toy-combination-pack

The hay doesn't have to literally be in the litter box. I use a setup similar with paper and pine pellet bedding with a hay manger hanging into the litter box. Give that a try!

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Hay Manger i have

Ret-conned's cardboard box idea is extremely effective and popular, but it's understood that not everyone likes the aesthetics of a cardboard box in their bunny's cage. I've seen very simple wooden boxes created (looking somewhat like a mail sorter) and I've also seen people use a litter pan with wooden bolts pushes through the bottom, and they weave the hay around it. They say the bunny doesn't get hurt on the bolts but I've never tried it when I had rabbits so I wouldn't know.

It's honestly not expensive to buy one, and for the cost of materials (unless you go the cardboard route) it would probably actually cost you more than buying a wire one. Amazon has a nice one for under $5 here

It's this one on amazon! We chose it over this style because we were worried she'd figure out how to reach her greedy little paws up in there!

Also yay for chubby black cats ♡♡

https://www.amazon.com/Niteangel-Wooden-Manger-Large-Plywood/dp/B06XGGKH8T

It’s good with the longer cuts of hay. I just don’t like the short shreds.

Maybe something like those rabbit gravity feeder troughs but it can stand on its own with an overhang to keep the trough part dry.

I dream about a feeder that can fit 50 lbs of feed into it LOL

In addition to the air filter, stop using hay as litter. No need to have that much loose hay about. I'm really allergic to hay as well, but I have had zero issues since I stopped using the hay as litter. I have a hay feeder that I only have to refill about once or twice a week so Sail gets his fill, and I cover my mouth and nose with a bandana and wear gloves when I refill it. I haven't had any reactions since I started giving Sailor hay that way, and he's pretty happy with the arrangement. He loves pulling the hay out of the feeder and sometimes even hopping in! (I don't use the lid, and he's still a teeny little thing).

Don't give up, and please please please please please please don't euthanize. There's absolutely no reason for that at all. Someone out there will be willing to take him off your hands if you can't resolve this problem. If you can afford euthanasia, you can afford to drive him to someone else who would be willing to take care of him that's outside of your immediate area. I'm sorry that you're in this situation, but putting him down is definitely not the answer.

I got a hay rack a lot like this. I hang it over his litter box since Wesley likes to eat and poop at the same time.

From the 80's, probably Back to the Future. From the 90's probably The Silence of the Lambs.
"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."-Back to the Future
"Well, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming?"-The Silence of the Lambs
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"Now that's a knife"
Which is from Crocodile Dundee

from amazon !! i should warn you in case you might run into a similar issue — my piggies are really picky and like to select the hay they eat and like to use the rest as bedding/to burrow in (theyre boars if that matters). when they got this feeder, they were eating less hay and it worried me so i had to take it off the side of the cage and lay it down inside the cage. granted i didnt wait that long and should have let them get used to it but i didnt want them to feel like they didnt have access to hay. im only warning you bc it is 40$ which is a bit much, esp if you cant use it the way it was intended.