Why Is My Guinea Pig Tipping His Food Bowl Over

Guinea pigs will dump their food bowl because of several reasons.

Why is my guinea pig tipping his food bowl over. Guinea pigs are naughty little tykes and always want to know what it behind the bowl or what is under it. When our pig is particularly hungry i guess he simply tips the bowl over then eats. My guinea pig only eats the raisin things from his seed mix and fresh carrots. We tried heavy ceramic and other bowls but the challenge is guinea pigs should only have 1 8th cup of kibble per guinea pig per day.

If your guinea pig doesn t have enough space in the cage they might end up tossing away the food bowl. The pellets then go to waste because guinea pigs are finicky and don t eat the pellets once they ve spilled on the floor. Quite simply because the can. It drives me crazy because he wastes so much food.

Other times it s a total flip upside down fling fest and then munching. In general these are some common reason of them tossing one. Our theory it s more fun challenging to graze for the strewn kibble pellets than simply nom on them directly out of the dish. When he s done eating that he tips his bowl over because he thinks i ll give him more.

They are playing around the bowl and knocks the bowl playfully.