Poop free heated water

[Chicken Man Dan]

I bought a heated dog bowl and wanted to make sure that the birds wouldn't either end up in the water or poo in the water. I've seen a few ideas online using bent wire, but I didn't fancy drilling holes in the bowl housing. Instead I added a vac formed dome to cover it. It looks a little like a space helmet, but with the holes in the side, the birds don't seem to mind. I'm lucky that I have a vac former setup to do this (I design and fabricate consumer products for a living). So far, no wet birds and no poop.

The original bowl:

The vac formed bowl still in the form:

The finished assembly with holes cut (note the protective film hasn't been removed in this pic, hence the cloudiness of the material):

Thanks,

 

[teach1rusl]

Great idea!! I'm sure it keeps 99% of bedding out of the water bowl too.

How nice that you have the resources and knowledge to come up with clever products like that - maybe you should market it???

 

[Chicken Man Dan]

If there was just one size of bowl it would be easy to make for people, but there seems to be a lot of heated bowl sizes out there!

 

[Chicken Man Dan]

PS. Teach1rusl,

I just went to your BYC page, and I love your setup! That's a great run!