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Here is a free, no waste, no dust quail 2-3 day feeder that feeds 8 birds simultaneously:
Take a 2l pop bottle and a Dremel (or other cheap tool, mine is a 'Draper' and cost £20). You can do it with an Exacto knife but the automatic tool is far superior here.
Cut the top off at the neck, as this just wastes space in the cage.
Cut 2 long rectangles on the side about 2cm high and as wide as you can, leaving a strip in the middle so the bottle retains stability.
Now take a metal clothes hanger, one of those ugly ones made from hardened wire. Pull it at the top and bottom into an 0 shape, now bend it round into an S shape so that the bottle sits sideways smoothly in it, then bend the wire as you need it to fit into your cage, this happily hooks where ever you put it.
Use gaffa (duct) tape to cover the open top and to tape the bottle to the holder front and bottom, so that it does not slip.
I initially made those to avoid my teenage quails making a huge mess indoors with their feeder dust and they are now 'housetrained'.
Pics are upside down, sorry!
EDIT: When you hang it, you want the opening at 2 o'clock, and then adjust the height so the birds can reach in.
Take a 2l pop bottle and a Dremel (or other cheap tool, mine is a 'Draper' and cost £20). You can do it with an Exacto knife but the automatic tool is far superior here.
Cut the top off at the neck, as this just wastes space in the cage.
Cut 2 long rectangles on the side about 2cm high and as wide as you can, leaving a strip in the middle so the bottle retains stability.
Now take a metal clothes hanger, one of those ugly ones made from hardened wire. Pull it at the top and bottom into an 0 shape, now bend it round into an S shape so that the bottle sits sideways smoothly in it, then bend the wire as you need it to fit into your cage, this happily hooks where ever you put it.
Use gaffa (duct) tape to cover the open top and to tape the bottle to the holder front and bottom, so that it does not slip.
I initially made those to avoid my teenage quails making a huge mess indoors with their feeder dust and they are now 'housetrained'.
Pics are upside down, sorry!
EDIT: When you hang it, you want the opening at 2 o'clock, and then adjust the height so the birds can reach in.
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