dixie_belle
Well-Known Member
I have two minis and am really short on experience. One of my guys (the larger of the two) is ruled by his stomach. He is such a chow hound. I've noticed he'll gobble all his food down in the evenings, then go eat what the little guy hasn't eaten yet. So i'm concerned Fluffy isn't getting all his food (although from the size of both of them, neither one is suffering!!) anyway, this weekend, i decided Spot (big guy) didn't need to be eating Fluffy's food so i turned him away, several times, in fact. The last time i did, he turned around (and i thought he was going to leave) and he lashed out with both feet. Naturally, i was standing right there and got it in the meaty part of my thigh. Luckily nothing was hurt seriously but i left the area (discreation being the better part of valor) Since then i've been seperating them in the evenings. Spot goes in the stall, no food, Fluffy goes out in the loafing shed with the feeders. I seperate the food into the two feeders, wait until Fluffy has a good head start, and then release Spot from jail. Last night he went right to Fluffy's feeder and pushed him out of the way so i wanted to move him to his feeder where his food was. He turned his back to me was was fixin to let go again when i wisely retreated. Now here is the problem......I don't want him to learn to kick (although i think he already has that trick down pat) so should i simply seperate them each feeding and feed apart or can i break him of this? any ideas?
Shelley
Shelley