Feed stuff administration device for minks

Claim 1

In an animal feeding device comprising: a feed container having a front; a bowl shaped feeding part connected to the front of said feed container, being adapted to receive feed from said container and present it to an animal to be fed, said bowl having an internal surface wherein said feed accumulates and an upper edge defines an opening through which the animal has access to said feeder; a tongue extending downwardly from the front of said container and separating said container and said feeding part creating an underflow passage through which feed is dispensed from said container to said bowl shaped feeding part and regulates the position of the upper surface of feed within said bowl relative to said edges; the improvement wherein said feeding device further has a bow means which lies within and substantially conforms with the interior surface of said bowl shaped feeding part, said bow being attached to at least one of said bowl and said tongue and being of a size and location close to the interior surface of said bowl shaped feeding part and in or at some distance above the surface of the feed stuff effective to prevent the animal being fed from removing food from said bowl by pawing it up the sides of the internal surface of the bowl.