Patent ID: 7748346

Claim:
A feed dispenser for rodents comprising a feeding chamber reached by an ascending ramp, an entry tube having a first opening end and a second opening end, said ramp leading and connecting to only at said first opening end of said entry tube and said second opening end of said entry tube lending and connecting to said feeding chamber, said feeding chamber having a first slit in the sidewall of said feeding chamber where a first grid is inserted therethrough to separate said feeding chamber from a food holding chamber above said feeding chamber, said first grid is sized to allow an animal to access food pellets in said food holding chamber from said feeding chamber but to prevent said animal from removing said food pellets from said food holding chamber to a nesting area, the floor of said feeding chamber consists of a second grid that is inserted through a second slit in the sidewall of said feeding chamber, and said second grid allows food residues to fall from said feeding chamber into a catchment chamber, wherein said catchment chamber is separated from said food holding chamber by said feeding chamber.