Animal nutrition
Feeding Monitor
A feed bowl that records how much was eaten, and how fast.
The challenge
Feeding is often guesswork: food goes in, and the leftovers are eyeballed.
Feeding Monitor
Without weights, nobody knows how quickly animals eat, how much they eat or how much is wasted. The Feeding Monitor puts a load cell under the bowl and records the weight through each feed, so appetite and wastage become numbers.
Animal Welfare & Nutrition
Where it works
Bird diets
Intake curves for birds on managed diets.
Small animals
Appetite checks during health monitoring.
Nutrition trials
Measured intake for diet studies.
What it does
Weight over time
The bowl's weight is logged through each feed.
Consumption curves
How fast and how much was eaten, per bowl.
Wastage estimates
An estimate of the food wasted per feed.
Splash-proof
The bowl and load-cell gap are waterproofed.
Wireless
Wi-Fi from an ESP32 in the base.
How it works
Place
Set the Feeding Monitor in place of the usual bowl.
Feed
The weight is logged as the animal eats.
Review
See consumption curves and wastage for each feed.
Why teams choose it
Appetite in numbers
Spot a drop in eating early.
No weighing by hand
Intake records itself.
Less waste
See how much food is left or spilled.
Per bowl
One bowl per animal gives individual intake.
Key facts
- Sensing
- Load cell with HX711 amplifier under the bowl
- Output
- Weight over time for each feed
- Insights
- Consumption curves and wastage estimates
- Controller
- ESP32 with Wi-Fi
- Power
- Battery or mains
- Build
- Waterproofed bowl and load-cell gap
- Per animal
- Individual intake needs one animal per bowl
Best for
- Bird diet programmes
- Small-animal health checks
- Nutrition trials
Planning a pilot?
Tell us about the animals and diets you want to track, and we will plan a feeding trial.
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