Save yourself the expense of buying a feed scoop. After all, the feed scoop usually remains in the dog or cat food bag anyway. Do your part in preserving the environment and make one from recycled materials.
Things You Will Need
Clean plastic milk carton
Scissor
Here's what you do:
- Determine how much the feed scoop must hold. Small to medium sized dogs and cats probably will require a quart sized milk carton. For larger dogs, that consumes much larger portions, the gallon size scoop will save you time. Just make sure the scoop is not larger than the bag of food.
- Remove the bottom of a container. Turn the milk container upside down and completely remove the bottom.
- Pour a portion of pre-measured food into the upside down milk container. Use a marker and mark the level where the food reaches. This way you can create a feed scoop that will give you the precise amount of food your animal needs. No need to measure food for each feeding.
- Cut the carton about an inch above the measurement line. You don't want to cut exactly on the measurement line. If you do, you must fill the scoop to the absolute top each time you feed your animal. If your animal gets excited at food time, and jumps on you, it could make a bit of a mess. Allow yourself a little extra wiggle room.
- Leave the feed scoop in the food bag. There's no need to remove it from the food bag except for at feeding time. This will ensure that you will always be able to dole out the proper amount of food. If the feed scoop gets too messy, you can always make another one with your next empty milk container.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Felicia A. Williams is a freelance writer and webmaster of this website, Visit Hudson Valley.com and No Job for Mom.com. She is also the Insurance Feature Writer for Suite 101.com
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