A disposable pet litter basin is disclosed. The basin includes a bottom and a first sidewall which forms the container for animal litter and a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall by a plateau and trough. The plateau and trough increase the basin's ability to resist spillage of litter by providing increased strength and stability and by providing an area to receive spillage from the container for animal litter which is inside the litter basin. Further, the basin has an anti-tipping feature to stabilize the basin during use.

A dish for holding substances that are to be consumed by an animal has a central portion forming a bowl and a peripheral region which slopes downwardly and outwardly from the rim of the bowl. An annular depression extends about the peripheral region to capture and retain food and the like which may escape the bowl portion due to the animal feeding. The bowl, peripheral region, and annular depression are formed integrally of molded plastic material. The plastic material may comprise a mixture of polyethylene, silicone, and parafin to form a hydrophobic, non-stick surface to facilitate cleaning. The dish is dimensioned with a low aspect ratio to resist tipping, tilting, and upset. An annular groove disposed about the circumference of the dish opens downwardly and retains segments of solid, resilient, high friction tubular material which are ground-engaging to resist lateral motion of the dish during feeding.

Bird feeder system for attracting and feeding a variety of species of birds at the same time includes an elongated support to which at least two bird feeders are attached. A spacing member keeps adjacent bird feeders at a predetermined fixed distance apart. The predetermined distance is selected so that incompatible species of birds can feed concurrently at adjacent feeders. In addition, the elongated support is configured for preventing non-bird species, such as rodents, from gaining access to the bird feed in the feeders.

An animal feeder has a base member forming a feeding dish and an upright feed dispensing member from which new feed flows into the dish to replace that consumed by an animal. One of the members has detent projections which engage detent receiving grooves on the other member when the members are forced together. The construction enables easy and very rapid assembly without the use of tools or fastening devices such as screws, nails or the like. The feeders may be warehoused, transported and stocked in retail outlets in space and cost saving disassembled form without presenting purchasers with a difficult assembly task. The construction may include a moat around the dish portion for entrapping spillage and a configuration which inhibits displacement by activities of an animal.

A feeder tray for baby chicks comprises a peck-disintegratable bio-degradable fiber receptacle. The receptacle is adapted to be completely disintegratable into tiny particles by the end of the brooding period from the pecking of the chicks so that the tiny particles will substantially decompose on site, thereby eliminating the necessity to remove and dispose of a feeder tray after the chicks have outgrown the need for a feeder tray.