Animal movement claw grinding device

Abstract

The utility model discloses an animal movement claw grinding device which is characterized in that a food box is arranged at the top end of a bracket, so that an animal needs to move to the top of the bracket through a climbing mechanism to obtain food. The claw grinding plate covers the food box, so that claws are inevitably in contact with the claw grinding plate and are ground in the food obtaining action of the animal, the claw grinding function is achieved, and the animal climbs to the top end of the support through the climbing mechanism, so that the exercise amount of the animal is increased. The climbing behavior and the food hooking behavior are combined together, the mode that the bred animals obtain food is changed, the food obtaining difficulty and the exercise amount of the bred animals are increased, and therefore the effect of reducing the carving behavior is achieved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model mainly relates to the technical field of animal nail trimming, in particular to an animal sports claw sharpening device. Background Art

[0002] Due to the limited activity space and the influence of captive behavior, the amount of exercise for artificially raised animals is much less than the normal amount of activity in the wild, which can easily lead to stereotyped behaviors.

[0003] Lack of exercise can lead to obesity in animals, which is detrimental to their physical and mental health. Furthermore, their nails aren't fully used and worn, leading to excessive growth and punctures in their paw pads, seriously affecting their mobility and health. Therefore, increasing animal exercise and polishing their claws are crucial. Currently, polishing animal claws is primarily done by manually trimming the nails after injecting anesthesia, but this method still carries certain risks for both the animals and the staff.

[0004] Due to captivity, animals are prone to developing stereotyped behaviors. To address stereotyped behaviors, there are currently two main mainstream methods: environmental enrichment and food enrichment. Environmental enrichment refers to enriching the environment by simulating the natural environment, increasing environmental complexity, and enhancing sensory stimulation, thereby enriching the captive environment and ultimately achieving the goal of replicating the ecological appearance of animals in the wild. However, this method requires a large investment and is not widely applicable. Food enrichment, on the other hand, refers to enriching feeding methods, avoiding fixed-point feeding and other "food comes, open your mouth" feeding methods. By changing the way the captive animals obtain food, increasing the difficulty of obtaining food and the amount of exercise they need, the behavior of animals hunting in the wild is replicated as much as possible, thereby reducing the occurrence of stereotyped behaviors.

[0005] Therefore, in order to solve the problems that animals have little exercise, are prone to stereotyped behaviors and their claws are difficult to trim, there is a need for an animal exercise claw sharpening device that can solve the above problems at the same time. Utility Model Content

[0006] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and provide an animal claw grinding device.

[0007] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0008] The invention discloses an animal movement claw grinding device, comprising a bracket placed on the ground, a claw grinding plate fixed on the top of the bracket, and a climbing mechanism for an animal to move to the claw grinding plate, which is inclined between the bracket and the ground.

[0009] As a further improvement of the above technical solution:

[0010] The climbing mechanism comprises a pair of rollers arranged at intervals, and belts are sleeved on the rollers.

[0011] An inclined plate for providing support for the animal is arranged between the two rollers.

[0012] A plurality of support shafts for providing support for the animals are arranged between the two rollers.

[0013] The belt width L1 is 30 cm to 60 cm.

[0014] The height H of the bracket is 200 cm to 250 cm.

[0015] The angle formed between the climbing mechanism and the horizontal plane is 30° to 45°.

[0016] A food box is provided at the top of the bracket, a claw grinding plate cover is arranged on the food box, and holes are formed on the claw grinding plate for allowing animals to obtain food.

[0017] The length L2 of the grinding plate is set to 50cm to 60cm.

[0018] The number of the holes is set to be more than one, and the diameter of the holes is set to be 3 cm to 4 cm.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are:

[0020] The device sharpens the animals' claws while they're trying to get food, and increases their exercise through climbing. By combining climbing with food-getting, it also changes the way the animals get food, increasing the difficulty and amount of exercise required to get food, thereby reducing stereotyped behaviors. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 is a front view of the animal exercise claw grinding device in Example 1;

[0022] Figure 2 is a side view of the animal exercise claw grinding device in Example 1;

[0023] Figure 3 is a top view of the animal exercise claw grinding device in Example 1;

[0024] Figure 4 is a front view of the animal exercise claw grinding device in Example 2;

[0025] Figure 5 It is a side view of the animal exercise claw grinding device in Example 2.

[0026] The numbers in the figure represent: 1. bracket; 2. claw grinding plate; 21. hole; 3. climbing mechanism; 31. roller; 32. belt; 33. inclined plate; 34. support shaft; 4. food box. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0028] Example 1

[0029] like Figures 1 to 3 The present embodiment of the animal exercise claw sharpening device comprises a stand 1 placed on the ground, with a claw sharpening plate 2 fixed to the top of the stand 1. A climbing mechanism 3 is arranged at an angle between the stand 1 and the ground, allowing the animal to move to the claw sharpening plate 2. A food box 4 is located at the top of the stand 1, and the claw sharpening plate 2 is positioned over the food box 4. The claw sharpening plate 2 has holes 21 formed therein for the animal to access food. Because the food box 4 is mounted at the top of the stand 1, the animal must use the climbing mechanism 3 to reach the top of the stand 1 to access food. The claw sharpening plate 2, which is positioned over the food box 4 and has two holes 21 formed therein for the animal to access food, must insert its claws into the holes 21 to reach the food in the food box 4 below the claw sharpening plate 2. As the animal attempts to access food, its claws inevitably come into contact with and sharpen the claw sharpening plate 2, thereby achieving the claw sharpening function. Furthermore, climbing to the top of the stand 1 via the climbing mechanism 3 increases the animal's exercise. By combining climbing behavior with food-obtaining behavior, the way the captive animals obtain food is also changed, increasing the difficulty and amount of exercise for obtaining food, thereby achieving the effect of reducing stereotyped behavior.

[0030] In this embodiment, the climbing mechanism 3 comprises a pair of spaced rollers 31, each fitted with a belt 32. The climbing mechanism 3 forms an angle of 30° to 45° with the horizontal plane. The two rollers 31 are located at the top and bottom ends of the climbing mechanism 3, respectively. The belts 32 are fitted over the rollers 31 to achieve a belt drive effect. This also tilts the climbing mechanism 3 at a certain angle relative to the horizontal plane, thereby increasing the difficulty and amount of exercise required for the animal to move on the climbing mechanism 3, thereby increasing the amount of exercise the animal receives.

[0031] In this embodiment, a number of support shafts 34 are provided between the two rollers 31 to provide support for the animals. On the one hand, this enhances the rolling effect, making it more difficult for the animals to climb; on the other hand, it also provides a supporting force for the animals to move on the climbing mechanism 3 to prevent the belt 32 from breaking.

[0032] In this embodiment, the width L1 of the belt 32 is 30 cm to 60 cm. The width is set so that only one animal can be on the climbing mechanism 3 during the climbing process, preventing multiple animals from climbing at the same time and causing damage to the device, and preventing multiple animals from fighting.

[0033] In this embodiment, the height H of the bracket 1 is 200 cm to 250 cm. The height setting prevents animals from climbing to the top of the bracket 1 from one end of the non-climbing mechanism 3, thereby failing to achieve the effect of increasing the amount of animal exercise.

[0034] In this embodiment, the length L2 of the claw grinding plate 2 is set to 50cm~60cm. The length is set so that after the animal completes the climbing behavior and reaches the top of the bracket 1, it can stand, squat or sit in different postures with its limbs, preventing the animal from falling off the bracket 1 due to lack of stability and causing injury, and also providing a physical support basis for the animal to use its forelimbs to obtain food.

[0035] In this embodiment, the number of holes 21 is set to be more than one, and the diameter thereof is set to be 3 cm to 4 cm, so that the animal can only insert its nails into the holes 21 to obtain food, but cannot insert its entire forepaw into the holes 21, preventing its forepaw from getting stuck in the holes 21 and avoiding damage to the animal.

[0036] Example 2

[0037] like Figure 4 and Figure 5 FIG2 shows a second embodiment of the animal motion claw grinding device of the utility model. The animal motion claw grinding device is basically the same as the first embodiment, except that: in this embodiment, an inclined plate 33 for providing support for the animal is provided between the two rollers 31. Therefore, the climbing mechanism 3 is composed of two rollers 31, a belt 32 and an inclined plate 33. While realizing the belt transmission process, it also provides support force for the animal to climb, provides a hardware foundation for the movement of the raised animals, and prevents the raised animals from causing damage to the device.

[0038] Although the present invention has been disclosed above with reference to preferred embodiments, this is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can, without departing from the scope of the present invention, utilize the technical content disclosed above to make many possible changes and modifications to the present invention, or modify it into equivalent embodiments with equivalent variations. Therefore, any simple modifications, equivalent variations, and modifications to the above embodiments that do not depart from the content of the present invention and are based on the technical essence of the present invention shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An animal sports claw grinding device, characterized in that: The invention comprises a support (1) placed on the ground, a claw grinding plate (2) being fixed on the top of the support (1), and a climbing mechanism (3) for an animal to move to the claw grinding plate (2) being arranged obliquely between the support (1) and the ground.

2. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The climbing mechanism (3) comprises a pair of rollers (31) arranged at intervals, and a belt (32) is sleeved on the rollers (31).

3. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 2, characterized in that: An inclined plate (33) for providing support for the animal is provided between the two rollers (31).

4. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A plurality of support shafts (34) for providing support for the animal are arranged between the two rollers (31).

5. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The width L1 of the belt (32) is 30 cm to 60 cm.

6. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The height H of the bracket (1) is 200 cm to 250 cm.

7. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The angle formed between the climbing mechanism (3) and the horizontal plane is 30° to 45°.

8. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A food box (4) is provided at the top of the bracket (1), a claw grinding plate (2) is covered on the food box (4), and the claw grinding plate (2) is formed with holes (21) for allowing animals to obtain food.

9. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The length L2 of the claw grinding plate (2) is set to 50 cm to 60 cm.

10. The animal sports claw grinding device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The number of the holes (21) is set to be more than one, and the diameter thereof is set to be 3 cm to 4 cm.

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