 8Likes
-
2
Post By simi-steading
-
1
Post By mzgarden
-
2
Post By Goat Servant
-
3
Post By Ford Zoo
 |
12/09/13, 02:57 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,246
|
|
Oh SHOOT! My dogs could've died!
Went out to the barn this morning, and there was an extension cord chewed in half by the dogs, THAT WAS HOOKED UP. I could have lost everyone in a fire, the goats... the dear bunnies.. the DOGS! Ah! I'm surprised the dogs were alive!  
|
12/09/13, 03:06 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: True Northern California
Posts: 13,298
|
|
|
Scary- I'm so glad it's ok. Now you have a warning as to what those dogs can get into.
__________________
For we used to ask when we were little, thinking that the old men knew all things which are on earth: yet forsooth they did not know; but we do not contradict them, for neither do we know.
|
12/09/13, 03:34 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,246
|
|
|
Well it was attached to the ceiling. They have chewed multiple hoses and flooded the barn at least 3 times, but this was much worse! Or it could've been!
|
12/09/13, 03:39 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: West By God Virginnie
Posts: 10,742
|
|
|
Usually the breaker will trip long before a fire ever happens... Usually an animal only chews a cord one time and they learn to leave them alone... I saw a cat get wired up chewing a cord one day.. never went near them again..
__________________
Never let your fear decide your fate!
Kein Mitleid für die Mehrheit
|
12/09/13, 03:49 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 1,306
|
|
|
Yikes. I'm glad it worked out and your barn & furry friends are well.
__________________
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
|
12/09/13, 07:37 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,377
|
|
|
How scary!! I once had an Amazon parrot who flew out a room the second I heard a pop. I smelled burning wires.
Brought the destruction to her & asked her "Did you do this?"
She cowered.
__________________
Bob and Nancy Dickey
Laughing Stock Boer Goats
"Seriously Great Bloodlines"
and the meat goes on....
Near Seattle
|
12/09/13, 08:00 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,246
|
|
|
They chewed all the way through, like in half! They also chewed the triple outlet plug in thing into three. Wow. I won't test their ability to chew a coyote in half ever again. lol Thankfully, it seems as though they pulled it out of the actual outlet BEFORE they chewed it in half. Otherwise, I think we might have had some trouble.
|
12/09/13, 08:01 PM
|
 |
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 4,752
|
|
|
That is scary!! Glad everyone is okay!!
Dogs for sale, cheap... LOL
|
12/09/13, 08:44 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northwestern, WI
Posts: 1,792
|
|
|
What is it about cords and pups wanting to chew on them? Time to get creative, I'm still trying to figure out how to completely dog proof my cords, my buckets, my gloves, my cell phone....
|
12/10/13, 11:00 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Central Missouri
Posts: 2,028
|
|
|
Scary stuff!
I also, like Goat Servant had an amazon parrot chew the plastic off a calculator adapter that was plugged up. I didn't even notice it until the bird went back into her cage. Thank the Lord above one of the kids didn't touch the wire because that copper was bare.
|
12/11/13, 03:24 AM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3
|
|
|
oh oh oh glad your animals are safe !
|
12/12/13, 03:58 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 3,224
|
|
|
I had an African grey parrot pull an electric cord into his cage once. (For future reference, if the cage bars are spaced 1" apart and the birds beak is 1" long, his reach is actually 4" !) I came home from work and saw sparks flying! The exposed wire was touching the metal cage bars. It did not trip the fuse. Nor did it seem to hurt him. But he did have a really spooked expression on his face. Glad you caught the chewed cord in time. I'm afraid
|
12/12/13, 11:01 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Washington
Posts: 2,822
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ford Zoo
What is it about cords and pups wanting to chew on them? Time to get creative, I'm still trying to figure out how to completely dog proof my cords, my buckets, my gloves, my cell phone....
|
What is it about cords and parrots wanting to chew on them?
|
12/13/13, 09:02 AM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by TRAILRIDER
I had an African grey parrot pull an electric cord into his cage once. (For future reference, if the cage bars are spaced 1" apart and the birds beak is 1" long, his reach is actually 4" !) I came home from work and saw sparks flying! The exposed wire was touching the metal cage bars. It did not trip the fuse. Nor did it seem to hurt him. But he did have a really spooked expression on his face. Glad you caught the chewed cord in time. I'm afraid
|
that's weird, hope he is safe .
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:30 AM.
|
|
