PSA; don't forget to ferret-proof your cables
I have a ferret that chews on stuff while she eats, not sure if this is normal or she's special, or a little of both, but I have a tunnel on the side of the couch that she tends to pack food over and eat in. I saw her doing this yesterday, but then noticed her gnawing on a lamp cord that happened to be right at the end of the tunnel. Here's what I found.
https://imgur.com/a/F1e9JSU
I'm going to get hate comments for this, and I'm going to agree to all of it. Luckily nobody was hurt, but from the looks of things it doesn't look like there was much time before disaster struck. In this case, the neutral was what was exposed so as-is, it was not immediately dangerous. However had the cable been broken and then re-connected via ferret that would have been disaster.
Check all of your cords periodically and protect the ones that they can reach. I wonder how effective the plastic coil is for AC cords; it'd at least be one more barrier between mains voltage and your pets.
https://redd.it/zsxced
@r_Ferrets
I have a ferret that chews on stuff while she eats, not sure if this is normal or she's special, or a little of both, but I have a tunnel on the side of the couch that she tends to pack food over and eat in. I saw her doing this yesterday, but then noticed her gnawing on a lamp cord that happened to be right at the end of the tunnel. Here's what I found.
https://imgur.com/a/F1e9JSU
I'm going to get hate comments for this, and I'm going to agree to all of it. Luckily nobody was hurt, but from the looks of things it doesn't look like there was much time before disaster struck. In this case, the neutral was what was exposed so as-is, it was not immediately dangerous. However had the cable been broken and then re-connected via ferret that would have been disaster.
Check all of your cords periodically and protect the ones that they can reach. I wonder how effective the plastic coil is for AC cords; it'd at least be one more barrier between mains voltage and your pets.
https://redd.it/zsxced
@r_Ferrets