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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare  |
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare "
Insulation. Screwfix do  |
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
Insulation. Screwfix do "
Or sheath (oo-er)
Get some SWA cable, that’ll keep him busy  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
Insulation. Screwfix do "
Thank you! I did try searching insulation on amazon but only got loft insulation  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Cable shrink wrap. Put it over the cable and use a lighter to shrink it down to size "
This is what I tried to give him, as I had some left over from covering frayed chargers. He's not interested - I think it's too thin. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
Insulation. Screwfix do
Or sheath (oo-er)
Get some SWA cable, that’ll keep him busy "
I'd rather have it without the metal, is that a thing? |
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"Cable shrink wrap. Put it over the cable and use a lighter to shrink it down to size
This is what I tried to give him, as I had some left over from covering frayed chargers. He's not interested - I think it's too thin. "
Right, I assumed you wanted to cover the cables in more insulation to protect them, not distract him, my bad |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You can buy spray-on products for your wiring, they work very well. The best one I found was called Professional Strength Chew No More spray. Helluva lot easier than re-routing all the wiring. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I'd try to discourage an animal to not chew electrical cables.
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You'd think it was that easy  he's a stubborn little git. He even has a special noise he makes for when he's about to do something he knows he's not supposed to |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"You can buy spray-on products for your wiring, they work very well. The best one I found was called Professional Strength Chew No More spray. Helluva lot easier than re-routing all the wiring."
This is for dogs? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Cable shrink wrap. Put it over the cable and use a lighter to shrink it down to size
This is what I tried to give him, as I had some left over from covering frayed chargers. He's not interested - I think it's too thin.
Right, I assumed you wanted to cover the cables in more insulation to protect them, not distract him, my bad "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You can buy spray-on products for your wiring, they work very well. The best one I found was called Professional Strength Chew No More spray. Helluva lot easier than re-routing all the wiring.
This is for dogs? "
Any animal that likes to chew your wiring, shoes etc. Just don't spray it near the socket. |
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
Insulation. Screwfix do
Thank you! I did try searching insulation on amazon but only got loft insulation "
If its the texture have you checked out the rubber kongs in pets at home? Would be the same kinda texture but can fill it with treats and smear peanut butter over the top so take a little while and keep them busy. I would be cautious if a pet were given cable insulation to chew on. It would end up in pieces so getting stuck but also prob full of toxicey stuff? No idea though. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
Insulation. Screwfix do
Thank you! I did try searching insulation on amazon but only got loft insulation
If its the texture have you checked out the rubber kongs in pets at home? Would be the same kinda texture but can fill it with treats and smear peanut butter over the top so take a little while and keep them busy. I would be cautious if a pet were given cable insulation to chew on. It would end up in pieces so getting stuck but also prob full of toxicey stuff? No idea though."
Omg I thought this was a sex toy 
I think he might get stuck inside it unfortunately |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'd try to discourage an animal to not chew electrical cables.
I agree ...try to get him out of this habit ..not reinforce the behaviour  "
Honestly I've been trying since he was a baby. He's extremely intelligent so he knows he's not supposed to do it, he just doesn't care. He talks back to me if I scold him as well, and he's of the feathered variety so he can just fly away if I try to spray him or whatever. Buying him some insulation will just keep him busy, give him a new toy and stop him from potentially getting electrocuted. |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd try to discourage an animal to not chew electrical cables.
I agree ...try to get him out of this habit ..not reinforce the behaviour
Honestly I've been trying since he was a baby. He's extremely intelligent so he knows he's not supposed to do it, he just doesn't care. He talks back to me if I scold him as well, and he's of the feathered variety so he can just fly away if I try to spray him or whatever. Buying him some insulation will just keep him busy, give him a new toy and stop him from potentially getting electrocuted. "
My dog chewed through a vacuum cleaner cable while it was switched on.
He didn't do it again after that, so I think he got a shock.
Lucky he didn't kill himself. I tried to keep cables out of sight after that incident. Both my dogs ignore them now and rarely chew up anything that doesn't contain food.
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd try to discourage an animal to not chew electrical cables.
I agree ...try to get him out of this habit ..not reinforce the behaviour
Honestly I've been trying since he was a baby. He's extremely intelligent so he knows he's not supposed to do it, he just doesn't care. He talks back to me if I scold him as well, and he's of the feathered variety so he can just fly away if I try to spray him or whatever. Buying him some insulation will just keep him busy, give him a new toy and stop him from potentially getting electrocuted. "
Sorry, I assumed it was a dog.You can get think charger cables that cats can't chew through to combat that problem. |
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By *x cplCouple
over a year ago
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You might find he is only interested in cables with an electrical current passing though them, many animals can pick up on the electro magnetic fields from cables, also there are many different types of insulation used on cables from PVC to mineral based ones including some which are flame retardant to low smoke and fume emitting ones. |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"I'd try to discourage an animal to not chew electrical cables.
I agree ...try to get him out of this habit ..not reinforce the behaviour
Honestly I've been trying since he was a baby. He's extremely intelligent so he knows he's not supposed to do it, he just doesn't care. He talks back to me if I scold him as well, and he's of the feathered variety so he can just fly away if I try to spray him or whatever. Buying him some insulation will just keep him busy, give him a new toy and stop him from potentially getting electrocuted.
Sorry, I assumed it was a dog.You can get think charger cables that cats can't chew through to combat that problem. "
Thick not think. |
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Just go to screwfix and buy 5m of 1.0mm 2 core flex
It’s probably the cheapest cable you can get that actually resembles a real cable
Or buy an extension cord 2nd hand on Facebook market place and let him destroy that |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"You might find he is only interested in cables with an electrical current passing though them, many animals can pick up on the electro magnetic fields from cables, also there are many different types of insulation used on cables from PVC to mineral based ones including some which are flame retardant to low smoke and fume emitting ones."
Nah he just loves random shit. Plastic buttons, pen caps, pencils. Found him with a hair tie around his neck once because he'd been playing with it. Funny thing is, once I realised he liked chewing on hair ties I cut one open so he wouldn't, y'know, str*ngle himself, but apparently that's half the fun because he was instantly not interested anymore. He's a fucking idiot. |
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By *lynJMan
over a year ago
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare "
What sort of pet is it? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
What sort of pet is it?"
Small parrot Glyn |
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By *lynJMan
over a year ago
Morden |
"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
What sort of pet is it?
Small parrot Glyn"
You're not running cables through his cage are you?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
What sort of pet is it?
Small parrot Glyn
You're not running cables through his cage are you? "
What are you talking about |
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By *lynJMan
over a year ago
Morden |
"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
What sort of pet is it?
Small parrot Glyn
You're not running cables through his cage are you?
What are you talking about "
Doesn't he have a parrot cage? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
What sort of pet is it?
Small parrot Glyn
You're not running cables through his cage are you?
What are you talking about
Doesn't he have a parrot cage?"
Yes but he's not in there all day lol I'm not a monster |
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By *lynJMan
over a year ago
Morden |
"What is the rubber around wiring called and where is the easiest/cheapest place to get it?
My pet is randomly obsessed with this texture and keeps trying to chew through chargers/headphone wires etc. I've tried offering him that heat shrink tubing stuff but apparently it just doesn't compare
What sort of pet is it?
Small parrot Glyn
You're not running cables through his cage are you?
What are you talking about
Doesn't he have a parrot cage?
Yes but he's not in there all day lol I'm not a monster "
I'm sure you aren't. 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You can't buy the actual insulation, and it isn't the heat shrink stuff.
Go into an electrical wholesaler and ask for 3 or 4mm earth sleeving and that will be the nearest thing you get to it. |
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