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Post by mar on Mar 29, 2004 10:47:56 GMT -8
I just added more climbing toys to Bob's cage but strayed from typical designs. This time I made a fabric tube and stuffed it with poly-fill then attached rope to both ends. Each sleeve diameteris about 1.5 times the diameter of Bob and ranging from four to six feet long. I should be able to just toss them into the washer for cleaning. Total cost for 15' of branch was about $10 and a half hour of work.
He is loving these new "branches" for basking and sleeping.
Just a suggestion on how to get rid of the jeans you put a hole in.
Mark
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Post by Tesa on Mar 29, 2004 11:49:52 GMT -8
That's an interesting idea!! You sewed the rope onto them or just tied it around?
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Post by mar on Mar 29, 2004 11:58:24 GMT -8
I sewed the rope on to five of the six ends. One end I safty pinned to the carpet of a shelf -- pins under the fabric of the tube.
Bob has spent a lot of time on these, they have only been in there 48 hours. He is now pushing ten pounds and has never volentarilly gotten into an unstuffed hammoc. I imagine that these would be great for a smaller ig.
Mark
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Post by SurvivorSteph on Mar 29, 2004 23:08:18 GMT -8
Post a pic, please. I need a visual of this. Thanks!
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Post by sweetjlynn on Apr 5, 2004 17:38:36 GMT -8
;D Sound GREAT But i too need a visual sorry Thanks when u get time would LOVE 2 see em!!
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Post by mar on Apr 5, 2004 18:19:35 GMT -8
I don't have a camera so I can't get pics up. But there is not much to show.
I took a length of heavy cloth that was 72" by 18"and folded it over so I had a double thickness 72" by 9" and ran the double edge -- the open side -- through the sewing machine then sewed down one end.
Turn that inside out so the seems are hidden and stuff it with poly-fill. This is the fluffly white cottony stuff sold at craft stores, a bag large enough to fill the tube cost me $3.75.
Find a way to attach it where you want. I sewed rope to either end to tie to to the PVC cage frame. You could use washers and screws to scew the end to the bottom of a shelf. I don't think staples would be strong enough. Sew it to a hamock. You could even put stuff a golf ball into the end when you are stuffing it, sew it closed then tie around the ball using a slip knot -- same idea as tieing up a tarp when camping.
hope this helps until I can borrow a camera. Mark
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Post by Tesa on Apr 6, 2004 3:42:58 GMT -8
ok, I had never heard of the golf ball thing. That's one that goes into brain storage for future use. ;D
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Post by mar on Apr 6, 2004 6:53:57 GMT -8
Golf ball, rock, anything solid that wont slide out of the fabric that you can tie around. This is an old trick for setting up camp when you want to tie up a tarp for rain protection but don't have gromets in it.
Put the rock on one side of the tarp, grab it from the other side of the tarp so the tarp is over the rock, throw a slip knot around the rock and tarp and tie the line off to a tree.
Mark
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