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Safe glue for cat toys?
Silly question, perhaps, but I'm wondering if any of you good folks
know. I got one of those cheap little toys, a fuzzy ball on an elastic string tied at the top to a little plastic ring. The kittens *adore* it. So I got one for my guys, too. For the kittens, it's fine. The fuzzy ball is almost as big as their little heads! And it's still intact (other than coming untied at the ring, which led Jack to run off and hide with it for awhile -- lol). But my guys are big guys, and Arthur managed to pretty much tear it up in short order. And he is obsessed with the thing. I have one of those holiday paper storage tubes that I keep the long interactive cat toys in, and it has a separate opening in the top (ostensibly for tags, tape and scissors and the like), where I have fuzzy toys that they shouldn't play with by themselves. He drove himself nearly crazy the other day, trying to figure out how to get to it! Anyway, the fuzzy needs glued better. I have everything from Elmer's to glue sticks to Allene's Original Tacky Glue (my favorite for crafts and it says it is non-toxic). Any idea what the safest glue would be? Thanks! Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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Safe glue for cat toys?
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... Silly question, perhaps, but I'm wondering if any of you good folks know. I got one of those cheap little toys, a fuzzy ball on an elastic string tied at the top to a little plastic ring. The kittens *adore* it. So I got one for my guys, too. For the kittens, it's fine. The fuzzy ball is almost as big as their little heads! And it's still intact (other than coming untied at the ring, which led Jack to run off and hide with it for awhile -- lol). But my guys are big guys, and Arthur managed to pretty much tear it up in short order. And he is obsessed with the thing. I have one of those holiday paper storage tubes that I keep the long interactive cat toys in, and it has a separate opening in the top (ostensibly for tags, tape and scissors and the like), where I have fuzzy toys that they shouldn't play with by themselves. He drove himself nearly crazy the other day, trying to figure out how to get to it! Anyway, the fuzzy needs glued better. I have everything from Elmer's to glue sticks to Allene's Original Tacky Glue (my favorite for crafts and it says it is non-toxic). Any idea what the safest glue would be? Most glues *when dried* are fairly inert. Its when they are wet that causes the problems. Since the fuzzy thing is going to get *alot* of attention, you need a glue that is going to dry waterproof and one that can take a fair bit of damage. tehrefore you want a flexible glue rather than one that dries hard & brittle. Superglue would be very bad for this job, as its is incredibly brittle when dry. Elmer's glue sticks, if they are what I think they are, will be pretty darn useless. Standard PVA craft glue might work OK, as long as it dries waterproof (check first, becaus eyou don't want it decaying inthe presence of cat spit). I don't know what your tacky glue is, but if you've used it for crafts before and it works on fabric (I assume thats what the fuzzy part is), that should probably be fine as its flexible and rubbery and will be able to take a fair degree of beating up before breaking - but the one I'd personally recommend is the hot glue gun. Tahts already pretty impervious to water and its very unlikely to get hot enough to come undone in a cat's mouth. Do a test run on something similar, let it dry for the required length of time, then soak it in body temperature water for about half an hour (or the maximum exposure time to cat spit). If the glue changes in any way (softens, goes milky etc) then don't use it. HTH Vicky |
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