I Wasn't Going To Post This As I Didn't Want To Appear Half Mad But... Electrical Mice?

brianmoooore · Apr 21, 2022

littlespark said:
From #11, My mates rabbit did this!

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Plain rubber flex running along base of wall… not clipped or protected or anything…

The rabbits’ fine, by the way.

This one reminds me of the SWA I left overnight in a trench that hadn't been backfilled. The cable just passed through the corner of a field containing a horse, and in the morning the SWA looked like the above.
The horse also survived, possibly because the cable wasn't energised.

Rockingit · Apr 21, 2022

Risteard said:
They chew the PVC to control the constant growth of their teeth.

I was once told by an old timer that (apart from the fact that the little feckers will eat anything anyway...) in the earlier formulations of PVC plastisers a sugar based ingredient had been used, so there was actual nutritional value in it. Whether that's true or not I've never been sure, but sounds highly plausible.