Do the paintballs usually pop or just bounce off? I want to "mark" dogs that come and try to eat our chickens but not hurt them.
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You have about 25-30 feet of good contact before the velocity drops off low enough to have the rounds bounce off the target, especially if the target is padded (by fur).
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You should not use a paintball gun for this purpose. Not only do paintballs hurt pretty bad but they are also very dangerous to animals, especially dogs. The components inside a paintball are "osmotically active," which means that they can pull free water into the intestinal tract. This can results in severe salt and electrolyte imbalances and is usually fatal. Please do not use paintballs for this purpose.
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It is a hollow rubber ball with little nubs on them. I throw them inside for my dog all the time and have never left a mark on anything. They don't make a loud thud when they bounce off of the wall or floor but they aren't completely silent. I suppose if I lived in an apartment with paper thin walls I would avoid bouning them off of common walls but I wouldn't worry about bouncing them off of anything else. They make less noise than a tennis ball.
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Yes they do bounce my adult cat carries them around in his mouth all the time and there's never been any safety issues with the size of the balls. If you're worried it's probably best just to let the kitten play with them while you're home to somewhat supervise. I hope this helps.
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Hi Amy,We only give these to laying hens, so I have no idea what other birds would think of them. I will say when I trough a bunch to the chickens they go after them in about 1/2 a second.
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No, the paint balls will not fall out. The balls are gravity fed from the hopper (paint ball holder) into the chamber one at a time when you pump it. Very similar to how a shotgun works. Once chambered, there is an opening in the barrel that opens and the ball is forced through with a burst of the C02 gas only when the trigger is pulled. Then you have to pump the gun again to load another paint ball.
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We have never had a problem with that. It only plays when someone bumps it. So, if you don't have any animals that might be bumping it in the night, then maybe you just have gotten a very ambitious Zebra. Editing to add, that maybe you might want to change the batteries if your toy starts doing this. I have noticed with some of the other toys that when the batteries start wearing down the toys start acting weird, like turning on when no one is using it.
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They aren't balloons. The texture of the rubber is much studied than the average ballon. They do look like balloons with the top cut off, but a ballon would never survive a 4 hour play session in a wood chip run and still be viable for another use! Try them and you'll see.
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These make sounds for a little bit,until the white tube inside it gets crushed. I hope this helps. Have you tried the big giggle ball for kids? My lab loves it, even when they crush it, it still makes sounds.
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MAYBE if you glued them on but I still doubt it. Mine popped off from the pressure of ice (I assume the chickens didn't rip them off). You be best off rigging a holding tank with some sort of float valve that shuts off the flow. (Think toilet tank)
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These balls do not float completely, they will fill with water and leave a small portion showing above water. Approx. one hole above water so if gotten for a dog they can see it and retrieve it. If you push it completely under water it will come back up so you can get it. Got for my small dog and she loves to play with it due to being able to pick it up with her teeth in the hole.
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You can use good ol' duct tape and craft feathers. Ours didn't come with feathers and our 13 lb guy thought it was boring until we duct taped feathers to it. Suddenly, it became his fav toy! Hides behind a chair and leaps out to get the feathers. One of our dogs thinks it's great too!!
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My 30 pound dog chewed the end off a kong. He destroyed in 20 minutes a squeak toy made of fire hose that the store owner guaranteed me he wouldn't be able to do. While he does eventually destroy these balls they last a long time. We play with them a lot and he chews them a lot. Usually the first thing that happens is a round spot the size of a nickle pops out but the ball still works fine. I can usually get several months out of a ball before he destroys it completely. We usually lose them before that.
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No. They are made of foam. Not much bounce at all. And soft when they hit during dodgeball. So no injuries.
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I was in Petsmart last night and they actually have a chuckit that squeaks now. It's almost identical to this ball but I don't think it floats (it does not have a picture of it floating on the front like the others - I assume because of the tiny holes for squeaking). I had 4 dogs playing with them last night and the ball looks brand new (30-80lbs dogs).
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There hasn't been any problems with the dogs fetching the ball. It's quite rugged. The problem with the rubber cap covering the battery arises when the dog stops playing and just chews on it for a while and the top pops up. There are three of us using these balls at the dog park and we all think the ball is awesome despite this flaw. We used to try to find the balls ALL the time. Since the battery is supposedly good for 250 hours, we're thinking about just Krazy Glueing the top.
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My dog nibbles the crate sometimes and the paint never chipped off. I also take it up and down my stairs and have banged it in the process and I anticipated chipping but it didn't! It really is pretty awesome
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it's a bit erratic if you are hoping for true bullseye-type shooting. it's a spring pushing a tiny plastic pellet into the air quickly, so it will not be pinpoint consistent accuracy. but it's fun, and a good purchase if you're not that serious. i have heard [ha ha] that it will get close enough to a squirrel to scare it off a bird feeder every time without injuring them...