Comments on: What is this purple nylon sleeve-thingy with chains on it?

Question: What is this purple nylon sleeve-thingy with chains on it?

jumble — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:10:51 -0800

What is this purple nylon sleeve-thingy with chains on it? Here's a picture. It was dug out of someone's attic for a rummage sale and no one bought it because no one knew what it was. Lots of creative guesses, though.

By: MsElaineous

MsElaineous — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:11:55 -0800

It looks to me like a ferret hammock.

By: bonheur

bonheur — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:43:59 -0800

It looks like something that you could fill with Kleenex and clip to the back of a car seat.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:46:19 -0800

Seconding ferret hammock; just my first thought, but it does look like the ones in the pics. Though, none of the ones on that site have metal chains, from a quick look.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:00:06 -0800

My first thought was that it was the sling from a toy trebuchet.

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:09:39 -0800

Looks like a sling for a broken arm. Maybe like for a hospital room traction/elevation system?

By: cabingirl

cabingirl — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:25:41 -0800

Here is a ferret hammock that's tube-shaped, with a hole in it.

By: jumble

jumble — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:27:57 -0800

The chains on the ferret hammocks are on the corners of square or rectangular material, while this is a tube and the chains aren't on the corners...I'm not sure.

By: jumble

jumble — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:28:36 -0800

cabingirl, yay! You've dispelled my doubts. Thanks!

By: dilettante

dilettante — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:27:25 -0800

It's not really a hammock - it's a toy that you hang in their cage and that they can sleep in or hide stuff in. The manufacturers and catalogs just call it a hanging tube. I have one just like it that I don't use, because the sounds of the little claws digging at the coarse nylon at 3 a.m. got to me (there's also a softer cotton one).