Lamps destroyed by pets? « on: December 16, 2022, 01:53:46 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Has anyone had any lamps that got broken by pets knocking them over including rare lamps? For example, a used GE 1000w M47 probe start metal halide lamp of mine had gotten broken after my former cat knocked it over.
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	Re: Lamps destroyed by pets? « Reply #1 on: December 16, 2022, 02:53:36 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Cats are usually graceful?, I had an 18 watt SOX in my windowsill for months, (a blackened one albeit), but both our cats that are upstairs never knocked it out onto the floor?
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	Re: Lamps destroyed by pets? « Reply #3 on: December 18, 2022, 07:23:45 PM » Author: 108CAM
My dog picked up an incandescent lamp and dropped it without knowing that it would shatter. Thankfully it wasn't a rare or special lamp.
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	Re: Lamps destroyed by pets? « Reply #4 on: December 19, 2022, 12:51:49 PM » Author: Molly
One of my cats jumped up on my lizard's enclosure and knocked down my dome fixture and my incandescent basking bulb shattered.
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	Re: Lamps destroyed by pets? « Reply #5 on: December 20, 2022, 09:27:33 AM » Author: funkybulb
Only thing happened by pet when my mom bought a pack of halogen and her cockatoo knocked it off the table
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