Skamper-Ramp Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Why does it work?
A. Skamper-Ramp is an escape ramp – a means of preventing animals and pets from drowning. It is truly a K.I.S.S. – “keep it simple solution” – to a very major problem: animal drowning. Easy to assemble, lightweight, strong and inexpensive, it is white so all living things can see it.

Because it is made of heavy-duty plastic, it is a deceptively simple-looking product. But behind that design there is a significant amount of engineering, science and testing. The primary science is that ALL living beings – domestic or wild; bugs, animals, or humans; colorblind or not – see the color white. When trapped, day or night, they see it and go to it to keep their heads out of water and for escape. Skamper-Ramp provides peace-of-mind to pet owners and animal lovers since it provides protections against drowning, day or night, 24/7.

Skamper-Ramp must be installed so that a few inches of the “nose” (curved) end are under water and the ramp breaks the water’s surface, enabling the animal to see it at eye level in the water. The “open-box-top” end (closest to the pool wall) must be very snug against a vertical wall in order to provide the rigidity necessary for an animal to “skamper” out on the ramp – whether it’s a pool (commercial or private), floating or fixed dock, walled pond, spa, bulkhead, reservoir, canal, stern of a boat, or stock tanks and water troughs in pastures and remote ranchland.

You’ll notice the decorative pattern (created by the traction and flow holes) catches the animal’s interest but there are no colors on Skamper-Ramp because not all animals see colors, but ALL animals see white. Skamper Ramp is the only water rescue device on the market that is a ramp and provides any animal with an escape from drowning – allowing exit from the water on their own!!

NOTE: For optimal performance of the all Skamper-Ramp models it is important, from time to time, to check and make sure the rope is as taut as can be so the ramp is very snug to the (pool) wall.