Birds keeps coming and making nests under our carport on the rafters. They're pooping everywhere, including in my dogs' food and water. I knock down the nests but they keep coming back. Does anyone know a way that I get rid of these birds once and for all?
2007-03-02 01:45:13 · 4 answers · asked by jamie6882 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
20 gauge - full choke # 8 shot should do the trick :)
2007-03-02 04:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by colinacalle 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call around to nearby L&G Centers and ask for Tanglefoot for Birds or just Tanglefoot. The only difference is T for Birds is clear. Tanglefoot is about the stickiest substance you can find. You put a bead of it on the rafters where they are nesting and in 2 days they'll be gone forever. Birds can't stand to have sticky stuff on their feet and will avoid that area.
I usually recommend putting some masking tape on the rafters first so you can remove the tape and Tanglefoot when it is no longer needed but you can let it stay is it's out of sight. I put some on a gutterspout because they were building nests and doing their thing on our patio furniture. That was 2 years ago and they have never come back.
2007-03-02 11:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure you have a few old Cd's, some string, and nails around.
Drive some nails around the troubled area. Tie the Cd's to the nails so that they move freely. The sun reflects off them and keeps the birds away.(knock the nests down first) I don't know exactly why it works, but I've done it and it does work.
2007-03-03 07:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by Michael C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure get a couple of rubber snakes that might help,or you can put sharp spikes up there so the birds cant land.ive heard that a plactic owl well work to. good luck with the bird do do..
2007-03-02 11:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Steve C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋