This is a large 'L' shaped, 2 tier deck connected to the house on 2 sides, with too many entry points to try and block off. My guests have left droppings with a wonderful aroma on some warm summer days. Looking for suggestions in that area as well!
2007-06-09 01:30:02 · 10 answers · asked by crisiscwby 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The critters are grey foxes and racoons.
2007-06-09 04:14:00 · update #1
Get a cat. They are good for nuisance birds, mice, bats, and snakes.
2007-06-09 01:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by Brainyass 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
mothballs do not work the birds actually love them. Gets rid of lice/mites..cats don't like mothballs.
Bird netting sold in garden centers as fruit tree netting works but spiders love it.
Not that anyone is interested but all birds are protected by federal law under the migratory bird act of 1918
Some even say spraying pam or vegetable oil. Which makes it slippery?
I would worry more about spiders and such than birds. Unknowingly, you have built yourself a bird habitat you could expand on that theory with plants etc..maybe draw the cirds to a different area but it may make your problem worse. It can be enclosed if you are up to it?
2007-06-09 02:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by Don't even think about it 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My best advice is to clean up the area first. Then enclose it. It will make a nice storage area for all the yard stuff. Then it won't be a problem any longer. Will be a big benefit to you. If the bottom tier is lower, you could just put up lattice around the bottom on it. For more protection you can put screening on the panels before the are installed.
2007-06-09 01:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by peach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw moth balls under the deck. Critters don't like the smell (but make sure your cats and dogs can't get to them).
As far as the "gifts" are concerned, wear gloves, and pick up what you can. Then water the area well to help in the decomposition of what's left.
2007-06-09 01:34:10 · answer #4 · answered by GracieM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on what type of bees they're. in the event that they're the super "bumblebees" that i think are there (simply by fact they burrow in timber), they're possibility unfastened. they do no longer attack human beings like wasps or yellow-jackets. yet once you nevertheless prefer to get rid of them then i prefer to advise the two knocking it down with a pole of sufficient length so as which you don't get swarmed or by making use of gassing it. With little young little ones around, i might propose the 1st decision. in the event that they're bumblebees, although, they don't have a nest like a wasp. They burrow interior the timber of the deck and make tunnels interior it. If that's what's down there, then i might propose patching the holes close with something.
2016-10-07 04:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by carol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could- put ammonia on rags in the evening and drop em down there to discourage them. BUT-
maybe you could consider please- just let them be. They lost their home and needed to find one somewhere with all the buiilding and asphalt and garbage we humans put out.
Maybe you could dedicate a corner of your yard for habitat and they can be encouraged to take up residence there instead. Provide them with an alternative.
Put any branches and debris from your lawncare into one corner, maybe even plant an evergreen bush like juniper to provide some housing. Collect food scraps separate from your other garbage each day and leave it in that corner as well to encourage them to want to stay there. Give them some options man.
I put scraps out and they stay away from the trash cans, it lowers the amount of trash i throw into the landfill each week too and any not eaten is good for the soil.
2007-06-09 01:43:58 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsianna P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than Mothballs, there isn't a great deal you can do short of burying some chicken wire to prevent digging and install lattice to keep varmits out. This Old House did a segment on this,. http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tvprograms/asktoh/showresources/episode/0,16663,421656-429101,00.html
http://www.livingwithwildlife.org/
Some people have success with Dummy Owls and cardboard Coyote cutouts.
2007-06-09 01:41:28 · answer #7 · answered by fugazi48 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try throwing a bunch of mothballs under the deck. Outside you won't be able to smell it very much but animals seem to hate the smell.
2007-06-09 01:33:30 · answer #8 · answered by wolfatrest2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest that you initially try moth flakes or moth balls. If this isn't productive, then move on to coyote urine. Since you haven't told us what type of "critters", you have to dislodge, it is difficult to give specific advice.
2007-06-09 01:42:19 · answer #9 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An automatic sprinkler scarecrow has worked awesome for all kinds of critters (and it's humane).
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MXPE6U/xasin-20/
2007-06-09 15:12:38 · answer #10 · answered by fgwenger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋