Use hedge clippers or a small band saw to remove any thin tree branches that hang over your roof or garden. Also, remove any vines that are growing on the side of the tree or your house to make it harder for the rats to get to your roof or attic. Remove any piles of wood or tre...
Most people enjoy looking at deer in their backyard. However for the gardener who has a vegetable garden or grows fruit trees, deer may become a nuisance after awhile, especially if deer are eating all your crops. Fortunately, there are some techniques you can incorporate to keep deer away ...
Rats and mice can also be a real danger if you have a barn or outdoor structures; they contaminate animal food and chew through wires in cars and tractors.See three steps to banish rats and mice outside around farms, animal barns, garages, and garden sheds. ...
Always keep trash cans covered, and maybe even secure the lid with bungee cords. Never leave your own pet’s food outside, as neighborhood cats may help themselves. If youattract lots of birdsto your yard with bird feeders or birdbaths, it might be a good idea to stop until you can ...
are attached below the base of the feeder enough so that the squirrels cannot jump to the base. When they climb the pole (use a HIGH pole) they have to grab onto the bottom of the slinky. Then watch the yoo yoo fun and frustration of the squirrels. GO EAT ACORNS you dirty rats !
They are brown to reddish brown and their color will lighten as the droppings age. They will most likely be scattered but may be found in piles in areas near common feeding spots. Squirrel droppings are similar to those of rats but a bit bigger and more barrel shaped than the more cylindr...
Everyone knows the jingle about woodchucks chucking wood, but fewer people can identify a woodchuck, and even fewer still know how to keep them out of a vegetable garden. Woodchucks are bigger than squirrels and twice as hungry. They love eating fresh vegetables and garden flowers, and one h...
Absolutely! Gopher basket wire is threaded together just close enough to let roots grow but small enough to keep out many pesky paw sizes including: Voles Prairie dogs Groundhogs Moles Squirrels Muskrats Mice Rabbits Rats Chipmunks Armadillos ...
Anna:I once lived in an apartment where there was, like, a restaurant next to it, and the rats got into the dumpsters outside of it and then into the basement below my building. And when we told our management about it, they sent exterminators to kill the rats in the basement, but...
t feel there was a practical imperative for doing so. Killing cockroaches to prevent a cockroach infestation of my house feels to me like justifiable homicide. Same goes for mice or rats. But I try to find a method of killing that is instant – like squashing or instant-death traps (...