Another protecting your food story

Another protecting your food story

      

Wildlife Damage/Population Management

Put up chicken-wire fence 2 feet high around vegetable gardens to protect them from rabbits

Put up a 2- or 3-strand electric fence (one strand 6 inches above ground and the other 6 inches

higher) to keep groundhogs and raccoons out of vegetable gardens

To repel deer from vegetable gardens, erect a single-strand electric fence (2 ½ feet above

ground) with aluminum tabs attached every 3 – 5 feet.

- Smear peanut butter on the aluminum tabs.

- Deer are attracted to the peanut butter. When they touch the aluminum tabs with their mouths, they learn to stay away.

 

Nuisance crawdads in the yard may be remedied by pouring boiling water down the spout of

the mound

To keep bats out of attics and out from under vinyl siding and other areas, close or cover up all

holes and cracks so they can’t get in!

- do this at night after bats have left the roost; it may be necessary to open the hole the following night to allow any bats that were trapped inside a chance to leave

- maternal colonies will migrate to hibernation sites in the fall. If you wait until then to close holes and cracks, you will avoid trapping any inside.

 

“Repel” snakes by cleaning up around the house – mow more often, remove piles of wood,

brush, and trash. There is no reliable repellent for snakes; only “snake oil”

Refer to Managing Nuisance Animals and Associated Damage Around the Home, PB 1624, and visit http://icwdm.org for additional wildlife damage management information.