Critters cutting the wiring harness in engine bay

[ransil]

I found bait block work best, put them in 1 1/4 PVC pipes with caps on them and drill holes in caps no more than 3/4" , keeps the coons from eating it.
Put baited pipes around the perimeter of all buildings inside /outside.
I went thru lots of bait first 2 months then it every 6 months I had to rebait.

commercial pest companies all use bait stations/blocks in and around buildings.

Pellets not good they will hoard them .
loose bait coons will eat them same with open end pipes they will get them out.
I never had issues with other non targeted critters, stray / neighbors cats all were fine, did not affect the coons that ate it, still had to trap those.

 

[Koolau]

I found bait block work best, put them in 1 1/4 PVC pipes with caps on them and drill holes in caps no more than 3/4" , keeps the coons from eating it.
Put baited pipes around the perimeter of all buildings inside /outside.
I went thru lots of bait first 2 months then it every 6 months I had to rebait.

commercial pest companies all use bait stations/blocks in and around buildings.

Pellets not good they will hoard them .
loose bait coons will eat them same with open end pipes they will get them out.
I never had issues with other non targeted critters, stray / neighbors cats all were fine, did not affect the coons that ate it, still had to trap those.

Years ago we found that raccoons are especially destructive. Also found out our dear neighbor was feeding the critters. Doh!

 

[Gremlin]

Years ago we found that raccoons are especially destructive. Also found out our dear neighbor was feeding the critters. Doh!

Was it this guy?

 

[Koolau]

Was it this guy?

Nope, but one early evening I (and the guilty neighbor!) heard DW give out a blood curdling shriek. I came bounding down from the 2nd floor and the neighbor came from next door in through our back door.

DW was staring at a mamma raccoon eating the cats' food in the utility room. I swear that beast weighed 30 lbs. I didn't know they got that fat.

Disturbed by the shriek, the raccoon slowly waddled out through the cat door past DW, me and the (guilty) neighbor. The raccoon acted like she owned the place and she was incensed that DW had disturbed her evening meal.

It was then that the neighbor 'fessed up that he fed the critter(s) each evening. (Thanks a LOT)!

 

[jazz4cash]

In some locals, you can purchase lion urine. Very effective from what I have heard (w*rks for deer too).

I need deer repellant. How strong is the odor to humans?

 

[Koolau]

I need deer repellant. How strong is the odor to humans?

Lion urine is very strong smelling to humans.