Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:44:14 -0800 From: "Andrew Marshall" <andrewm@olywa.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg817$foo@default> Subject: sonic control of rodents
HI Joe,
The motion sensitive sprinkler attachment sounds like fun. Just don't
get in front of it yourself unless you have a change of clothes handy.
As to the sonic device... none of them work. I have tried several types
as have my in-laws to keep chipmunks, mice and squirrels out of their
attics. Having spent two months living up there myself, I can tell you that
even with 8 of them in the large attic, there was still plenty of all three
rodents, and they didn't seem phased at all by the devices. Yes, the
devices were working properly according to manufacturers instructions. They
just don't work either indoors or outdoors.
Pie pans and other dangly shiney things don't work for squirrels,
neither do rubber snakes and large rubber crocodiles. Scarecrows don't work
either.
Best wishes
Andrew
> At the last Texas Nurseryman and Landscape Association meeting,
> someone sold a simple device to get rid of deer and squirrels. It's
> a motion detector that is hooked directly to a Water Sprinkler.
> Whenever it detects movement, it sprays water all around the area.
> This looks silly, but keeps the little freaks away.
>
> SharperImage.com had an electronic device that actually puts out a
> signal that bugs rodents (and maybe dogs).
>
> This works for birds, but I don't know about Squirrels -- hang
> aluminum pie pans around your plants. This for some reason just
> freaks birds out, and they won't come near them.
>
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