Humane Garden Pest Controls - Deer, Cat, Dog, Rabbit, Squirrel Repellents

There are just a few ways to get the large critters out of the garden and landscape.

Startle Them
Any wild animal will be likely to take off if there is some sudden movement or loud sound.

Scare Them
Scare them in the sense that they suspect there is a predator in the area. Fox urine or even human urine are examples of this type of repellent. The inflatable owls and snakes fall into this category as well.

Offend Them
This is the basic of repellents like pepper sprays. Pepper is the basis for many pest controls because it's very offensive to some animals (mostly mammals) but others (like birds) are unaffected by it. That's why you often see hot pepper suet sold for use in bird feeders.

Many of the ultrasonic type of electronic repellents also work by simply offending or bothering the pests to the point that they just leave.

Click here for a link to information on how to repel several types of animals and pests with humane and organic materials. Some repellents are slightly targeted towards individual pests, but some of the better repellents work on deer, cats, dogs, squirrels, birds, or even armadillos.

The Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler is an ingenious device! Basically it works with a sensor like your motion activated driveway lights, sensing the movement of your garden or lawn pests, and then sprays them with a short burst of water. They quickly learn to go somewhere else and in a short time you have taught them all to stay away.

You can read a full review at this organic garden pest repellent review.

Or you can go take a look at the reviews at Amazon for the Contech Electronics Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler #CRO101. It's worth going just to look at the customer images that someone has loaded showing the different pests that it will control. They are pretty funny.