Porcupine Repellent Analysis

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Porcupines have proven to be an effective nuisance around homes and to say that you want to get rid of these critters is easier said than done. First you must consider why they are attracted to your place that keeps them going back more and more. It might be that your house is one of the primary sources of their food that is why they can never stay away from your place or they just found something attractive on your property or wooded area to raise their young ones. Whatever the reason, they are always the source of headache for many gardeners who want to protect trees.

Part of the reason why porcupines are roaming the cities, aside from the wild is because they can easily look for food within yards and forests that would always have plenty of food for them without them giving a lot of effort. Having said that, it would be best for many people to find ways to make sure that their garbage are tightly secured and cannot be opened by these pesky critters. It would always be a mess after a porcupine trashes out the litter and leave them lying around the lawn or your wooded area.

Repellents would be the most effective way of preventing them from entering your property especially the insides of your house. They say that similar with humans, porcupines are often disgusted with foul odor and scent. Traditionally the use of ammonia, naphthalene balls, and bleach are used to repel these creatures with the strong pungent odor that is released by these chemicals. You can even make your homemade porcupine repellent as suggested by many people by just combining a number of herbs or any spices that you can think of that can produce a very strong odor which can cause these porcupines to run away from smelling them. You can spray these around your property in strategic locations where coons enter mostly so that you can prevent them from stepping in your territory.

Other than this, you can make use of some predators’ urine like that of a coyote to scare them away. Knowing that there is a possibility of some other creature that could have made a fine meal of them, they would of course just try to save their lives and avoid coming near the place where the smell is found. Making them feel threatened may sometimes work in keeping them away.

Aside from this, you can also make use of electric devices which can give off light in a second or create an ear breaking ultrasonic sound that they can only hear. Having the aid of these motion detectors would really help a lot in making them feel the presence of a person in the household that could again elicit a reaction of fear from being caught and killed. But because sometimes porcupines can see through many disguises, they can always just another place as an entry way like many branches of trees that hung in an open window or near the roof to the chimney. When this happens, you can always cut off the branch or let them in with a surprise trap prepared inside your house.

If repellents would not work, you can always make use of a trap to catch them and depending on your local state laws you can try to release them into an area appointed by the government. If you feel that doing this might not work, you can give them away to many environmental organizations who know what to do with them. But if you are not convinced of these methods you can try to kill them if it is allowed in your area.

More in-detail how-to porcupine removal articles:

Information about porcupine trapping - analysis and methods for how to trap.
Information about how to kill a porcupine - with poison or other methods.
Information about how to keep porcupines away - prevention techniques.
Information about how to catch a porcupine - remove one stuck in the house.

This site is intended to provide porcupine deterrent education and information about porcupine repellents, such as those you can buy online, so that you can make an informed decision if you need to deal with a porcupine problem. This site provides many porcupine control articles and strategies, if you wish to attempt to solve the problem yourself. But remember, mothballs and fox or coyote urine won't do the trick, nor will high pitch sound or noise machines. If you are unable to solve the problem on your own, which is likely with many cases of porcupine removal, please go to the home page and click the USA map, where I have wildlife removal experts listed in over 500 cites and towns, who can properly help you with your nuisance porcupine.

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