We have racoons, panthers, and bears in our area. Would this work for wild animals?
1490281
I doubt it would because the smell would dissipate into the air and be too weak to drive them away. But for the price it might be worth a try.
1490282
No idea, It is a pig pheromone that domestic animals seem to respond to. I have completely quelled most of my dogs behavioral issues with it and we frequently use it at the animal hospital that I work at .. There is a bear spray available that I have seen at sporting good stores
1490283
It worked very well for our dog, however the noise it makes is not very loud. I would say that for racoons, sure, but as far as panthers and bears are concerned absolutely not, I wouldn't chance it at all for panthers and bears. However, if you're looking for something of that sort, REI sells bear repellant. And I know mace can work very well (if this is a camping trip or the like).
1490284
I doubt it as timing is important and you would need to be close to the animal while it is "in the act" for the spray to be effective....
1490285
probably not - It is supposed to make a noise that disrupts your dog's focus and the aldosterone is supposed to help calm them - you should research bear spray.
935350
Depends on the animal. A dog, yes. I do search & rescue in the mountains for the sheriff and would not even think about using it for a bear or mt. lion!
623587
I think it would be ok but I would not let the raccoon watch you when you get food out...they are very smart! We had scooter years ago and it got out of his cage and disappeared. We always suspected my husband lol but he never would fess up!
949580
Personally I would say no. I would say spotting raccoons or opossum maybe but snake may be difficult
1629062
We've only used them for underground voles/moles/gophers for which they are impressive. My dad had raccoons in his attic and hung a bright light 24 hours a day and they left after 48 hours- maybe that would work with squirrels?!
1501135
Yes and mine works great. I have "harvested" wild pigs and raccoon using it,
937711
We do have bears in Northern California, but unfortunately, I have no idea if this would deter them. It's worth a try. Good luck.
316477
Hi, no coyotes, but I don't think it would work. Raccoons and skunk have walked right in front of, and around mine- these would not scare off a coyote.
702466
Yes, it works well for me. Lots of coyotes, deer, mountain lions, bob cats, baggers, & raccoons on my 1 ac in the foothills.
830117
I use it to deter a raccoon. I put it by the fence where he enters the yard, and it has worked wonderfully.
1906185
Don't expect much. Either all our squirrels, raccoons, opossums, etc. are of an ethnicity that love HOT sauce or this stuff doesn't work. We tried a whole bottle of this, to the point all seed was covered with the red and practically dripping, but deterred no animals what so ever. Good luck to you, hope it works for you.
1574612
I haven't had experience with such a large animal in the crawl space using the Pest A Cator at home. Although we have had raccoons nest and raise babies in the walls at our office. The only way we got rid of them was with using live traps and then moving them miles and miles away where no other buildings or homes exist. We found that they used the ducts to traverse along under the roof of the metal building and then decided on coming down the walls to find a home inside the walls. You have to find and close their access point. They chatter a lot and sound quite cute inside the walls, but we had to cut open the drywall at the baseboard and coax them out with food inside the live trap. We just heard that another raccoon fell through the ceiling of the neighboring office, crashed and broke things while falling and then was so scared ripped up the office! Their little fingers can open just about anything a human can.
1019712
We used it to try keep otters out. It did not work. Go to your local feed and seed and put some real electricity behind it. Keeping a hungry animal out is hard. On them and us. The otter we tried to keep out cleaned out more than 40 butterfly koi that were 18" long...it was heartbreaking.
2143088
I can't be sure about that, I can say that most wild birds are NOT deterred by my Yardgard. It should work on cats though.
642313
Hi..maybe not..depending on diameter of the dome. It could work if you hung it a bit lower like from a chain. If your deck is high enough off the ground it would still be hard for them to get to. We use ours for the suet feeder..mostly to keep the crafty raccoons from getting at it, and so far it's working :-)
1711193
It says on the instructions that it will target animals such as bats, rodents, armadillos, opossum, skunks, squirrels, cats, dogs, raccoons and deer ( and probably many more) I doubt it will work on scorpions. I bought six units, mostly for deer and feral cats and it works very well.
51106
I would not use this for an up close attempt to kill a racoon. This air rifle will handle squirrels, rabbits and maybe even a small possum with a well placed shot. Racoons are bigger, thicker skinned and mean as hell.