We're trying to keep bunnies out of our flower beds in the front yard along the sidewalk, but Is there a way to not have it spray people?
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Unfortunately since it is motion activated, anything will set it off. I forgot about it a few times and it blasted me with a shot of water! Lol!
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Hi Mike B,In my backyard I get watered far more than the wildlife. In your front yard you would have to place the unit with its "back" to the sidewalk or any area that people can use legitimately. The sensor would be "looking at" your front door catching motion well within your property where people should not be walking and where you can frighten the bunnies or stray dogs and cats that venture too far into your property.Good Neighbor Dave
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Hi. No I cant seem to find a way that it will pick up only smaller objects. Perhaps the reverse would work with some fiddling on the adjustment sensitivity. Spraying people is fun by the way. I set it off, the gardener, my in-laws, the kid next door...its just fun. As others wrote, you can turn the water pressure down at the hose side and that will also keep the spraying distance short. dont over do it though, find an optimal setting, as if you turn it way down then it wont be able to work properly and spray will be uneven and/or non existent
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Unfortunately the unit has a motion sensor so it will detect any movement including the two legged kind. I would suggest setting up the unit at the foot of the property close the sidewalk or flowerbed facing towards the house. Then you have to remember its there or you will end up getting wet if you forget to turn the water off when you go to do the gardening ... lol.
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from my experience, the unit does not differentiate between people, animals or even vehicles. I backed the water tap off to about half so that the spray would not carry so far as to interfere with people passing on the sidewalk. It sprayed when it picked up the motion, just not as far.
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I sometimes clean the hole of the spray mechanism with a toothbrush and hot soapy water. It will sometimes get sticky from the spray. Also, make sure you use brand new batteries when you first set it up. We use ours everywhere, especially in our saddle shed and on our back porch-even though outside, the spray keeps everything away from our doors.
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It seems to keep all kinds of critters away. I used it around my garden and works great, i then started to spray around my garbage cans and they don't seem to be bothered by anything anymore. I am not sure if it was coons or possum getting in trash but it doesnt happen anymore. I went straight to their website and called them and they sold me a concentrate bottle that should make about 5 gallons of this stuff. It was a little pricey but only stuff i ave found that works this well.
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It works fine. Use either cat food or sunflower seeds and something stinky like cheese . Make sure you cover it with a burlap sack or an old sheet. They don't spray then. Be very gentle and keep the blanket /cover on it when you open the front . They will be so happy to leave they do not even look back! Good luck. We have 80 acres we take them to..... 25 miles away. ;-)
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I use this wrap to deter wild rabbits from chewing our young fruit trees in our pasture. It works when multiple layers are wrapped. I don't think that would stand up to deer rubbing. For that I would suggest to use heavy duty burlap tree wrap.
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Had mine in my covered breezeway earlier this year when it was warm & had no problems with critters getting into it. Put a large brick on the top to be sure. Of course, where I live is fairly urban with mostly just squirrels & opossums running around. If you want to have it outside & are worried about critters getting into it, I would suggest using straps or bungee cords to secure the lid down. That should keep them out unless they take a mind to gnaw through them.
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It appears to work for rabbits. Nothing I've sprayed is being eaten by animals...I have a lovely garden and flowers for the first time in my life. Great stuff!
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I can't answer that. The rabbits that bother me live in the woods and dine on my flowers unless I use Liquid Fence. When I lived in VA, I had good luck preventing bees and moles from making holes by using a mole preventer. I can't remember the brand name, but look for a hose-end spray bottle of product designed to repel moles. I sprayed my grass every 3 - 4 weeks and it kept ground bees and moles away. So it may work on rabbits too, since it is the smell they dislike. If you can't find the product, it is mostly castor oil, so you could try that instead.
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I only had one and its ben a month since I sprayed. A combination of spray and traps should help.
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Our bunnies generally eat the grass mats (or shred) and/or poop on them, so they don't last very long. The best thing to use to protect their feet are plastic cage mats which you can put over the wire. They have big enough slots to let the urine and some of the poop go through. You can also clean them pretty easily. I don't know if they have them online, but I found them at Quality Cage in Portland, Oregon.
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Don't know about rabbits, but it works keeping the deer away from our flowers.
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We have used the Plantskydd SPRAY, which is fantastic for deer. We have chipmunks in our yard, so the spray doesn't keep them away. But, then, we don't plant bulbs other than Daffodils- which no one eats. Anyway, Plantskydd now makes a granule product to sprinkle around which says on the container that it will keep little critters away, so you may want to check it out! Hope this helps! Good luck!
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This will not work. It was very easy to install and the next morning I went out to holes chewed through it and a bunny sitting in my garden eating my lettuce. Total waste of money for keeping critters out. I resorted to chicken wire fencing. Worked great.
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Keep the spray away from any type of ornamental flowers or Shrubs. It is made for lawn weed control only, not flower beds. You may try using preen granules around your flower beds. If you use colored mulch around those flowers and shrubs you will help control the weed population and enhance the beauty of the shrubs and flowers. Hope this helps. Steve
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fox pee works well to keep groundhogs away from your garen don't use it inside garden just around the out side of it
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I assume that your quest pertains to having it outside. If that is the case mine has held up very well for the last several months outside in South Carolina. If the rain gets to bad the bunnies just go inside the enclosed portion. Hope that helps.
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There are several ways to keep animals away from your garden. If your referring to birds, try running a string tied on wood stakes through your garden and tying pieces of rags along the run. As the wind blows the rags will wave scaring off the birds, a rubber snake or plastic owl ornament may also work. As for deer and rabbits you can go to your local hardware store and purchase some chicken wire and stake it around your garden. Hope this helped a little!