So if skunks are under my house, would this be effective at killing these stinky bastards? They sprayed my place 4 times and I want them dead!!!!!!!!!
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Doubt it, the space needs to be restrictive like a gopher hole, and the gas might shoo them away but not likely to kill them, maybe babies in a nest if you could get it right in their face. It would be highly undesirable to have the gas seep up into your house. I suggest a live trap then dispatch them, set up a blind and off them ( if you have the time and patience), seal up the house better, get a food-type bait poison. Good hunting.
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I didn't and don't like this at all!!! It seems as though the moles were anticipating this and have used it as a birthing and growth hormone. NOW, when I walk across my pretty lawn, it is like walking on a cloud, due to the massive INCREASE in MOLE activity
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Wow, they got in somehow & are thriving in the warmth of your home! This would be a lower cost option than the exterminator again but don't they guarantee their product? I'd keep making them come out. If you try this spray, you'll need to launder everything possible in hot water, spray in and under furniture (test wood & fabric first). Like I was told "think like a flea"! Good luck!!
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It worked on my chicken and deer problem. I would expect it to work on skunks. If you have a specific area to defend it should be effective.
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It will get rid of bats in an enclosed space such as an attic but I can NOT recommend that you purchase this brand as they simply do not last very long. The speaker in the unit goes out with in weeks when you have it set on "loud" and "rodent" (which is extremely loud and only for use in uninhabited buildings). The Black & Decker unit that resembles this unit has been discontinued but is still available and lasts for years and years. It may take more than one unit depending on the size of your attic. Use the unit on the loudest setting that does not bother you. Leave it on continually. You will need to close off the openings where the bats appear to be getting in the building.
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I believe if you push it into the ground as far as it will go the sensor will pick up a skunk moving along the ground==we use ours for deer so I'm not positive, but I know my German Shepherd sets it off every time she goes near it!
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I originally purchased this product as a solution to a rat infestation. I live in the country, surrounded by grain fields and every fall I get a migration of rats. This product completely, and efficiently repelled any unwanted boarders. I've found it repels squirrels as well but have not had it long enough to honestly know if it works on skunks too. It does warn not to use it around cats and dogs so I assume it aggravates larger animals as well. I purchased two, one for each floor of the house and have been vermin free since.
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Didn't try it for skunk odir, but certainly did not work in the car. The odor actually was worse after I used the product.
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I don't think it would be very effective unless you find where they are coming from. I spray ant & roach killer in the area where I see Them. We spray around the baseboards and the outside of the house about every month when they are active. But even the professionals have a problem finding a permanent solution. But the Ant-Zap is amazing.
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It will work on skunks, but not likely in a crawl space. The product is meant to be used on tunneling animals. Also, you might burn your house down.
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It didn't work for skunks. It attracts cats like crazy! Don't know about raccoons, but I doubt it.
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Hi Fade! Well, I too have a problem with skunks, raccoons, and squirrels, and using this product seems to deter them so I keep using it even though I would prefer that they not visit at all. I use it where I might have just planted bulbs since they seem to enjoy them as much as I do and around flowers that I like and so do they like coreopsis and lupine. So I guess the answer is that it works but you would need to reapply from time to time. John
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It worked for my cat who would wake me up at 4am...I put on floor by my bedroom door...I think it's the sound that scares them...it works great on my dog too, who would come in room and bother us if there were thunderstorms... The product says you can get like 200 sprays out of a can...I don't believe that, the can was empty within a week...I reordered more ...these has last longer but my animals won't go near room now just by them seeing it on the floor so its not spraying as much...my own leg sets it off more than the animals..lol..I have gotten good at high steppen around/over it...hope this helps you!! It worked for my cat who would wake me up at 4am...I put on floor by my bedroom door...I think it's the sound that scares them...it works great on my dog too, who would come in room and bother us if there were thunderstorms... The product says you can get like 200 sprays out of a can...I don't believe that, the can was empty within a week...I reordered more ...these has last longer but my animals won't go near room now just by them seeing it on the floor so its not spraying as much...my own leg sets it off more than the animals..lol..I have gotten good at high steppen around/over it...hope... » Read More It worked for my cat who would wake me up at 4am...I put on floor by my bedroom door...I think it's the sound that scares them...it works great on my dog too, who would come in room and bother us if there were thunderstorms... The product says you can get like 200 sprays out of a can...I don't believe that, the can was empty within a week...I reordered more ...these has last longer but my animals won't go near room now just by them seeing it on the floor so its not spraying as much...my own leg sets it off more than the animals..lol..I have gotten good at high steppen around/over it...hope this helps you!! « Show Less
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i do not know about raccoons as i did not have any of those pests but it absolutely got rid of the groundhogs! Just be sure to sprinkle all away around your house or buildings because the groundhogs will just turn a corner a dig there!
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I had a rat in my kitchen, I got 2 of these PestVacators and thought they worked, but I saw the rat again. He was stealing things off the counter and taking them somewhere every night. I bought the box that shocks them and it killed it the first day.
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Don't have experience with stinks, but it kills everything else, so I'm sure it will kill them. It was shipped to my Tn residence so NC won't be a problem. It is impressive, cheap, easy to use, and effective for weeks on end, even after rains!
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I don't know much about skunk deterence, but very effective in spooking off deer. You sort of have two things going for you: 1) the sudden onset of the sprinkler for a short burst; 2) you can set the duration of the burst, so if the scare of the sudden burst does get 'em, you could increase the duration so they'd get an extra dose of water.
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I haven't yet tried it on raccoons, just squirrels. It was a disappointment. The squirrels didn't like it and they threw it out of the attic, onto the ground but it didn't chase them away. In my experience with raccoons, they have a little more on the ball than do squirrels and I can imagine that if a raccoon has an established pattern for finding food and shelter in a particular place, it would take a little more than the fox urine to get rid of it. We have both foxes and raccoons on my place and they don't seem to get in each other's way. Let me qualify the above remarks by noting how much colder than usual this winter has been. In the last 30 years that I've lived here, we've always had a squirrel or two that have overwintered in the attic. It was a little annoying but they didn't do any damage. This past fall, I had a terrible time with multiple squirrels and rats moving into the attic, gnawing on the wood and making a lot of noise. I was concerned that they would do damage to the PVC plumbing and the wiring. I wondered, at the time, if we were going to have a cold, wet winter. Turns out we have. Under other circumstances, the fox urine might have worked, if the squirrels perceived they had other shelter options. I ended up having to shoot five of them off the side of the house. In 30 years I've never shot that many. I finally had to do a lot of work closing off any possible entries to the attic.