Does anyone know how effective this is against gophers? Will it make my horses and goats stress, if I use it in their field?
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I would say that this is marketed for urban farmers. I think that it may cause stress with farm animals that would be natural predators of coyotes.
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This collar seems to work well on an animal with a more compliant nature to start with. I have one dog who (very strong willed) just got angry with the collar and barked harder with it on. In light of this, if your goat is the typical stubborn animal goats are reputed to being, I would be surprised if it worked. But hey! You never know! If it meant a few hours extra of sleep, it might be worth the try!
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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.
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Can't verify the use of the Coyote for deer. I use him in my garden area to keep dogs from using my lawn as a potty. I can tell you when I lived in the woods the only thing that did help with deer was deer fenceng and spraying the plants that the deer fencing did not cover with my own solution of eggs / hot sauce / water!
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I think voles will be to small for this trap. It would work for gophers, if they have a run close to the top of the ground like moles do. It has killed instantly 100% of the time for me. If the jaws catch the rodent he's done.
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I can't even get it to Kill Gophers. Save your money. Just Get the Gopher CINCH TRAP (S) ..
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I don't know. After trying the poson for a week or 2, I finally hired a gopher trapper. He caught a huge one. Don't know if the poison killed others & whether I was turning the correct #. Or whether it was a solo gopher. Boy did he do a lot of damage. Lost 3 rose bushes and he was well into the agapanthas.
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Hi? I have a mole trap and its built like a roman torture device. very heavy duty with long spikes. I believe that this is built this way due to its hard body and penetration. I have caught large gophers with the gopher kit. You may get lucky and hook into a mole. if you do? make sure to secure the trap with strong twine and a stake to keep him from takeing off with it. be carefull,protect your self and ware heavy duty gloves,sharp teeth. good luck.
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It won't harm the animals but just teach them to not go in the vicinity of the fence. I use hot wire to keep livestock in and predators out. It doesn't work on bears that have heavy coats and just smash down the fence or big cats that will jump the fence.
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castor oil is the main ingredient and the supposed one that drives the gophers/moles away. we've had mixed results using it.
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I don't have any Bluegrass in my yard, so I can't speak from experience. I just googled "ornamec and bluegrass" and got mixed opinions on this. The directions indicate it does stress other grasses, and I noticed this slightly on my fescue. But how it affects bluegrass, I'm sorry I can't say.
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I have them to protect my chickens. I have had no problems with critters. It's suggested you put the predator at the level shown on the instructions for the particular critters size. The Predadtor was recommended to me by a friend who uses them to protect goats from coyotes. He swears by it. He has 4. Me, all I can say is no problems with the possum or raccoon who got 3 of my chickens BEFORE the Predator. It has blinking red lights. I plan on buying a few more. They work up to a clear distance of 1/2 mile. I'd get them again. It's worth the try
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I have a hedge composed of at least 10 different plant varieties. I no longer wanted one of these, and cut it out, applying Tordon. It did not affect the other plants. I think if used correctly, minimally, you won't have any problems. But I suppose there could be some plants out there that are super sensitive to it.
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Basically yes. The idea is to give a minor shock to the animal so it is a deterrent from going close to the wire. I have the wire on the posts, as instructed, with the idea that it would keep beavers out of our yard. It has worked good but you have to be careful in putting up the wire not to leave openings where animals can move through without going near the wire. So i had to redraw my line and put the wire up to cover all areas that the beaver would walk through. Since then, the beaver has never been back in our yard. However, I have seen rabbits jump over the wire so you might have to do a double wire for other animals. It doesn't bother the birds. For some reason it seems to be keeping the deer out of the yard also but the moose doesn't seem to be bothered by the wire. I'm not sure i answered your question?
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Well... I'm not impressed with liquid fence. It stinks to the high heavens, but it does not repel the rabbits that eat my plants! They hop right through the stuff, i've watched them do it. Now I'm using a pellet gun. Much more effective! Sorry, i know you have a rabbit as a pet, but the ones in my yard are evil pests.
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I have used the deer repellent in the past in PA and it worked like a charm on bunnies too. I have no bunnies here in NH, but this is doing a good job keeping deer away too. It is not working on voles. I don't know if the ingredients are different, but it smells about the same.
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I found that my goats got themselves tangled easily. I had to separate them then they tangled themselves around trees. It would be great in a grassy field with no obstacles. It is more than strong enough to stand up to very large dogs as my goats are adults(100-150 lbs.)