birds on porch problem solved - with this! - Page 2

SeaGal · ‎03-09-2010

Hopefully they get a wiff of it before they land BUT

I have read that birds do not have a keen sense of smell...

gazelle77 · ‎03-01-2013

I think it is bad to use anything that could make them suffer... worse than just shooting them and getting it over with in my mind. Please do not use it.

shesallthat · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/22/2014 occasional rain said:
It has a warning to keep out of the reach of children so it's probably harmful to birds. I'd rather put up with the little mess and have birds than take a chance on harming them.

good grief!!!

it does not harm them at all - it is just sooo sticky and messy that they do not want to be bothered with the area anymore.

shesallthat · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/22/2014 Clover29 said:
How can something sticky be called a ""repellent""?

would you want to keep going to the same spot and getting some kind of sticky goo all over your feet????

SeaGal · ‎03-09-2010

Shesallthat, I missed the original thread I guess but have you tried the aluminum strips hanging down? I know it sounds like a pita to get them all up there and maybe even have to moved them if the birds move but something like that?

I havent read the reviews at Amazon but this stuff sounds really cruel... ${#emotions_dlg.sad}$

eta~ I dont think they need to come back more than once to catch the drift, once will probably do them in anyway. Probably be more humane to plink them.

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

I don't mind the birds but they are not usually on our deck. They hang out in the bushes and trees around the deck or at our bird feeders and bird houses in those trees. (And our deck is closed in with walls and a door but no roof, because we have a hot tub. I hang wash on the deck a lot and no birds ever "go" on my wash.I love watching the birds and often photograph them.

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make~ The Beatles

stilltamn8r · ‎03-14-2010

On 4/22/2014 Clover29 said:
How can something sticky be called a "repellent"? ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

I know, wouldn't it be an "attractant"?

shesallthat · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/22/2014 SeaGal said:
Shesallthat, I missed the original thread I guess but have you tried the aluminum strips hanging down? I know it sounds like a pita to get them all up there and maybe even have to moved them if the birds move but something like that?

I havent read the reviews at Amazon but this stuff sounds really cruel... ${#emotions_dlg.sad}$

eta~ I dont think they need to come back more than once to catch the drift, once will probably do them in anyway. Probably be more humane to plink them.

"do them in"!!! such drama. ${#emotions_dlg.unsure}$

i put this up last week - once - and not one bird has been STUCK to the ceiling of my porch. ${#emotions_dlg.rolleyes}$ of the half dozen that i was having i am sure at least one that would have been. or dropped dead if it was as awful as some of you are trying to make it to be! and with the rain we have had which is when they would take cover under my porch they have not even attempted to come back.

SeaGal · ‎03-09-2010

Whatever, do what you're going to do...

stilltamn8r · ‎03-14-2010

the buildings downtown put those pointy metal spikes in front of their windows and planter boxes- Wish I could figure out a way (besides the rubber snake) to keep them away from my tomatoes!