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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
Back when Lisa was posting about something eating her house, I think I wrote that we were having a similar problem, except ours was the pillars on our front porch. We tried hot mustard but it never seemed to be effective for very long.... So Mr. SK repaired the damage and repainted the pillars (which, btw, look amazing, I should ask if he has any before photos). And then, in the hopes of preventing new damage, he did this:    Originally we bought the toy reptiles because I thought it might help to scare critters away. But then I heard about bird spikes, so those are the real deterrent, but we already had the toys so Mr. SK added those too. 
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
P.S. Lisa, here's what we bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Maybe you could get something like this??
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Oh, dear. I saw the pics and I thought: snakes are eating your pillars? What kinds of snakes are those? And bird spikes are keeping them away?
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So the big question is... Is it working? Might be fun to set up a camera to see.. 
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
PJ,  BL, Mr. SK just put them out yesterday so it’s too soon to tell. But I had a package delivered today, so at least one person in town probably thinks were crazy. 
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
Hilarious! Maybe it will become a local fad to put rubber reptiles out to greet your visitors.
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity  |
That would be a metric ton better than pink flamingos ... | |||
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
To me, the real question is -- do we now have to leave these out forever??? I imagine we'll get rid of the plastic reptiles eventually, but what about the spikes?? They're not especially attractive... 
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
Oh, leave them. It's a signal to all would-be robbers of the surprises that lie in wait for them within ...  | |||
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Like, "enter here for a Home Alone experience" ??
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Or maybe it's like announcing "Home Security Provided by the Three Stooges" ...
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| "I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity |
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And here I thought this was going to be a diet thread.
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
P*D, Steve,
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Interesting. I haven't done anything about our critters and I haven't noticed any new gnaw marks. I would like to figure out how to set up a camera but our summer is insane and I'm not sure I'll get around to it any time soon. Those do look intimidating for sure - I wonder if they would work. Do they just sit there or do they glue down or what? | |||
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