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No more eating my house (attn Lisa)

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29 June 2021, 07:30 PM
ShiroKuro
No more eating my house (attn Lisa)
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.

ROTFLMAO


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29 June 2021, 07:31 PM
ShiroKuro
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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29 June 2021, 08:11 PM
pianojuggler
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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29 June 2021, 08:15 PM
BeeLady
So the big question is...

Is it working?

Might be fun to set up a camera to see.. Big Grin


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29 June 2021, 10:22 PM
ShiroKuro
PJ, Ole

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. WhoMe


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29 June 2021, 11:26 PM
piqué
Hilarious! Maybe it will become a local fad to put rubber reptiles out to greet your visitors.


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30 June 2021, 12:15 AM
Piano*Dad
That would be a metric ton better than pink flamingos ... Big Grin
30 June 2021, 09:34 AM
ShiroKuro
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... Blink


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30 June 2021, 09:58 AM
Piano*Dad
Oh, leave them. It's a signal to all would-be robbers of the surprises that lie in wait for them within ... Evil
30 June 2021, 10:20 AM
ShiroKuro
quote:
It's a signal


Like, "enter here for a Home Alone experience" ??

Big Grin


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30 June 2021, 10:21 AM
ShiroKuro
Or maybe it's like announcing "Home Security Provided by the Three Stooges" ...

Ole


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30 June 2021, 11:06 AM
Piano*Dad
I was more thinking along these lines ... Big Grin

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30 June 2021, 11:44 AM
Steve Miller
And here I thought this was going to be a diet thread.


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30 June 2021, 11:52 AM
ShiroKuro
P*D, Steve, ROTFLMAO


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30 June 2021, 12:59 PM
Lisa
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?