How to get rid of animal pests (Furry ones)

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By Terri Brisbane
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Racoon's in your garbage cans?

Do you want to get rid of the pests on your property? Mice, squirrels, raccoons, pigeons, and even cats can be real pests when they leave you a mess to clean up, or get into your new plants or birdseed.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Spray bottle
Ammonia
Gummy Drop/Peppermint Extract
Moth Balls
Vaseline
Cut up black garden hose
Air fresheners
Chili powder

Step 1

Lets start with the cute ones first. Is the neighbors' darling little kitty getting into your garden and using it for his own personal litter box? Well, if so, give this a try.

Cut up an old (or new) black garden hose and lay sections of it around your garden beds. Only a little piece of it needs to show. The cats will think these are snakes and stay out. Hey, nobody ever said cats were smart.

2. Are those sweet deer nibbling on your tress and shrubs? It is said that if you hang a few car air fresheners in your tress, bushes, or shrubs it will stop their snacking.
Step 2

Raccoons are a real treat, especially when you have to get up and go outside to clean up the trash they leave all over the side walk. Get a spray bottle and fill it with ammonia. Lightly spray the insides of the garbage cans and the bags. They hate the smell of ammonia.
Step 3

Squirrels love birdseed

Squirrels love birdseed and new plants. To keep them away, put blood meal around the plants, and mix chili powder or cayenne pepper into the bird seed. The pepper won't bother the birds, but the squirrels hate it.
Step 4

Long tailed field mouse

Pigeons are always sitting on the rail of my balcony leaving their lovely little white gifts behind. So, I got Vaseline and put a thin layer on the railing, and the pigeons have now taken up residence next door. Should I give the neighbors my secret remedy?
Step 5

And everyone's favorite: the rat, or mouse. You can always go with the old standby, the trap, with a gummy droop instead of cheese, or even the more mouse-friendly way of using peppermint of moth balls. Just put some peppermint extract or moth balls in a few containers and set them around where you have seen the little guys.
Step 6

As for teenagers, sorry. You are on your own.