Animal repellent
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Animal Repellents are products designed to keep animals away from objects.
Animal repellents are available in two forms:
- Toxic animal repellents, which may cause poisoning and environmental damage
- Non-toxic animal repellents.
Animal repellents have traditionally been used by farmers. Farmers often use very basic, natural animal repellents. Tiger urine is very effective at keeping away animals. Coyote urine has become the product choice to repel and deter deer. Fox urine is used to repel and deter rabbits, groundhogs, woodchucks, squirrels and chipmunks. Bobcat urine repels moles, mice, voles and other rodents. Wolf urine is used to repel moose. One type of animal repellent may be effective for raccoons, while another animal repellent may be more effective for skunks.
Rodents can be a particular nuisance, because they can cause a lot of damage to power cables and automobile cables by chewing on such items to sharpen their teeth as the teeth grow. The exposed cable can cause a short circuit or fire. They also chew on such items as plastic doors, sidings, benches moulded plastic parts, cables, wires, and railway components. In the wild too, several animals chew on products made of plastics, such as plastic bins containers, cables.
