porcupines eating plywood

Porcupines are eating the plywood at the cabin, what can I do to stop this?

There are two products you can employ to deter this behavior. If you review our PORCUPINE CONTROL ARTICLE, you'll read about ROPEL and NON DRYING GLUE. Both are repellents. The Ropel is a bad tasting agent that can be sprayed all over the wood. It will dry invisible and if applied heavy enough, stop them from desiring the wood.

4-The-Birds is a more "extreme" product in that it's a non drying glue through which they cannot chew. In general it's not practical to use on  a large scale since it's a bit messy. But no doubt it will stop this behavior on the spot. If there is a limited area where they'e active, you might consider using it. But if the wood being attacked is all around the home, using the Ropel might be the best option.

And don't rule out live trapping. In our article we have several live traps listed which are highly effective for porcupines. They're both easy to catch and in the long run, this is one of the best ways to control the local activity. You can see our full line of product offerings in our PORCUPINE PRODUCTS PAGE.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Porcupine Control:  http://www.bugspray.com/articles99/porcupines.html

Ropel:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page554.html

Glue Repellent:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1014.html

Porcupine Products:  http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page552.html