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best porcupine bait for live trap

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:11:52 +0000

Dear Bugspray.com, I've just ordered two porcupine traps from you but was hard pressed to learn what baits you recommend for porcupines using these traps. Any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks, B.W.

Porcupines love salt. As explained in our PORCUPINE CONTROL ARTICLE, they'll readily eat anything salty. They've been known to chew the wooden handles of a wheel barrel because it was drenched in human sweat!

They also love fruit. We've learned an apple cut up and covered with salt works well. Place 3-4 pieces just outside the PORCUPINE TRAP and then one inside and 2-4 behind the trip pan. This will get them every time!

Here are direct links to the article and trap selection if needed:

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

Porcupine Trap: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page555.html

porcupines eating plywood

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:56:55 +0000

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

porcupines eating log cabin and outhouse

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:59:23 +0000

We have been looking for help, and came across your website.
We have a house in the woods in the Catskills of New York, and it is being eaten by porcupines. They have been eating the Anderson doors, so we covered them with stained plywood, and they eat that. They are eating out outhouse. They are eating They have eaten parts of our cars, and much more.
How effective is the Ropel spray?
Is there any problem with spraying it onto a newly stained log cabin?
Two porcupines showed up on Saturday night – one was eating the outhouse, and the other was eating the plywood covering the doors.
We would appreciate any help you can give us. This problem is making us sick.
We imagine that there are many, many porcupines. There are ledges behind us and even an old unused quarry.
Is there any health problem, or problem caused by using the spray? What is it made of?
Please let us know. Thank you in advance.

First, porcupines can and will do a lot of damage when wood is presented to them untreated and vulnerable. No doubt log cabins, plywood, hardy board and many other common manmade construction material made with wood can become food for any local porcupines.

Second, the ROPEL is a good product to try initially but if you find it isn't doing the job, you'll need to go to the 4-THE-BIRDS LIQUID treatment explained in our PORCUPINE CONTROL article. Based on the level of activity you say you have, I would guess there is a 50-50 chance. But where the Ropel fails, the 4-the-Birds will work.

Third, there is no problem using either product on a newly stained cabin.

Four, there could be more porcupines which is why many times the best solution is to trap them out and relocate them as explained in our article.

Fifth, there is no health problems caused by either spray; they are merely bad tasting repellents which animals do not like to eat.

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

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

4-The-Birds Liquid: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1014.html

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