Keep Your Pets And Family Safe: How To Prevent Wildlife In Your Yard
Wildlife is absolutely beautiful—that is until it starts to make its way to your yard, damaging your property and home and possibly injuring your pets or family members. Wildlife such as raccoons, opossums, deer, squirrels, and chipmunks can all invade your yard and wreak havoc if you continue to allow them into your yard. In order to keep your family and pets safe, you need to do something to keep these animals out of your yard. Read on for tips to help you get this job done.
Fence In Your Garden
Your garden may be luring some wildlife into your yard. To prevent them from getting a meal each day in your yard, you can try to fence in your garden. This may not deter larger animals such as deer, but it can deter smaller animals. Use fencing such as chicken wire that has smaller holes in it to prevent animals from squeezing through. You could also enclose the garden completely with a greenhouse, but if this is too costly, try fencing instead.
Contain Your Garbage
Don't put out bags of garbage in your side yard and expect them to stay intact. Wildlife and other pests are going to get into your garbage, spreading it all over your yard and neighboring yards as well. Invest in a garbage can that has a lid to seal your trash, and be sure to tie your garbage bags to help seal your trash. Most pests are not going to be able to open up the lid of your trash can, especially if it's securely in place.
Remove Landscape Refuse
If you have landscape refuse that is piled up in your yard, it can be a good nesting place for wildlife such as raccoons, opossums, mice, rats, chipmunks or even squirrels. Remove these piles from your yard entirely to prevent this from happening. Talk to your local disposal company about how you can dispose of this type of waste, or ask if there is a composting company nearby that you can take your refuse to.
Bring In Feeders
Bird feeders may be feeding more than just birds. They may also be feeding squirrels and raccoons, as well as deer. If you have bird feeders in your yard, bring them indoors at the end of the day, or remove them entirely from your yard to help deter wildlife.
If you are experiencing problems with wildlife in your yard, hire a professional pest control company that provides wildlife control services for help and use the tips above to keep them out of your yard as well.
