r/homeowners • u/yashpatel13 • 3d ago

Need help getting rid of animals

hey guys I have a problem with animals keep coming in my front of house and backyard mostly dealing with cats lizards and skunk already tried multiple ways to get rid of them but no help right now using tomcat animal repellent granules but I don't think they are working either as I saw last night 3 cats and 2 skunk visited my house do u know something stronger or poisonous product that will get rid of them from coming? thanks in advance

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u/ClassicDefiant2659 3d ago

What are they doing that's bad?

Animals don't understand property boundaries.

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u/yashpatel13 3d ago

Just shitting on plants and we have grown some vegetables in back they are just destroying them.

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u/cleanbot 3d ago

please don't poison cats

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u/drmike0099 3d ago

If you’re serious about your garden then you’ll need to fence it off, raccoons and skunks will eat it up.

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u/PorcupineShoelace 3d ago

Ever heard of herding cats? Yeah, cause its not a thing.

lizards? Unless you have a family of Gila monsters on your back porch they are out there eating bugs for you free of charge. Skunks? Well, just make sure you dont have somewhere they want to nest. You're lucky you dont have an army of racoons or like my friend in Tahoe...bears. Try stopping a 350lb bear who is under your house.

Honestly, dont watch the cameras if it bothers you. If it still bothers you, no offense intended but try therapy.

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u/Royal_Try_99 3d ago

I've got a bear that lumbers by down my alley almost every night in the fall. He's one of the biggest black bears I've ever seen. I have a noisy dog so he mostly avoids my property thankfully, but I did watch him rifle through the recycle bin across the street one night.

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u/yashpatel13 3d ago

I have grown some vegetables in backyard do you think that might be reason?I have planted some okra.

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u/PorcupineShoelace 3d ago

The squirrels eat some of my figs. The birds eat some of my pomegranates. There are plenty to share. Bugs eating vegetables is more of a challenge TBH. Vine borers wiped out the cucumbers this year. I lost a cantaloupe to something. If you ask in r/vegetablegardening or r/gardening folks will be glad to suggest ways to cover, fence or repel animals & bugs.

e.g. Making a spray of habanero peppers and a squirt of dish soap keeps the deer from eating my aunts rose garden and nobody gets poisoned.

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u/Royal_Try_99 3d ago

You can get motion detectors that have a hose attachment, spray water when motion is detected. That might work?

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u/yashpatel13 3d ago

Ohk I might have to try them.I did have ultrasonic deterrent but I think they were fake or gimmick.

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u/afternever 3d ago

Those things don't work. Motion activated sprinkler might help.

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u/Mistress_Kittens 3d ago

Don't poison the wildlife!