Need help with a electric fence for raccoons
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b-boy
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Where are you putting a fence to keep the racoons at bay? Is this all the way around your property?
jeffmattero76
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Following because I need to keep groundhogs out of my vegetable garden.
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Hard part... is getting the little rascals to wear those shock collars.
kd3pc
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nigh impossible unless you bury the stout wire fence deep around the garden. then tall enough they can climb over it and wire space so they can not crawl through it. Industrious critters. Then you still have to deal with skunks, possum and so on.
.223 works much better or get a rowdy dog.
Falcon67
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Tractor Supply - fence charger, wire, standoffs, etc. How much zap you want, they got. 20kV worked pretty well on our old stubborn escape hound.
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alfredeneuman
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Get a fence charger, wooden posts, and chicken wire.
Staple the chicken wire on the outside of the posts so the c/w doesn't touch the ground. That way the raccoons can't climb the posts.
The charger should be marked as to the ground, and that goes a driven ground rod (a section of rebar or metal fence post is OK) and the other goes to the fence.
Just remember to unplug it when you leave.
Staple the chicken wire on the outside of the posts so the c/w doesn't touch the ground. That way the raccoons can't climb the posts.
The charger should be marked as to the ground, and that goes a driven ground rod (a section of rebar or metal fence post is OK) and the other goes to the fence.
Just remember to unplug it when you leave.
Use the plastic wire that has an aluminum strand, much easier to fix, just tie a knot.
Solar charger will work, or battery or 120 volt. Don’t need anything big. First strand about four inches up, then four more and a third at a foot or so.
Do a good ground rod, or the middle wire can be a ground.
Very effective.
Solar charger will work, or battery or 120 volt. Don’t need anything big. First strand about four inches up, then four more and a third at a foot or so.
Do a good ground rod, or the middle wire can be a ground.
Very effective.
I'v e done this for my garden. I use it to keep deer out. You want to put scent caps on the fence and put apple scent or an attractant in the scent cups. The animals sniff and try to eat this. They get zapped. They learn to stay away.
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Fly bait and coke.
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SGKent
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had to keep scottish terriers out of the garden. They think like varmits to kill them. And like varmits they keep thinking about how to get past it until they figure a way in. If it is dry weather their coats protect them from a shock. I don't think you will be successful keeping the raccoons out. They are very smart. Were it me I would put up 1" PVC pipe as posts because it does not conduct. Drill a small hole near the bottom just above the ground to let water drain out. drill holes to wire chicken wire to the pipe. Bury that chicken wire up to a foot deep - or 6 - 8 "inches deep with a 90 to angle out. When they try to dig under they hit the portion that angles out. Put another section of chicken wire on the PVC about 12" - 18" but leave a gap of about 1" between the top and bottom section. Put your voltage to the top section. The bottom section will be the ground. When Mr or Mrs raccoon climbs it the rear feet will be on the bottom and the top feet on the top section. Guaranteed to let go. They have sensitive paws. They won't get shocked unless they try to climb over. If you want you can add a 2nd small ground section above the top section so that there is voltage between it and the middle section also. Running on wooden posts the voltage will ground out especially when it rains. Isolators can be used but PVC pipe is cheaper. If you just run wire they will learn to slide between them using their coats to protect them from a shock.
Have you considered some kind of watering device that goes off with a rainbird when it sees movement? Needs to have permanent water pressure to it and you will forget about it once in awhile and get drenched but it might be enough to scare them off.
Have you considered some kind of watering device that goes off with a rainbird when it sees movement? Needs to have permanent water pressure to it and you will forget about it once in awhile and get drenched but it might be enough to scare them off.
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jeffmattero76
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Take granular fly bait, a dish that's only about 1 inch deep and some Coke. Put fly bait in dish, add Coke. Go to bed and wake up the next morning and whatever you have roaming around your property will be dead next to dish.
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Great, thanks!
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Ok, I have some thoughts here. I have a 8,000 square foot flight pen in the field. Never was a concern for the bird getting out. But what tried to get and how was a concern. Ended up with 6 foot chicken wire with electric. The trick is to interweave lots of wires. Both hot and ground as you work up. Chicken was ground to fencer. Different length stand off’s for the wire. 2 hot strands then a ground. It look like a concentration camp. But nothing ever got in.
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You want Golden Malrin fly bait.
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I have done that but if you use the poison make sure you bury them, cause if that stuff shows up in an eagle or some other beloved animal they will take it off the market. I prefer the 220 conibear in a 5 gal. pail with candy for bait . then you can feed them to the eagles.
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or the game warden and a marshal will visit with an arrest warrant, and use this thread to show premeditation... .
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Electric fence works fine. Been doing it around mom's garden for probably 10 years. Didn't need to when there was a dog around but now nobody lives at that place. ***** like sweet corn as much as I do.
Two strands is what I've always done. One 4-5 inches off the ground and the second is 6-8 above that. T posts and insulators works fine. No need to engineer something out of pvc/ect.
Two strands is what I've always done. One 4-5 inches off the ground and the second is 6-8 above that. T posts and insulators works fine. No need to engineer something out of pvc/ect.
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RPH
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Tsc, family farm and home, or any other farm type store. Solar charger and all kinds of stand offs for the wire and the wire too.
Tons of places that sell fencing supplies. Don't get a cheap fencer, spend money on a good one. The better ones will burn through the grass a weeds rather than getting grounded.
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when it is dry they learn to get thru the wires by using their hair as a shield. I've watched it happen where you can see the wire slide across their hair. If you are going to do it with wire one will need alternating rows of ground then hot, ground then hot. I use PVC pipe with holes drilled in it instead of insulators. It costs less. Drive them into the ground and drill a hole just above ground level so it can drain when it rains. Drill holes to pull wire thru or use a small piece of wire thru a hole to tie the line to. Cotter pins work too but you can make your own from small pieces of wire. Got the idea from a commercial kit someone used to sell with plastic posts.
road_king
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have you considered trapping and relocating verses electric fence?