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When Animals Come to Dinner…animal control in specialty crops
Dr. Christine Coker
Associate Research and Extension Professor of Urban Horticulture
Mississippi State University
Coastal Research and Extension Center
Beaumont Horticultural Unit
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Outline
Basic Principles Management Options Types of Pests Specific Pests and Control
Strategies
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Basic Principles
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Habitats and Habits
The area that provides an animal with with all of its basic survival needs-- food water shelter space
is known as habitat.
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Habit refers to the behavior of an individual animal or species.
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Management Options
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Lethal Methods
Baiting
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Trapping
Rabbit trap Groundhog trap
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Shooting
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Nonlethal Methods
Exclusion Repellents Frightening devices Live trapping Aversives
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Exclusion
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Scare Devices
© Contech Electronics Inc. 1995-2002
Using heat and motion sensors, Critter Gitter detects animals as they enter your yard or garden. The Critter Gitter emits a startling high-pitched sound and flashes L.E.D. lights. The sudden sound and light frightens the animals away
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Battery-Powered Energizer for Pets and Gardens
Fi-Shock Inc.
Description: Prevents damage from animal mischief. Operates off two D-Cell batteries. Includes a mounting stake which makes for easy installation when driven into the ground.
Cat & Dog Stop
Contech Electronics Inc.
Description: The built-in motion sensor detects the animal entering the area and emits a piercing, high decibel alarm. It startles the cat and frightens it away. Since the sound is ultrasonic you and your neighbors cannot hear it. It is also effective on dogs, squirrels and other small animals.
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Repellents
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What kind of critter do you have?
Below-ground Above- and below-ground Above-ground Fliers
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Below-Ground Pests
Moles Pocket gophers
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Moles
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Moles
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Mole Trap
Dig a hole down to main tunnel. Make certain that hole is no larger than the trap and that it is aligned with straight section of tunnel.
Build a mound in center of hole using loose soil.
Place trap in hole, pushing down firmly until it rests on mound. Fill in tunnel entrances with soil. Release safety hook.
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Above- and Below-ground Pests
Woodchucks Ground squirrels Chipmunks Rabbits Voles
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Rabbits
Exclusion Short fence
Repellents Thiram
Trapping Live trap
Scare Devices Noisemakers metallic
flashing Habitat
Alterations Remove
brambles
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Above-ground Pests
Tree squirrels Rats and mice Raccoons Deer
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Skunks
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Opossums
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Fliers
Birds Bats
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Birds
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Bats
© Bat Conservation International, Inc., 2002
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Deer
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Deer Physiology
Deer are ruminants Four-chambered stomach (like
cows) Deer eat 6 to 8 lbs. of plant
material each day Deer can and will eat anything
plants, twigs, pebbles, etc.
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Control Strategies
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Control Strategies
Large-scale exclusion Repellents Scare devices
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Large-scale Exclusion
FencingFencing
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Havahart Putrescent Egg Spray
Active ingredient: Putrescent whole egg solids
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XP-20
Active ingredient: Thiram
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Hinder
Active ingredient: Ammonium salts of higher fatty acids
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Grant’s
Active ingredient: benzyl diethyl[(2,6 xylyl carbomoyl) methyl] ammonium benzoate
Also known as bitrex.
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Ro-Pel
Active ingredient: benzyl diethyl[(2,6 xylyl carbomoyl) methyl] ammonium benzoate
Also known as bitrex.
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Recommendations
No single treatment will solve your animal damage problem.
A combination strategy works best.
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Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources
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