Ever wonder about Chile peppers and pest control?
I remember many years ago when my Grandparents had a garden and occasionally rabbits would venture in and eat the new stalks of green. We put up some chicken wire and that stopped the intruders from getting in, but what about the new repellents with chili peppers or those that contain capsaicin? For thousands of years Asian cultures have used chili pepper products to repel all kinds of pests. One thing for sure is that you must be extremely careful using a product like this.
One of the products that we use is PiGNX and a similar product called DeTour for rodents, the reasons that I like this product include:
- The product won’t freeze or melt, the freeze thing isn’t a problem in AZ but melting is. There are times in the summer that I think I’m melting from the heat.
- This product is a contact repellent – animals in contact may take it back to their nest transferring it to others.
- Food grade product.
In the case of pigeons, you place this product in areas where they tend to land and hang out. They get the product on their feet and they hate it, sqawking and letting every other bird aware of the product – they don’t come back…
Rodents coming into contact believe that the building in on fire due to the heat from the product and will do whatever it takes to get out of the structure.
New technology for pest control…..
