This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/25/2005 9:41:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mothballs do seem to work as repellents. We have used them under our porch, in holes under barn foundations, etc. Using a handfull per location has discouraged our local skunks from staying around the buildings. But, if there's cat food available that might be more of a problem. I saw a recommendation in a farm book once, to build cat-food stations in places where the cats would have to leap to reach them (e.g., on a shelf on the barn wall) as a way to discourage racoons and skunks from getting the food (those critters not being as good leapers as cats). I have also heard about leaving a radio on in the barn to chase the skunks away, but some people say that the constant noise stresses the horses out.
