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Pig Damage
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10-12-2016, 09:55 AM
A few friends of mine who live in HPP and Hawaiian Acres have terrible lawn pig damage. They've basically dug up huge areas of the lawn, often exposing the lava underneath and left it a mess. Other that the usual remedies (traps, hunters) does anyone have any ideas how to keep pigs away? I know some people who use the motion sensing fake dog barkers. What about scarecrows (scarepigs)?
10-12-2016, 09:57 AM
Mrs. Mimosa suggested cinder and mothballs in another thread
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10-12-2016, 11:12 AM
What kalakoa said. We have a (comparatively speaking) inexpensive hogwire fence that keeps them out while our neighbors complain constantly.
10-12-2016, 12:13 PM
there's also a product called "Nite Guard," a solar device that flashes a red light after dark. We put 3 of them in places the pigs were a problem, and they no longer come there. We still get pigs in other areas. bought online, about $20 each. still flashing after 8 months.
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10-12-2016, 12:58 PM
"What about scarecrows (scarepigs)"
I've never tried it because we're in the trap/hunt category, but in Alaska people who had exhausted every other possibility to keep ravens away from something had great success with Mylar helium balloons. For pigs I would set them just a few inches above the ground (so the ever-shifting-in-the-wind balloon is at pig head height). The red light thing sounds interesting but the pigs here come at all hours of the day and night, one might have to combine strategies. The pigs around here are used to seeing humans, dogs, livestock etc and will root around right next to us. They've never seen Mylar balloons. Just a thought.
10-12-2016, 01:02 PM
quote: I cannot give any advice on the pigs, but would love to know where I can get a motion sensing fake dog barker. Do you know where your friends got it?
10-12-2016, 01:11 PM
quote: Will ask and get back to you.
10-12-2016, 03:02 PM
Buy some re-bar and the nylon line required and post a perimeter around the property and go to Del's or Miranda's and get the solar electric fence charger. It may require a weedwacking down the line to clear it and then continued maintenance that way or some people who believe in using poison may spray roundup along the line. It's a cheaper alternative to other fencing but it creates a fence from the pigs and any other animal that touches the line. You may have to run double lines, one high and one low.
The scarecrows won't work. The mothballs aside from being toxic nasty chemicals to seep into your beloved aina, may deter the animal at first but it, (the pigs) will return after a bit. Been there tried those.
10-12-2016, 03:13 PM
quote: Here's exactly what you don't want to do. 1. Infect your land with unnecessary poison. 2. Kill all your natural insects and grubs, probably worms too. 3. Buy any product from a company with a history as nasty as Bayer. To make it worse I think they're in the midst of a merger with with lovely ol' Monsanto. Anyway, the reason the pigs tear up your lawn is because they eat earthworms. They come when it rains because the worms come to the surface or they drown. The pigs know this and come and wreck havoc on your lawn when it rains. Now I bet if you bought enough of that poison, and its strong enough to kill all those other things it's probably killing earthworms, then that might work but you'd have to continue to buy a lot of that poison of a long period of time. I lobby for any other option than poison. |
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