How do surface repellers and taste aversions work?
Surface repellent products treat surfaces with a physical obstacle like needle strips or gel repellents, making the site inhospitable to birds. Taste aversions provide a scent/sensory barrier, keeping structures, turf, plants and crops off-limits. Surface repellents quickly make up for their cost, with high effectiveness wherever they are used. They are also silent, safe in high-risk environments and need no electricity.
- Liquid and gel repellents are extremely low-profile and discreet
- Taste aversions are invisible, non-toxic, biodegradable and harmless to plants, animals and humans
- Bird spikes are 100% effective everywhere they are installed; they are also humane and eco-friendly
Success strategy:
Pest birds choose roosting sites based on safety and food availability. Smaller birds tend to prefer high perches where they are out of predators’ reach and able to scan for food below. Treating rooftops and ledges with bird spikes or bird proof gel makes those surfaces uncomfortable and intimidating to birds. Larger birds such as geese often spend time in open grassy areas, where predators are unable to hide and the nutritious grass is easily accessible as a food source. Such landscaping and turf can be treated with a taste aversion, making it inedible to birds and encouraging them to find an alternative nesting ground.
