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Pest proof fences in New Zealand built to keep out pests like the Australian possum are ~2m high and made of mesh small enough to prevent passage, and have outriggers with electricified wires running along the fence so that they cannot jump onto the fence to get over.
There are several possible solutions for the top edge, using either a "hood" of metal with enogh overhang to prevent climboing, or a flexible mesh on fibreglass rods that flops when the weight of the pest comes onto it.
This may be overkill for what you need. How high can a raccoon jump?
If they climb the fence, what distance out would an electrified wire on outrigger need to be to stop them climbing over it?
Will they dig under a fence?
See the links below. You may be able to do a larger mesh version with a floppy top quite cheaply.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoFunny you should ask. I noticed lastnight in my garden that something was uprooting my sweetcorn and carrying into the yard and eating on the ears. Luckily we had .5 of rain the evening before so my garden was still a little muddy. Sure enough all through my sweet corn patch were dog tracks. We live in the country and hear coyotes yipping on a nightly basis. Raccoons will eat your corn but not generally carry the stalks out of the garden. They like to just knock the stalks to the ground and eat on the ears. The fact that the stalks were uprooted from my garden tells me it is something bigger and stronger then a raccoon.
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∙ 14y agoPut up a little fence around it or put up a motion detecter light if your growing them outside your house. If that doesnt work than yeah, shoot it.
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∙ 14y agoMost folks put up an electric fence. Keep it about 8 inches off of the ground and the racoons will stay away.
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∙ 14y agoShoot them!
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How can you keep raccoons from eating your grapes?
Find out what they don't like and sprinkle it next to the grapes.
Can raccoons eat salt?
Yes, raccoons are quite fond of corn, especially in the milk stage when it is tender, sweet and juicy. A group of raccoons can do considerable damage to a field of corn, especially sweet corn.
How do I prevent raccoons from eating sweetcorn?
Placing moth balls around your garden is a good way to keep skunks away. The smell from the moth balls will repel them and keep away from your garden. Make sure if you have children, that you keep them away from the moth balls, as ingesting them can be harmful.
Does a raccoon eat saltine crackers?
They will eat almost anything, so yes, they will eat bread.
Do raccoons eat garden plants?
Raccoons do not eat garden plants but do eat fruits and berries from a garden. They are particularly fond of sweet corn.
What type of plants do raccoons eat?
Raccoons eat fruits, berries and nuts, all from plants.
Would you receive more energy from eating a cow that consumed corn by eating it directly or by eating the corn?
Eating the cow will give you plenty of protein and other nutrients found in meat that corn does not provide.
What are the habits of raccoons?
sleeping and eating and digging thorugh trash
Will raw corn cobs attract raccoons?
Unless the cobs have juicy kernels of corn on them, they will probably not be interested in corn cobs. If any corm remains they will eat it, however.
What is a corn snake niche?
To eat the mice that are eating the corn in the corn fields
Are raccoons cat nappers?
There are records of raccoons killing and eating cats but they generally avoid such confrontations. They will take baby kittens, however.
Can you get worms from eating raw corn?
depends on where you get the corn :)th
