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| AlxDroidDev:
Just a fun fact: cockatoos in Brazil are considered an exotic species and some [rich] people have them as pet birds. Their prices can reach up to US$ 25,000 per bird. All birds have to be from authorized sources. My suggestion to get rid of them is to spray pepper (diluted witgh water) on the wood. Most birds (most animals, actually) usually hate the taste of pepper. Try different peppers (the hotter the better) and different concentrations. |
| hayatepilot:
--- Quote from: AlxDroidDev on March 16, 2016, 02:56:45 pm ---My suggestion to get rid of them is to spray pepper (diluted witgh water) on the wood. Most birds (most animals, actually) usually hate the taste of pepper. Try different peppers (the hotter the better) and different concentrations. --- End quote --- That won't work! Birds are actually immune to capsaicin (the chemical that makes chilis hot). To birds spray pepper isn't hot. This is advantageous for the chili plant as their seeds pass through birds unharmed in contrary to mamals. Humans are the only mamals crazy enough to eat chilis. :-DD More on wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin#Natural_function And you couldn't walk on the deck with bare feet as it would irritate any bare skin. This feels like a sunburn. :-- |
| MrSlack:
Yep definitely immune. The buggers ate the three chilli's I grew a couple of years back. Apparently piperine does nothing as well. |
| SeanB:
Richards cockatoo loves chillies, eating them green or red, even like the devil chillies. What does work is unfortunately not something you will like either, but a nice coat with creosote or Jeyes fluid does keep them away. If you want to stop them sitting on the rails simply put a thin layer of vaseline on the wood, the slippery feeling keeps them away. Works for the flying rats as well, stopped them entirely from roosting on the piping I put this on. Next time I will be painting window ledges, after somebody does a thorough cleaning, probably using a high pressure cleaner from above to remove the inches of poop. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: Muttley Snickers on March 16, 2016, 09:02:30 am ---Head down to Bunnings and pick up two of their fake plastic hawk/ eagle looking things and whilst there grab two sample pots of paint, one black and one white, and a red marker for the eyes. Make a couple of beaks out of cardboard and stick them on the birds, paint them in magpie colours then plonk one either end of the decking up on the hand rails, all parrots are shit scared of magpies but they soon learn to ingore those plastic hawk/ eagle/ owl dummy thingo's. Guaranteed or your money back.* *(dependent upon the paint job, and the beaks, read the invisible ink for full terms and conditions) --- End quote --- That might work for a short length of time, until they realise it's not real and ignore it. |
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