Pigeon Spikes

[oldmajor]

Does anybody know where I can purchase the strips of spikes that go on balcony walls to prevent pigeons from landing? I am in BKK

[thailandbeachisland]

Are you sure that they won't land with this ?

[rak sa_ngop]

I use nylon cable ties. Fix them round the railing and then cut off the ends to leave a few inches of 'spike'.

[jackr]

String up a fishing line. Very cheap, can hardly see it but the birds won't land.

[DanBlack]

None of there ideas will work if they are landing on your balcony.

I know

[wym]

Plastic bags fluttering in the wind will help

[weegee]

Plastic bags fluttering in the wind will help

You tell them funfon......

[transam]

Plastic bags fluttering in the wind will help

A 12 bore is far more efficient................AND, you have a free lunch..............

[Thongkorn]

encourage cats to pee they will never come back .

[wym]

Classic - solution worse than the problem.

[tx22cb]

I bought one of those stand-alone door chime/greeter things, the sort that some shops have at their front doors which sound when people walk past.

400 Baht, 2 batteries, put it on "Welcome" and "loud" sound. Stand it on the balcony so that the motion detector faces the area where the pigeons land.

When a bird lands (or even fly past), it sets off the motion detector and the thing emits a loud "Welcome", which is enough to scare off the bird. If your balcony is very large, you may need more than 1 to cover the area. And if you use the balcony, you can switch it off.

At first, you'll hear frequent "Welcomes" (telling you that the system works), but gradually less often until the birds learn to go elsewhere. Now I no longer have a problem with my balcony - pigeons are smart.

Small, unobtrusive, and batteries last weeks.

[Thongkorn]

Classic - solution worse than the problem.

It only takes once not continuously.,

[oldmajor]

String up a fishing line. Very cheap, can hardly see it but the birds won't land.

Thanks jackr. This appears to be working. No signs of pigeons returning yet.......

[infinity11]

A mock eagle or other large mock predictor? mock snake?

[machans88]

homepro sell the spikes the brand is called mo-do-ren

[StreetCowboy]

A mock eagle or other large mock predictor? mock snake?

We had a problem, many years ago, with a seagull chapping on a skylight window. We put up a stuffed sparrowhawk (should you have one handy) and it never came back.

SC

[krisb]