Best Predator-Proofing Supplies

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Predator proofing is not one purchase but a list of separate failure points, each with a different animal behind it. Mesh comes first. Poultry netting keeps chickens in and nothing out, while welded hardware cloth with a half inch aperture in nineteen gauge stops a raccoon reaching through, and a quarter inch aperture in twenty-three gauge is what you need where weasels and rats are the problem. Look for galvanising applied after welding, because coating that goes on before the welds rusts out at every joint within a couple of wet seasons. Doors are the second point, and the test is not strength but how many motions it takes to open one, since a raccoon works a simple hook loose in the dark. A spring loaded barrel bolt that must be pulled and slid is the minimum, and an automatic door on a timer or light sensor closes the gap on the evening you get home late. Digging is answered by an apron of the same mesh laid outward along the base rather than by burying wire. Electric netting handles daytime range predators, where a height of forty-two to forty-eight inches and a live gate matter more than roll length. Aerial threats want cover or movement that breaks an approach. The rest is detection, because a night vision camera tells you which animal you are actually fighting.