Pigeon Help in A/C units please

dickyboy


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 14:58

We had all our A/C units cleaned and wire put around them last year and we have another nest in one of the units.



Does anybody know who can get rid of these blighters once and for all, any one know anyone and a guide price .



Or has anyone got a 20ft ladder and a 12 bore !!!

We are out on the 26th April and can be contacted on 05338744481

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 15:08

Get a plastic Owl or Falcon, they work in London!

£10 from B&Q!



Rob

wacky01


Joined: 13/04/2008
Posts: 29

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 15:55

I got the same problem.

Brought out some wall spikes fron Screwfix £12.99 a pack.

Screw/Glue them to the a/c units or the surrounding area.

Seems to be working so far !



Chris

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 19:08

Oh No!! - Last May arrived to find empty nests in both A/C units. Cleaned mess up. Following September, same but obviously much bigger birds (pigeons, we reckoned) judging by the amount of mess. Paul spent ages cleaning walls and floors on balconies and then spent ages putting up wire netting. Now you say it doesn't work!!



We are out early June (I'm, already imagining the mess), armed with some of those iron wall spikes.



Thanks for the tips.



J

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 21:25

Pigeon pie? Delicious! Collect and give to Guido and he'll turn them into pate, marvelous!



Richard

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 21:37

We have 7 cats that patrol our garden, no problem.

sylvie


Joined: 12/03/2008
Posts: 1081

Message Posted:
20/04/2009 21:47

We use an ultra sounds device - no pigeons !

dickyboy


Joined: 31/12/2008
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
23/04/2009 11:00

Thank's to all for the info, but does anybody who has a ladder want the job of removing the nest and cleaning up ??

Plese let me know by Friday am.



Richard

ROBIN HOOD


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 238

Message Posted:
24/04/2009 13:06

There's a fantastic product called "Nopaloma" comes in cartidges like silicone. You apply it to the surfaces where pigeons land and they never come back. The experience is so "disturbing" for them. It doesn't harm the pigeons though. It works for about 5 years in northern Europe, not sure how it would react in the hotter and sunner climes of Cyprus.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
24/04/2009 14:29

Robin Hood,

That product sounds worryingly like



NAPALM!



Keith.

ROBIN HOOD


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 238

Message Posted:
08/06/2009 13:48

Yaeh Napalm works too, but b*ggers the aircon. And leadss to problems with the environmentalists who seem to love everything covered in ..... "natural by products"

blinky



Joined: 07/12/2008
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
08/06/2009 14:27

Pigeon's are a problem worldwide, their droppings are full of ammonia, they nest in such squallor the ammonia in the droppings slowly rot the birds feet, thats why most have a foot missing or just stumps etc.

they also carry desease, which you also have to be carefull about, when the shite dries & you brush it up, it then becomes airborne, and this can make you poorly!!!

It's a hazzard & should be treated with respect, breathing apparatus/mask's etc.

I only know this as i had to service all the motorway service station refrigeration plant & had to get in specialist to remove the mess from the units, we then purchased a plastic flying falcon hung on cat gut & it seemed to do the trick.

Bladerunner


Joined: 10/01/2009
Posts: 204

Message Posted:
08/06/2009 17:50

AK 47 TOLD COULD SOLVE PROB

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
09/06/2009 08:39

Does anyone know if these spikes or Nopaloma is available in TRNC.



Thanks

Cooper

ROBIN HOOD


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 238

Message Posted:
03/07/2009 08:40

Cooper I've got 2 tubes left. enough for about 8 running meters.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
03/07/2009 09:20

Thanks Robin but we are now sorted, when we arrived they were nesting so we called the Pigeon poop man out who fitted spikes for us. He charges 20tl per metre fitted. He can be contacted on - 0533 869 4372



Cooper

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
03/07/2009 09:30

We arrived at our apartment fearing the worst, but the chicken wire I put up last September had done the job. I bought it at the large DIY shop in Alsancak, it's just after Green petrol station, if you are coming from Lapta, on the right hand side 4M cost around 12 TL.

P

Sorry we missed you Cooper!

spud1


Joined: 22/05/2007
Posts: 544

Message Posted:
03/07/2009 13:29

i will send you a photo of my ex wife to fix to a/c unit they will never come back.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
03/07/2009 14:07

AK 47 TOLD COULD SOLVE PROB





might be handy cronos rekons the greeks are coming lol

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
03/07/2009 19:15

message13 do you have one i could borrow for an hour