Protect Your Yard from Raccoons with an Electrified Fence

via IFTTT http://ift.tt/2k4puNL Raccoons are intelligent and persistent animals. They could be quite pesky. If they are living near your home, exercise extreme caution when attempting to get rid of them. If you confront them, they will stand their ground and challenge you. If you are trying to eliminate a raccoon, you must understand how their brain works, what motivates them, and they are not as pretty as you see the baby raccoons in the films. Repairing a raccoon problem can take a lot of time, work, and a small amount of money, so you have to be persistent and patient when coping with these versatile critters. Incidentally, if you're trying to find their nest, raccoons like to nest in trees and shrubs. But, beware. They are very territorial. Homeowners and farmers have tried a number of ways to frighten these animals away. One very effective method has been the use of electric fences. An electrified fence relies on the moisture in the ground to be effective. Therefore, if you want to employ this technique in a desert or area where there is very little rainfall, then you have to make some modifications. In these dry ground areas, the electric shock experienced by the animal is weaker. It is, therefore, less effective under these conditions. The modification involves an extension of the ground terminal. Extra connections to the ground reduce the need to rely on moisture in the ground. If you face this situation, do some additional research to ensure that you buy the individual PowerLink that is necessary to make the secondary connection to the ground terminal. With the normal set up, an animal positioned barefoot on the moist surface receives a power surprise when he touches the Hot cable. Under the customized set up, in order to get a shock, the critter must touch both the (hot) and negative (grounded) cable at the same time. This will deliver more pain to the raccoon than an all hot cable because the wetness in the garden soil is not needed to complete the electric circuit. Irrespective of which set up you use, it is vital to separate, carefully, the fence from any interference from vegetation, sticks, stones, etc. There is nothing that is supposed to touch the cable other than the animal. That's the reason the wire is linked to plastic material stakes anchored in the bottom. The plastic won't hinder the circuit. Find out more about the use of electric fences to deter raccoons and other critters at http://ift.tt/2k4puNL.