| Pigeon can cause extensive damage to the property | | | | as rafters, attics, awnings and ledgers. Such places in |
| where they make their nests. They often choose | | | | the structure can be sealed by using plates, screens |
| places like buildings for nesting purpose, because they | | | | and fillers. |
| depend largely on human settlements for food. | | | | Tactile repellant can also be used for pigeon control in |
| Pigeon fecal matter is corrosive in nature and can be | | | | flat areas. Tactile Repellants are devices and |
| the main reason for building degeneration. It causes | | | | substances that discourage pigeons to touch or land |
| problems in maintenance of the valuable structures. | | | | on a particular surface. |
| Pigeons carry many diseases that are harmful to | | | | The different types of tactile repellants used are: |
| human beings. The fecal matters being dropped by | | | | 1) Anti-Roosting Spike: The spikes strip |
| pigeons harbor and transmit many diseases such as | | | | can be fitted in a place, which is inhabited by pigeons. |
| ornithosis, cryptococcosis, toxoplasmosis Newcastle | | | | The spikes strip will make the place unpleasant for |
| disease, salmonella food poisoning, encephalitis. The | | | | pigeons to land. |
| droppings also form breeding ground for many | | | | 2) Chemicals: Chemicals are also used |
| parasites and diseases. | | | | to deter pigeons. The solvents used here are sticky |
| Pigeon control can be effectively done by seeking | | | | and make the surface less attractive for pigeons. The |
| professional help. The pigeon menace is hard to | | | | chemicals used cause pain in the feet of the pigeon |
| control. Because, once pigeons find any suitable | | | | when they come in its contact. These solvents are |
| location for nesting, they are hardly discouraged by | | | | specialized pest control products used for pigeon |
| any temporary measures. You need to have | | | | control. |
| appropriate information and follow the right procedures | | | | 3) Do-It-Yourself: Pigeon control can |
| to get rid of pigeon roost from chimneys, attics and | | | | also be achieved by some do-it yourself measures. |
| roofs. Professional help can be sought from qualified | | | | The surface or perch that is frequented by pigeons |
| people to get rid of pigeons from the structure or an | | | | can be made unusable by a clever method. |
| area. | | | | Modifications to make the surface a sloped one or |
| Pigeon proofing is the one of the few measures | | | | using tight loops of chicken wire are effective in pigeon |
| considered for effective pigeon control. The pigeon | | | | control. Electrified fences and wiring and automatic |
| proofing follows the basic principle of making the area | | | | sprinkler systems are some of the methods that need |
| inhabitable to pigeons. The pigeon nests are usually | | | | to be adopted for pigeon control. |
| found in high areas of the structures, and places such | | | | |