Preventative Bird Control

Bird control can be difficult to achieve, short of covering your own building in netting! However, both prior to and after your Elder's bird control expert visit, there are steps that can reduce the attractiveness of your building to birds and naturally encourage them to move elsewhere.

Elders can help you with many of these bird control strategies, while some can be completed yourself, and others may require the assistance of a certified building professional. Ask your Elders bird control expert, either when you get your FREE quote or at your bird control appointment.

Roosting prevention
- Openings to steeples, vents, eaves and lofts accessible to birds must be covered with ½ inch wire mesh.
- Nest removal needs to be conducted in conjunction with electronic bird deterrents
- Birds prefer to roost on level surfaces; in extreme cases you can install sheet metal or mesh to create a steeper slope on your rooves
- Bird spikes or piano wire installed on birds' landing strips can help deter them. The spikes do not hurt the birds; their keen eyesight means they do not accidentally land on them.

We can also use products such as 'Bird Gel', a sticky substance applied with a caulking gun to areas of your building that aren't used by people, as well as the trees surrounding your property. The birds hate the sticky substance on their feet, and will actively avoid your property.

How You Can Help
If you have an Elders bird control professional coming out to help remove and deter the birds from your property, you can help ensure the effectiveness and longevity of our bird control method by:
- Remove sources of food and water for the birds by ensuring outdoor garbage bins are tightly closed, removing standing water that birds can drink and ensuring that (if you have a hospitality business) food isn't left outside.
- Consider removing fruit or nut trees from your property to help with bird control; at the very least, ensure they are netted before they go into flower. " Ensuring that any nests you see are removed from the property as soon as possible. Nesting birds will do everything in their power to return to your property.
- Don't attempt to harm or trap the birds yourself; council and state regulations vary across Australia.

In the long term, deterrents like removing roosting places, food and water are the most effective methods of bird control. Many visual and auditory scarers are temporary solutions at best; removing the reasons that birds are attracted to your property in the first place is the smartest move.

Get a Bird Control Quote
You can schedule a free bird control quote for your business today by filling out the form to the left of screen, or using our Contact facility.

There's no point putting up with a business covered in bird waste for another week ... when you can give Elders Pest Control a call, and have No Pests, No Problem™.