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[MilesFluffybutt]

@trumpeting_angel : Wow! What a scary experience. I know it was hard winter on wildlife so I was expecting to see more smaller critters - like skunks, raccoons, foxes. I had no idea I'd see a bear, let alone three.

With the alarms, are they sensitive enough that a cat passing through would trigger it?

 

[trumpeting_angel]

@trumpeting_angel : Wow! What a scary experience. I know it was hard winter on wildlife so I was expecting to see more smaller critters - like skunks, raccoons, foxes. I had no idea I'd see a bear, let alone three.

With the alarms, are they sensitive enough that a cat passing through would trigger it?

I’ll let you know after we install them! They make a lot of these - mine are designed for large predators. I think they were marketed specifically for bears.

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

@trumpeting_angel : Great! Thank you! I have so many small critters that wander through my yard, I'd hate to install something too sensitive and wake the neighborhood every three minutes.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I've got a pair of BLRW worth breeding if anyone is interested. $40. Large Fowl, both blue, 20 weeks old.

PM if questions or want a few photos of them.

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

Hello VTers,

I'm wondering where you are getting your pine shavings? I'm in Lamoille County and am struggling to find dry shavings. The local stores keep their shavings outside so they're often damp when I get them and I have no way for drying them back out before use.

Thanks!

 

[MilburnCreek]

Don't use them. I use Hay and stored dried leaves.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Agway in Newport or my local hardware store.
Did you try the Morrisville Agway?

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

Agway in Newport or my local hardware store.
Did you try the Morrisville Agway?

Yeah, I tried there as well as Guy's and Tractor Supply. They all keep them outside in the weather. I don't know if the local hardware store carries shavings. I'm considering going to PetSmart and buying the biggest bales I can find.

 

[trumpeting_angel]

I found that my local feed store also carries shavings. They keep them under roof. It’s open, like a lean-to, but dry, with the feed.
Poulin, too, the local stuff!

 

[Lwooster]

I use only straw bales from Agway or Pick n'shovel in Newport