Expel martens
- Expel martens
- Contents: Marten distribute
- How do I know if a marten is in the house?
- Get rid of a marten in the long term?
- The best time to drive a marten
- How can you drive a marten?
- Which home remedy is there to drive martens?
- What does trade offer for the expulsion of martens?
- How do you get rid of a marten at the car?
- Expelled the marten from the roof?
- Is the damage caused by a marten insured?
Expel martens
Marten - with us predominantly stone martens - are basically to be found everywhere as a culture follower and yet hardly noticeable, since they are twilight and nocturnal loners. It becomes difficult only when a marten enters the house and moves into the attic. Or, when he gets on the car because he perceives the smell of a rival there. In both cases it leaves unwanted traces.
Wanting to banish a marten is not an easy task and is not legally safe. According to hunting law, martens are deer and may not be killed, trapped or displaced during the close season from late February to mid-October.
But even outside the closed season, only the responsible hunter may catch or even kill a marten and within built-up areas only with special permission. This means: An expulsion of the marten may attempt the affected person only outside the closed season.
As always, prevention is better than cure, or - in this case - repair. It is best to make your home and your car safe before the problem occurs.
Contents: Marten distribute
- How do I know if a marten is in the house?
- Get rid of a marten in the long term?
- The best time to drive a marten
- How can you drive a marten?
- Which home remedy is there to drive martens?
- What does trade offer for the expulsion of martens?
- How do you get rid of a marten at the car?
- Expelled the marten from the roof?
- Is the damage caused by a marten insured?
How do I know if a marten is in the house?
Clattering and tripping noises in the attic, scratch marks and running tracks and an unfamiliar smell can be indications of the colonization of your attic by a marten. But there are also other animals, such as dormice or a neighboring cat in question.
In the scratch marks three thin lines would be typical of a marten.
It is unequivocal to discover the toilet of the marten, which is often noticed by the unpleasant odor. The marten always uses the same spot. Marten manure is about one to two inches thick and eight to ten inches long, where it is thinner at the end and often a little twisted.
Also leftovers, such as egg shells, leftovers, feather u. Ä. are an additional indication, but this alone is not clear, as cats sometimes leave similar remnants.
Get rid of a marten in the long term?
This is only possible if the current marten is expelled or captured by the hunter and immediately any access for the marten is installed. Because, when a territory has become free, it is usually occupied immediately by another marten. The scents of his predecessor point in the way practically. Not infrequently, however, the exposed marten comes back to its territory over many kilometers.
Therefore, the expulsion of the marten is always only the beginning of several necessary measures, which join in, if you want to get rid of the marten really sustainable.
The best time to drive a marten
Not only because it is forbidden, an expulsion is possible only after the close season. It could be a mother and do you want to take a litter of three or four small, screaming stone martens when the mother is expelled?
So it's best to start immediately after the close season, starting from 16 October with the grief, so that the animal can look for a new quarter before the onset of winter. Until the time when the marten can be evicted, it is best to lay out the attic with tarpaulins and remove the feces and fodder regularly. The insulation can be protected with plasterboard.
Tip: Anyone who spreads flour in the attic prior to the expulsion and a strip of sand around the house can quickly find the entry opening / s on the basis of the tracks and immediately close it as soon as the animal has been safely expelled.
How can you drive a marten?
This is not so easy, because marten is not the same marten. While a marten can be driven away by a noisy portable radio and similar disruptive maneuvers, another is not sensitive to noise at all. Some animals are prevented by a Hasendrahtfläche from climbing into the engine compartment of a car and are really afraid of the ground, others are not bothered at all such a base. There are even those who do not even let themselves be prevented by power surges. In addition, the small predators are very smart and often see through quickly, if something new really out of danger.
Their individuality means that no deterrent can be said to be reliable. There is nothing left but to try out what the local stone marten likes and what less. Or you engage a hunter outside of the Shelter, catching him and putting him down far away while quickly blocking the access.
Which home remedy is there to drive martens?
With a bit of luck, you will have a delicately petitled stone marten as a guest, who will have to move on with one of the following home remedies to find another place to stay.
- crash - during the day, when the marten wants to sleep a loud continuous sound with a radio and / or a whole battery old alarm clock.
- odorants - There are people who swear by human or dog hair, essential oils, cloisters, perfume, camphor and butyric acid or even urine.
- Disturbing activity - send the children with the dog to play in the attic, the Skatrunde is now from the top days and while hitting hard on the table and the workout is also laid under the roof.
What does trade offer for the expulsion of martens?
Even if the names or short descriptions are sometimes martial, they are harmless for the animals. Everything else would also be prohibited by law.
- Ultrasound with motion detector
- Sound and Light Indoor
- Vergrämungsmittel (Odor + Flavors)
- Electricity + ultrasound for the car
- Vergrämungsmittel (base essential oils)
- Marten fear carpet (under the car)
How do you get rid of a marten at the car?
Anyone who has already detected traces or even damage to a Marder on his car should first have a motor wash done, so that the smell attracts no other marten, who then smells a rival and angrily bites into hoses and cables. Also clean the parking space thoroughly and possibly also use a scent remover - both at the car and at the parking space.
Cables and hoses in the engine compartment can be sheathed with corrugated protective tubes, but this leaves out the rubber sleeves and the insulation, which are also at risk. A wire mesh surface or a so-called marten-fear carpet can additionally help if it is placed under the car, where the marten could penetrate into the engine compartment.
Especially in the car, other home remedies, an investigation of two automakers result, little promise.
VW has therefore developed a constructive defense device on some models, which can also be retrofitted to some other models and blocks the martens access to the engine compartment.
Expelled the marten from the roof?
The Einschlupfloch and any other openings search and seal everything well. The information on how big a gap or a hole must be for a marten, vary between 5 and 10 cm in diameter. With a sturdy metal mesh, the inputs and outputs can be reliably closed.
The entrances and escape routes of martens are usually not easy to find. It may well be that the marten reaches the roof via a tree or branch. Our local stone martens are not only excellent climbers, but also impressively jumpable. Up to over two meters, the small predators can overcome in this way. Therefore, all branches and trees should have a suitable distance to the house or be circumcised so far. Especially overhanging trees and branches are almost an invitation.
Secure the downpipe.The marten should not even have the opportunity to get on the roof. For one thing, as already mentioned, martens are quite capable of lifting a roof tile, on the other hand it is often very difficult to explore where a gap or slit behind the insulation might be big enough. So, if possible, do not attach any trellises or climbing plants so high that they are suitable as comfortable guides for a marten.
Each of the rainwater pipes can be fitted with a metal defense belt to prevent it from rising.
If everything is secure, it can go to the damage elimination. Particular attention should be paid to insulation and vapor barrier, as martens tend to build tunnels in the insulation, often damaging the vapor barrier. This not only involves the risk of thermal bridges, but can also lead to the ingress of moisture and thus to mold.
Not least, for hygienic reasons as well as because of the odors, all impurities should be carefully searched for and eliminated. An enzyme cleaning spray helps against the odor.
Is the damage caused by a marten insured?
When car is insured in many (but not all) partial coverage insurances marten damage. Where the risk of damage by a marten is included, the insurance, minus deductible for the elimination, but not for consequential damage, often due to unnoticed damage (such as leaking marten bites, etc.) arise.
Therefore, immediately report any damage to the insurance immediately and have it checked immediately afterwards in the workshop, even if the car indicates no immediate impairment.
For the house, only the homeowner insurance comes into consideration, if the insurance policy includes the risk. Look there for "damage caused by animal bites" or inquire directly with the insurance company. The homeowners insurance must be reported the damage before disposal. The nature and extent of the necessary repair and cleaning measures or a visit of an expert u. Ä. clarified with the insurance in advance.