Plantskydd Animal Repellent for Deer, Rabbit, Voles, Blood Meal, 3lb Jug

I think Plantskyyd is genius! It is ridiculously expensive for dried cow blood, but it doesn’t take much and it’s brilliantly effective against squirrels in my riverside town in northeastern Delaware. Squirrels treat my four 4’ x 4’ raised beds like their personal playgrounds! Like sandboxes! They dig holes all over them just for fun. They don’t bury nuts or seeds there. I check. For burying nuts and seeds, the squirrels prefer my flower beds or potted plants. In my raised beds, where there’s nice loose soil, they just like to play, to dig for fun – or sometimes for mischief. I’m certain it’s a game. Just before I started using Plantskyyd, I had this experience: I planted 8 small lettuce and kale plants in one raised bed. That night, squirrels dug big holes right next to 7 of those plants and then pulled up the 8th one and layed it on its side to die, as if to say “Look what we did? Now it’s your turn!” Next morning, after a little giggle over this, I bought Plantskyyd. I filled in the holes and watered the little plants, leveled off the soil in the bed, and sprinkled Plantskyyd over the surface. After that I never saw so much as a squirrel footprint in that raised bed! It was as good as a wire cage. My garden remains undisturbed by squirrels for months at a time UNLESS – and this sometimes does happen – I stir up the soil surface somehow, like by raking my hand over it, by digging out an old plant or putting in a new one, or even by pulling out a big old weed. Once the soil surface has been disturbed, I have to sprinkle Plantskyyd again, or the game’s back on and I’ll find little pointless holes dug in any area where the soil was overturned. Squirrels are not intimidated if the Plantskyyd has been dug into the garden soil. It must be on the surface. Just a sprinkle, not a pile. I sprinkle Plantskyyd after I scatter seeds, but if I go out later and thin the seeds, I sprinkle a little more. A squirrel can do a lot of damage to a sea of minuscule spinach sprouts. But once the garden surface is coated and the beds start filling out with vegetables, I don’t have to give squirrels another thought all summer. Even after rain. If I’ve still got crops growing in the fall, and see a hole-shaped message from a squirrel, I might give the area another sprinkle of Plantskyyd, but in the many years I’ve been using this product now, I’ve noticed that squirrels seem to lose interest in my raised beds once they’re cluttered with vegetable plants. I think they’ve got some other game on by then, somewhere else. It helps to have a garden layout and planting schedule worked out in advance. Put everything where you definitely want it to stay and grow and then sprinkle Plantskydd over the soil surface, not on the plants themselves. Though the directions tell you how often to reapply it, in my experience, if the soil surface remains undisturbed, Plantskyyd can work all summer. Admittedly, I have a single pest – just squirrels – so I cannot attest to how well Plantskyyd deters other animals. For me, it’s the perfect solution to my squirrel combatants. Nobody’s hurt, but I win. It allows me to grow the food I eat all spring, summer, and fall. That’s worth the price I pay for Plantskyyd.

The two 2yr old moose and their occasionally visiting mother have avoided my property in general but specifically my garden. The squirrels ignored in the strawberry beg but they did stay out of the cegues and tomatoes. The chickens, wild cranes and local birds completely ignored it. First time I've seen a fox on our property in 4 yrs. So, good stuff. Also the fish and wildlife guys recommend this product. The price is comparable to similar products but it is still pretty expensive. It's worth it

I read that this product was supposed to deter ground squirrels. It didn’t work at all. The ground squirrels completely ignored it and devoured my plants.

If only deer could read!!! This works very well but we has one or two new native perennials that the a deer tasted (pulled out of ground) ans spat out. We wer able to successdully replant them. The only reason its not a five star is that you can never trust deer to do the expected, Next they will probably be wearing little signs and protesting the user of biological warfare agents.

I applied this product exactly as directed. My two springer spaniels promptly ate it. They were attracted to the dried blood, I’m sure. The product says that it’s safe for pets, which it seems to be. My research on the pet-eating issue shows that other people have had this happen and their dogs suffered mild gastrointestinal issues that included tarry stools and vomiting. My pups are fine so far. We have returned it for that reason. Just be aware if you have hunting-type dogs drawn to dried blood.

The rabbits were destroying our garden. We tried this stuff and it works great--just remember to reapply it after rainfall or they will come back. Unfortunately for us, the blood meal in the product made it irresistible to our springer spaniel, who gulped it down along with the soil and mulch it was applied to. The gastric consequences were, um, unpleasant.

This stuff keeps our plants protected from all the rabbits in our back yard. Great find!

So this product is keeping squirrels and other pests from getting into my garden but I paid the price with losing some of my flowers. I had to put this product in a large planter that the squirrels wouldn't leave alone but then once the temperature got really warm, this stuff killed the plant. And it does stink! It didn't at first but when it got hot, man does it smell. It also attracts flies. I am planning on trying to scoop it out and free my areas of it. I have hot pepper oil that seems to also work and will just have to buy that on a larger scale. I would not buy this product again.

Got it to deter rabbits from the allotment, but to be honest, I don't think it did anything - the rabbits are unaffected.