Bird Spikes 30 Packs Outdoor Cat and Bird Deterrent Spikes, Defender Spikes - Keep Pigeon, Cat & More Birds Away from Fences and Roof, Anti Theft Climb Strips (2023 Upgraded | 42.3 feet)

The media could not be loaded. This is an excellent product. When you open the box, it looks like it will take forever . It does not. The product comes in strips nestled together and you simply pull up on a strip to loosen it from the others. Each strip can also be broken into smaller parts, and it comes with all of the tiedowns necessary to secure each piece to a railing. It is so easy to install.The spikes are very sharp. I got this product to try to deter a large insistent robin landing repeatedly on my railing to attack my windows, and of course, leaving excrement all over the place. These spikes have dissuaded him from most places, but I saw him just yesterday alighting on top of one of the spikes, so I put some streamers out as well that I bought on this platform. With both, he has not been back on the rail since. I still saw him tucked in a window area and I’m going to put a strip there as well with some gorilla tape double sided tabs on the front and back.In some of the more vulnerable spots, I also use another set of spikes that are wire spikes. But this product is really excellent for starters.These are excellent hard plastic. Nice quality and they should be durable we will see. I’m going to attach some pictures so you can see the set up.On the video with the staircase, you can just barely see the spikes up on top where I’ve also hung the streamers.

I bought these spikes in July 2023 to install on my balcony rail. Birds liked to perch on the rail and do their business, which landed on the cool deck below by the pool. Since installing the spikes, they have been close to 100 percent effective. I secured them to the rail with black zip ties, which based on my research should have survived the Arizona sun better than white zip ties. However, within a few months of installing the spikes the zip ties became brittle, prompting me to go to "Plan B." Plan B was purchasing "Shintop Reusable Garden Plant Twist Tie 2.8mm, 2PCS 65Feet Heavy Duty Soft Wire Tie for Tomato Plants, Climbing Roses and Vines Organizing (Black)" on Amazon and replacing the zip ties with this wire. Truth be told, I haven't yet switched out the zip ties with the wire, but when I do, I'll update this review. 😃

CATS ARE SMART. THEY WILL TEST WITH THEIR FRONT FEET TO SEE IF THEY CAN WALK ON THEM AND THEY CAN. WHAT I DID WAS DRILLED HOLDS IN THE SPIKES AND SCREWED FIVE INCH SHARP METAL IN AREAS TO KEEP THEM FROM WALKING ON THEM. THE METAL IS JUST TALL ENOUGH TO THEIR HEIGHT TO KEEP THEM AWAY. SCREW THEM ON THE WOODED PART OF THE FENCE OR FLAT AREAS. YOU HAVE TO RECORD THEM TO SEE HOW THEY ARE ENTERING IN. AND SEAL OFF THE AREAS OF ENTRY. YOU WILL NEED SPIKE MATES YOUTUBE CAN HELP TOO.

We have struggled with our cat urinating in places where they should not. After setting these strips of spikes down, it has stopped. The strips are easy to instal, store easy when not in use.

I stopped installing these spikes after I was halfway through my backyard patio fence and watched squirrels and birds perched and walking across them. Maybe these critters had kung fu training or something but they simply did not work. Now I have to remove them. The only bright side here is that they were cheap and I didn't finish the installation so it won't take me long to remove these useless spikes.

Keeps the cats and critters out of the garden

I wanted these to be the end of my nesting bird nightmare however these did nothing to stop them. Now instead of just knocking down the nest parts I have to dig it out of spikes hope I can still return.

I had some openings where my skirting isn’t flush to the ground due to some roots. These have a little flexibility so I was able to use really long screws to go over the roots and anchor them to the ground. They haven’t budged and animals haven’t tried to scoot them up.