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Instaling Dig Out!8/30/2023 ![]() ![]() If you are trying to keep an animal from living under a deck or shed, make sure that you don’t accidentally trap the animal. Then cover it with soil or mulch or allow grass to grow through it until it is incorporated into the turf. ![]() Use landscaping staples from garden supply outlets to hold the footer tightly down. You can lay it on the surface if digging is made impossible by foundation plants, roots or rocky soil. It is not absolutely necessary that the L-footer be buried. One-by-one-inch galvanized wire should be used if you want to keep out smaller animals. Typically two by three-inch fencing, galvanized or plastic-coated for resistance to the weather, will exclude woodchucks, raccoons and opossums, but not small rodents. The size of the wire mesh you choose depends on the size of the animals you’re trying to exclude. Ideally, these footers are buried about a foot deep and are extended out at a 90-degree angle a foot or more to present a horizontal barrier to any animal who decides to dig underneath the fence. L–footers can be homemade using fencing material or purchased from the sources listed in our Guide to Retail Sources for Products to Resolve Wildlife Conflicts (PDF). L–footer style fencing (PDF) will also keep wildlife out of yards and gardens. If you put up a fence to keep them out, be sure to extend wire meshing out in an “L” shape at or beneath the ground. Animals who take up residence under a deck, crawl space or shed are often capable diggers.
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