Monkeys

There is need for having some means to repell monkey hords descending on our gardens in India, Can any body think os suitable devices which can be used.
Subodh kumar

 

There is no simple solution. As the link below will reveal, many keep themselves and their home 'caged' to keep monkeys out. It seems that there is a growing problem in India, especially with the rhesus monkeys.

http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/m...er/000678.html

Contact your local authorities to see what, if anything, is being done about the monkeys. Monkeys have sacred status among Hindus, so officials may say there is nothing they can do.

Perhaps you could get a pet langur? Some cities use them for control.

 

It might be impossible -

They are smart, can be impossible to deal with and are real pests.

They (many) got into my 5th floor room at a 5 star hotel in Bangalore, India when I left the balcony door open. - I'll never do that again. They even opened the drawers. Everything was everywhere.

Dick

 

The previous posts were either off topic or unneccessary and unprofessional. Therfore they were deleted.

 

I don't know if my suggestion is what is shown in Twelvepole's link but I had a similar problem but with a different kind of monkey.

I use to service ice making machines for a northern Canada commercial fishing camp and had problems with the community children playing on and around the outdoor machinery.
To eliminate this problem I put a chain link fence around the outside and then laid mesh over the top and supported it with poles.
This looked like a cage you would see in a zoo but may be impractical if you have a big garden.

Let us know if you find a solution.

 

Offering a solution that some may not have liked was not off topic. Shooting the monkeys is completely on topic. Others questioning my intelligence and morals is off topic. Shoot the monkeys. We have ground hog problems. You know what we do? We shoot them.

 

The caging is entirely possible for some cases. Alarms and similar devices do not deter most pests, but do provide awareness of the problem. They may even entertain monkeys as our motion detectors did.

The majority of the gardens I saw were not large (8x8, 8x10, etc.) and the large space required between the vegetation and the fence reduces the effective size of the garden. Monkeys have an unbelievably long reach. Perhaps small mesh would work better than a conventional chain link fencing. Also, keep all string, branches and poles away from the garden. Monkeys have found amazing ways to move the pots that many plants are grown in.

People in India with larg (1/4 to 1/2 acre American size) gardens frequently hire people to keep the monkeys and other pests (birds, cobras, cows) at bay, but it is not economical with a small garden.

In our semi-open plant, we had to lock-out the electrical panels with padlocks, modify disconnects, cover all light fixtures with screw attached mesh, eliminiate all light switches, double lock all office doors, install automatic door closers and eliminate all hanging lights. Monkeys have the ability to learn and solve problems relating to anything mechanical. That left us with the cobras, fire ants and bees that could be tolerated in one way or another.

The possiblity of an "electric fence" concept comes to mind if you could prevent them from tampering with the unelectrified supports. At a Larsen & Toubro facility near Mumbai, I saw an attempt to use this concept, but never did get a chance to find out how effective it was.

Monkeys have been a problem for centuries with everything being out in the open. When the garden was one of the main source of food, they had to physically protect it 24-7.

Coming up with a "monkey device" would be many times more valuable than building a better mouse trap. With a billion people in the country, it could be a gold mine.

The questioner and those that are familiar with India can judge the merits, acceptibility and legality of the American approach to this unique problem in India.

Dick

 

Comments edited due to being considered a flaming Troll answer.

 

How about those monkeys? Thanx for banning me also. I see you can not handle someone who has different views and just ban them instead of letting them have their say.