![]() Deer Scram and Deer Out, both organic, effectively repel chipmunks as well as deer. >Commercial products created to repel deer should work just as well against chipmunks, Quish says, since neither likes mint, rotten eggs, garlic or hot red pepper, which are commonly found in those products. Create a hostile environment for their ears by alternately blaring music, setting your phone to obnoxious alarm sounds or using sound-emitting devices. Sprinkle cayenne pepper and garlic into garden beds and pots, repeating every few days in hot, humid weather. Chipmunks don’t like pepper, garlic or mint. ![]() >Introduce smells, tastes and sounds that repel them. Move items around because chipmunks catch on after a few days. >Frighten them away with a rotating collection of scare tactics - strategically placed rubber snakes, Mylar balloons, balloons with a giant eye, old CDs hung to catch the light, Christmas tinsel, a child’s pinwheel and bobble-headed owls, experts say. Planting sunflower seeds is like “putting out truffles for them,” Quish says. >When chipmunks become active in early spring, remove food sources, like bird feeders. (Caldwell favors stone over mulch in the landscape because it’s less hospitable to several pests.) >Keep mulch thick enough to control weeds, but not so deep that it creates a burrowing spot for chipmunks. “Think about the whole system and how you can interrupt what’s making them happy in that system,” she says. For starters, chipmunks choose homes where they can hide from predators, seeking out stone walls, wood piles, deep mulch, shrubs and dense ground cover, says Carol Quish, horticulturist at UConn’s Home and Garden Education Center.
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