Broad spectrum animal repellent and method
View Patent ↗An animal, bird, and repellent formulation and method for warding off deer, geese, birds and insects from shrubs, grass, water, walks, parking lots in around buildings and the like. The formulation is a mixture of water, rosemary oil, mint oil, cedar oil, kaolin clay, a thickener, preservative, white distilled vinegar and dried eggs. This formulation can be applied to a support medium, such as crushed eggshells, nutshells, or corncobs and then disbursed over the surface to be protected. The mixture can also be formed into a viscous composition and sprayed over the area. Additionally, this mixture can be applied to stagnate water to kill mosquito larvae or on a variety of surfaces to repel insects such as flies, spiders, beetles, ants and so forth.
1. A method of repelling animals comprising:
(a) preparing an aqueous animal repellent comprising:
from about 0.004 to about 1 weight percent rosemary oil,
from about 0.004 to about 1 weight percent mint oil,
from about 0.004 to 4 weight percent cedar oil,
from about 0.005 to about 1 weight percent clay, and
optionally comprising one or more adjuvants, wherein said one or more adjuvants are selected from potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, dried eggs, salt, and vinegar;
(b) applying the aqueous animal repellent to a substrate, wherein said substrate is a ribbon; and
(c) repelling animals with said ribbon.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more adjuvants comprise:
from about 0.002 to about 0.2 weight percent xanthan gum,
from about 0.002 to about 0.3 weight percent salt, and
from about 0.0008 to about 1 weight percent vinegar.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the aqueous animal repellent comprises dried eggs.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more adjuvants comprise 0.05 weight percent potassium sorbate.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said animals are selected from the group consisting of mammals and birds.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aqueous animal repellent is prepared using a mix water, wherein the pH of the mix water is first adjusted to a pH of from pH 3 to pH 7.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the pH of the mix water is adjusted with phosphoric acid or a salt of phosphoric acid.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ribbon comprises a permeable fabric.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the permeable fabric comprises a synthetic fiber.