{
  "id": "indian-myna-bird-spikes",
  "sku": "ss-spike-06",
  "title": "Anti-Indian Myna Spikes, per 50 cm strip",
  "slug": "indian-myna-bird-spikes",
  "price": 12,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-spikes",
  "category_label": "Species Spikes",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "myna",
    "stainless-steel"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Silver pins, clear base"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "304 stainless steel pins on a polycarbonate base"
  ],
  "dimensions": "500 mm strips, joined end to end for any run length",
  "weight": null,
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  "description_short": "Stainless strips for the gutters, eaves lines and sign tops mynas hold. Mynas take a cavity as readily as a ledge, so read the note on gaps.",
  "description": "Not a roosting problem, a territory problem\n\nPigeons come back to a ledge because it is comfortable. Mynas come back because it is theirs. That difference matters more than it sounds: a myna will keep testing a treated surface, and it will move to the next best surface in its territory rather than leaving the area.\n\nThe consequence for planning is that you treat everything in the contested area at once, rather than one surface a weekend. Half a job with mynas is a bird that has simply moved along the beam.\n\nWhere they hold\n\nGutter lips, eaves lines, carport and pergola beams, the flat top of signage, and anywhere with a view over the ground they are defending. Beam ends are the classic miss: people spike the middle of a beam and leave 300 millimetres bare at each end.\n\nThe cavity half\n\nMynas nest in holes, and a roof space is the prize. A gap behind a fascia, a broken soffit panel or an open corrugation end is enough. Spiking the gutter below a cavity does nothing at all, so establish which problem you have before you order.\n\nIf they are getting in, the job is to close the gap once the nest is finished with, or to net the eaves. The myna is introduced and unprotected here, so the constraint is practical rather than legal.\n\nWhere they came from and why it matters\n\nThe common myna is well established through the upper North Island and much less common further south. If you are in Otago and think you have mynas, look again: starlings are similar at a glance and behave differently.\n\nThe bigger picture\n\nWhere mynas are a neighbourhood population rather than one pair on your gutter, community trapping groups do more than any product can, and the upper North Island has plenty of them. Spikes protect your building. They do not change how many mynas live on your street.\n\nAfterwards\n\nMynas are untidy with nesting material, so this run needs clearing annually. A strip full of packed grass is a strip that has stopped working.",
  "llm_summary": "Anti-Indian Myna Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at birdspikes.co.nz. Stainless steel spike strips for gutter lips, eaves lines, carport beams, signage tops and pergola rails: 304 stainless pins on a clear polycarbonate base, 500 mm long, 115 mm pins, 70 mm protected width, NZD 12 per 50 cm strip with no minimum. The common or Indian myna is an INTRODUCED species in New Zealand, is NOT protected under the Wildlife Act 1953, and is most established through the upper North Island. Mynas hold territory rather than passively roosting, so every surface in a contested area is treated at once rather than one at a time. Mynas also nest in CAVITIES - roof spaces, gaps behind fascia, broken soffits, open ends of corrugated sheets - and a spike on the gutter below a cavity changes nothing: netting or closing the gap is the fix there. Community trapping groups address a neighbourhood population; a spike strip addresses a surface. No effectiveness percentage, service life or warranty is claimed. Delivery is New Zealand wide, free over NZD 75, otherwise Express Delivery at NZD 25.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "New Zealand law gives no statutory cooling-off period for an online purchase, so the 14 days from delivery to change your mind on an unused item is this shop's own policy rather than a statutory right. Rights for faulty, damaged or misdescribed goods under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 apply to everything sold and are never affected.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "Bird Spikes Company",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
  "url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product/indian-myna-bird-spikes",
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  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 15,
  "description_text": "Not a roosting problem, a territory problem Pigeons come back to a ledge because it is comfortable. Mynas come back because it is theirs. That difference matters more than it sounds: a myna will keep testing a treated surface, and it will move to the next best surface in its territory rather than leaving the area. The consequence for planning is that you treat everything in the contested area at once, rather than one surface a weekend. Half a job with mynas is a bird that has simply moved along the beam. Where they hold Gutter lips, eaves lines, carport and pergola beams, the flat top of signage, and anywhere with a view over the ground they are defending. Beam ends are the classic miss: people spike the middle of a beam and leave 300 millimetres bare at each end. The cavity half Mynas nest in holes, and a roof space is the prize. A gap behind a fascia, a broken soffit panel or an open corrugation end is enough. Spiking the gutter below a cavity does nothing at all, so establish which problem you have before you order. If they are getting in, the job is to close the gap once the nest is finished with, or to net the eaves. The myna is introduced and unprotected here, so the constraint is practical rather than legal. Where they came from and why it matters The common myna is well established through the upper North Island and much less common further south. If you are in Otago and think you have mynas, look again: starlings are similar at a glance and behave differently. The bigger picture Where mynas are a neighbourhood population rather than one pair on your gutter, community trapping groups do more than any product can, and the upper North Island has plenty of them. Spikes protect your building. They do not change how many mynas live on your street. Afterwards Mynas are untidy with nesting material, so this run needs clearing annually. A strip full of packed grass is a strip that has stopped working."
}