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  "id": "pigeon-spikes",
  "sku": "ss-spike-09",
  "title": "Anti-Pigeon Spikes, per 50 cm strip",
  "slug": "pigeon-spikes",
  "price": 12,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "special-species-spikes",
  "category_label": "Species Spikes",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "pigeon",
    "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 sills, parapets and beams a feral pigeon returns to. The feral pigeon is an introduced bird and is not protected in New Zealand.",
  "description": "Read the building before you buy anything\n\nPigeons are habitual, which is the property that makes them tractable. They use the same ledges night after night, and if you watch for twenty minutes at dusk you will know exactly which surfaces matter. Doing that first is worth more than any product decision on this page.\n\nLook for the three tells: droppings directly below a surface, feathers caught on it, and birds sitting there while you are standing underneath. The last one tells you how established the habit is.\n\nTreat in the right order\n\nWork from the top down and from the most used surface outward. Pigeons displaced from a parapet take the next best thing, so if you treat the best surface and leave the second best, you have relocated the problem by two metres and learned nothing.\n\nThe practical version: parapets and wide sills first, then beams and box gutters, then signage and plant housings, then the small stuff nobody thinks about, which is usually a light fitting, an air conditioning unit or the top of a downpipe bracket.\n\nThe droppings are part of the job\n\nThis is the step that gets skipped and it is the one that decides whether the work lasts. Adhesive does not stick to a surface with a decade of droppings on it, and dry sweeping accumulated droppings puts material into the air that you do not want to breathe. Wet it down, wear gloves and a mask, bag it, then wash the surface and let it dry properly.\n\nTwo rows or one\n\nA pigeon needs somewhere to put both feet and room to turn. On a sill up to about 150 millimetres, one row down the middle removes that. On a 300 millimetre parapet it does not, because there is standing room on either side. Two rows, set near the edges, is the answer, and it is cheaper than doing it once and again next year.\n\nWhen spikes are the wrong product\n\nA cavity is not a ledge. Pigeons getting into a roof void, behind a fascia or into a broken air brick need the gap closed once it is empty. A large flat roof is not a ledge either. And a building where the birds are being fed will keep its pigeons whatever you fix to it.\n\nAfterwards\n\nCheck the run at the end of the first year. If material has packed between the pins, clear it out: a bridged strip is a shelf with decorations on it.",
  "llm_summary": "Anti-Pigeon Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at birdspikes.co.nz. Stainless steel spike strips for feral pigeons: 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 order. Fitted to window sills, parapets, beams, box gutters, plant housings and signage. Pigeons are large and habitual, returning to the same roost, so removing the flat landing surface moves the group. A ledge wider than about 150 mm needs two rows, and a partly treated building relocates birds rather than removing them. Droppings must be cleared periodically or they pack between the pins and form a surface a bird can stand on. The feral or rock pigeon is an INTRODUCED species in New Zealand and is not protected under the Wildlife Act 1953, unlike native birds, whose nests and eggs are protected. 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/pigeon-spikes",
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  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 15,
  "description_text": "Read the building before you buy anything Pigeons are habitual, which is the property that makes them tractable. They use the same ledges night after night, and if you watch for twenty minutes at dusk you will know exactly which surfaces matter. Doing that first is worth more than any product decision on this page. Look for the three tells: droppings directly below a surface, feathers caught on it, and birds sitting there while you are standing underneath. The last one tells you how established the habit is. Treat in the right order Work from the top down and from the most used surface outward. Pigeons displaced from a parapet take the next best thing, so if you treat the best surface and leave the second best, you have relocated the problem by two metres and learned nothing. The practical version: parapets and wide sills first, then beams and box gutters, then signage and plant housings, then the small stuff nobody thinks about, which is usually a light fitting, an air conditioning unit or the top of a downpipe bracket. The droppings are part of the job This is the step that gets skipped and it is the one that decides whether the work lasts. Adhesive does not stick to a surface with a decade of droppings on it, and dry sweeping accumulated droppings puts material into the air that you do not want to breathe. Wet it down, wear gloves and a mask, bag it, then wash the surface and let it dry properly. Two rows or one A pigeon needs somewhere to put both feet and room to turn. On a sill up to about 150 millimetres, one row down the middle removes that. On a 300 millimetre parapet it does not, because there is standing room on either side. Two rows, set near the edges, is the answer, and it is cheaper than doing it once and again next year. When spikes are the wrong product A cavity is not a ledge. Pigeons getting into a roof void, behind a fascia or into a broken air brick need the gap closed once it is empty. A large flat roof is not a ledge either. And a building where the birds are being fed will keep its pigeons whatever you fix to it. Afterwards Check the run at the end of the first year. If material has packed between the pins, clear it out: a bridged strip is a shelf with decorations on it."
}