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  "id": "possum-spikes-plastic-moulded",
  "sku": "hard-plastic-03",
  "title": "Possum Spikes, per 50 cm strip",
  "slug": "possum-spikes-plastic-moulded",
  "price": 10,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "possum-spikes",
  "category_label": "Possum Spikes",
  "tags": [
    "spikes",
    "possum",
    "plastic",
    "fence"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Black"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "Injection moulded plastic"
  ],
  "dimensions": "500 mm strips, butted end to end for any run length",
  "weight": null,
  "images": [
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  "description_short": "One piece moulded strips for the rails and beams a possum travels along. Cheaper per metre than the stainless, which matters when the route is fifty metres rather than five.",
  "description": "When plastic is the right call\n\nPossum routes are long. A boundary fence, a run of pergola, a line of shed roof: the deciding factor is usually whether you can afford to treat all of it, because treating most of it is the same as treating none.\n\nThat is what this strip is for. One moulded piece, cheaper per metre, and enough of it to close the whole route rather than the interesting part of it.\n\nWhen to buy the stainless instead\n\nCoastal sites, anywhere the animal will lean its full weight on the strip, and jobs where a material specification is part of the paperwork. On a short pinch point the price difference is small enough not to matter.\n\nScrews, not tape\n\nThis is the one thing we will repeat. For birds, adhesive is fine. A possum is a three kilogram animal that will test what it stands on, and a taped strip on a fence rail is a strip you will be refitting. Screw it down.\n\nFind the route first\n\nAn overhanging branch, a fence line running to the wall, a downpipe with brackets, a pergola tied into the eaves. Rub marks, droppings and scratches will show you which one. Then treat where the route narrows: a rail, a bracket, a beam end, a post top.\n\nCutting the branch back is free and usually does more than anything you can buy.\n\nA correction to the old listing\n\nThe copy this product carried for years was written about possums, including phrases like \"possum deterrent spikes\". That is copy from another country's range. There are no possums in New Zealand and we have taken it out.\n\nAfterwards\n\nPossum routes run under trees, so this strip fills with leaf litter faster than most. Clear it annually. A strip packed with leaves is a surface again.",
  "llm_summary": "Plastic Possum Spikes sold by Bird Spikes Company at birdspikes.co.nz. One piece injection moulded plastic strip, 500 mm long, no assembly, NZD 10 per 50 cm strip with no minimum: the lower cost alternative to the store's stainless possum strip, chosen when the route is long. Fitted to fence rails, pergola beams, downpipe brackets and post tops, SCREWED rather than taped because a possum is heavy enough to test the fixing. The brushtail possum is an INTRODUCED PEST in New Zealand and is not protected. A possum travels a ROUTE, so the job is to find the access point (an overhanging branch, a fence line running to the wall, a downpipe with brackets) and treat where it narrows, rather than treating the whole boundary. The stainless strip is the better choice for coastal sites, for anywhere the animal puts full weight on it, and for specified commercial work. NOTE: the live listing this page replaces described possums, which is copy from another country's range; there are no possums in New Zealand. 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/possum-spikes-plastic-moulded",
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  "json_url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/api/products/possum-spikes-plastic-moulded.json",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 14,
  "description_text": "When plastic is the right call Possum routes are long. A boundary fence, a run of pergola, a line of shed roof: the deciding factor is usually whether you can afford to treat all of it, because treating most of it is the same as treating none. That is what this strip is for. One moulded piece, cheaper per metre, and enough of it to close the whole route rather than the interesting part of it. When to buy the stainless instead Coastal sites, anywhere the animal will lean its full weight on the strip, and jobs where a material specification is part of the paperwork. On a short pinch point the price difference is small enough not to matter. Screws, not tape This is the one thing we will repeat. For birds, adhesive is fine. A possum is a three kilogram animal that will test what it stands on, and a taped strip on a fence rail is a strip you will be refitting. Screw it down. Find the route first An overhanging branch, a fence line running to the wall, a downpipe with brackets, a pergola tied into the eaves. Rub marks, droppings and scratches will show you which one. Then treat where the route narrows: a rail, a bracket, a beam end, a post top. Cutting the branch back is free and usually does more than anything you can buy. A correction to the old listing The copy this product carried for years was written about possums, including phrases like \"possum deterrent spikes\". That is copy from another country's range. There are no possums in New Zealand and we have taken it out. Afterwards Possum routes run under trees, so this strip fills with leaf litter faster than most. Clear it annually. A strip packed with leaves is a surface again."
}