When do martens make noises?
Martens are well known nocturnal, that is, they leave their hiding place at dusk at the earliest and look for food at night. Therefore, understandably, marten noises can almost always be heard at night, which is why they often deprive their "lodgers" of sleep.
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When are martens particularly active?
Martens are particularly active Mating season in summer and it is a special pleasure to be able to accommodate a marten woman with her young in the house, who from Begin at the beginning of May to leave the nest and with your siblings - unfortunately also at night - outside the nest to play.
What sounds do martens make?
Martens make different noises that vary depending on the activity:
- Rumble: When playing or jumping
- Rustling and pounding: When moving
- Scratch: To create openings and entrances
- Nibble: Corrode insulation or the like
- Soft squeaking with chirping noises (almost like a bird): Marten boys
- Angry, high-pitched hiss: When fighting with rivals or enemies such as B. Cats or in a trap
- Low purrs and low screeches: Noises in the pairing
Uninvited guests and their noises
| Sounds | When active | Is working on insulation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| marten | Loud rumbling, scratching and scraping | at night | Yes |
| cat | Quiet clattering | anytime, often at night | Rather unlikely |
| racoon | Loud rumbling, scratching and scraping | predominantly nocturnal | Yes |
| rat | Nibbling, scratching and scraping, beeping for communication | at dusk and at night | Yes, but less damage |
| mouse | Quiet nibbling and scratching | mostly, but not only nocturnal | Yes, but very little damage |
Tips
If you're not sure whether the sounds are from a marten, cat, or raccoon, you can visualize the intruder's tracks. You can find out how to do this and how to distinguish the tracks of a marten from others in our article on marten tracks.
Chase away martens with noises
Martens not only make noises themselves, noise can also be used as a method of combating martens. It is ideal that martens rest during the day when you do not mind any noise. Just as the marten robs you of your sleep at night, you can now rob it of your sleep: revenge is sweet!
Driving away martens with noise: homemade
Making noise is easy: for example, set up a radio that you turn up to full volume or let your child play the drums for hours. Any noise will disturb the marten and will likely cause it to leave.
Now the downside: Unfortunately martens are very stubborn and always have several hiding places. In order to really drive him out of hiding permanently, you have to stick to the strategy for several weeks, or even better months, because Martens keep coming back.
Drive away martens with ultrasound
A less conspicuous, albeit more expensive, measure is to purchase an ultrasound device. You won't hear the "noise" these devices make, but the marten can.
The downside: Unfortunately, useful bats and even pets and birds also get annoyed at the high frequencies. Not a good idea for an otherwise animal-friendly household.
Effectively drive away martens
Do you want Permanently banish martens, you should use a combination of different control methods. Noise can be one of them combined with Smells that martens don't like and blocking all entrances. Also a Catch with a live trap is conceivable, but also anything but easy.