How do you stop the birds from using your deck and pool for a toilet?

Lori Taft
by Lori Taft
  7 answers
  • Linda Sikut Linda Sikut on Jun 22, 2017

    This is a discussion about keeping birds away from a pool and surrounding concrete. Maybe there is something there you can use:


    https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/5406-Birds!!!


    Good luck!

  • Jason T. Lee Jason T. Lee on Jun 22, 2017

    A pool cover will help greatly. The deck is another issue. If you keep the pool covered then the draw to hang out on the deck will be reduced

  • Ann14618151 Ann14618151 on Jun 22, 2017

    Keep a large inflatable swan in the pool. It will scare other birds away.

  • Jackie Muehlbauer Koenig Jackie Muehlbauer Koenig on Jun 22, 2017

    I'm interested in any tips as well. I've tried an owl with rotating head, they just ignore him no matter how many timesI move him. Bird spikes would work, but ruins the look and use of the pool

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jun 22, 2017

    To be honest and not to sound rude but honestly there is no way to control that.Birds like humans have to go to.

  • Mar24787706 Mar24787706 on Jun 22, 2017

    friend put a dummy hock on the side of hers....worked

  • I have ducks that like my pool, every year for a few months. I keep them out by leaving pool noodles in the pool. For some reason they don't get in when the noodles are floating around. Cut off the water supply and they stop visiting after awhile. ( at least until next year).


    Also, providing another source of water can help. We have a pond that is away from the back yard. So, they eventually go there. I know everyone can't have a pond, but perhaps a bird bath around the from yard. If they have some bird seed near the bird bath, that would encourage them to rest there.