There are some wax-based pepper sprays available at organic gardening
shops useful for spraying on foliage to prevent deer, squirrel, etc.
from munching on the plants. They are also useful for on ground
cables.
All mammals have an aversion to the "hot sauce" and the wax base will
keep the stuff in place for several months even with regular rain (my
wife's flower gardens need a treatment only every four to six months
in spite of the daily use of the automatic sprinkler system). Of
course, the spray on stuff only works for exposed cables ... the buried
ones will definitely require some kind of armor to protect them from
the burrowing animals (rodents).
73,
... Joe Subich, W8IK
<W8IK@Subich.com>
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