Critter Fence Kits

Non-electric fence kits engineered to exclude or contain animals

Do it yourself fence kits engineered to exclude or contain animals from an area.

Build a rabbit fence, chicken fence, snake fence, goose fence, raccoon fence, coyote fence, groundhog fence (aka woodchuck fence), feral pig fence, game bird fence and more.

Electric fence notes:

We use no shock animal safe designs to keep animals in or out, here's why:

Domestic animals can be contained by training with electric fence. Animals are first shocked purposely on the fence to let them know an electric fence is dangerous. They then stay away from the fence because they remember the shock. This can work but we choose non-electric fences because there's other ways to keep animals in without shocking them and also electric fences have many parts that can fail (charger, etc). Wild animals are different because they can't be trained first that a fence is dangerous. They will often walk into an electric fence and get shocked but also break the wire. This is a real problem for large animals like deer, coyote, wild pig and more. Once the wire is broken, the electric fence is useless. This also applies to falling tree branches, brush touching wires, etc.

Fence opening size notes:

We specialize in small opening size, lighter gauge nearly invisible fencing- here's why:

• The smaller the opening size, the higher mix of animals you will be able to keep out or in - larger animals like coyotes have a tough time getting the leverage with their teeth needed to chew into a small opening size metal fence
• We don't sell any fencing with an opening size greater than 2". Large opening size fencing, metal in particular, will catch and trap animals and cause them to get hurt. For example: animals caught in fence - if you have ever had to take a live or dead animal out of your fence you understand the importance of this
• You can achieve the same overall fence strength with a greater number of thinner wires. For example, four strands of thinner wire is just as strong as 2 strands of thicker wire - in fact, sometimes it's actually stronger per foot depending on the twists or welds.
• It's less visible - some animals, deer in particular, will try and jump a fence if they can judge the height. This is a good example of why a chain link fence is completely ineffective at keeping deer out. You can take this same principle and apply it to other types of thick strand fencing, typically 12ga or 14ga wire.