Marten often use downpipes as a means of ascent. With the Gardigo Marten Defense Belt, you can now block their way up. Act before martens wreak havoc in attics, leaving dirt and food scraps behind. The modular design of the Marten Defense Belt allows you to determine the length individually, depending on the pipe diameter. With its long spikes, the downpipe belt may look intimidating, but essentially it is just a climbing barrier that makes the ascent more difficult. For larger pipe diameters, the belt can also be supplemented with additional sets.

Martens are nocturnal animals and flexible in their feeding habits. Houses, barns in cities and villages, as well as warm places like garages or engine compartments, are among the preferred habitats of martens, where they cause significant damage. If you have a marten in your attic, the night quickly turns into day; the rodents scratch and rummage through everything that isn't firmly anchored. Flower pots are emptied and overturned, and even the chickens are no longer safe.

Especially in cities, where houses are built close together and there are few hiding places for martens, they often choose engine compartments as a warm resting place. Martens can cause considerable damage to cars by gnawing on fuel, brake, hydraulic lines, or ignition cables. A marten leaves scent marks, which other martens react to aggressively, leading them to gnaw on cables and lines. The problems of gnawed cables often occur during relocations to another marten territory or at territory boundaries. The mating season begins at the end of June, which is why territorial fights peak in May, making male martens particularly aggressive at that time.