PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spacer for a feeding damage preventing device, a feeding damage preventing device and construction methods for a feeding damage prevention, where for an extended period of time, a space for plant growth can be secured stably and the device hardly sinks in ground, and a transportation cost can be reduced.SOLUTION: The spacer is interposed between a net body 1 arranged in a state of floating from ground G in a protection area and the ground G, and secures a plant growing space S between the net body and the ground G. The spacer includes a first timber 11 placed on the ground G side and a second timber 12 placed in an overlapping manner on the first timber 11.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】長期間にわたって安定して植物生育空間を保つことができ、地面への沈み込みが少なく、輸送コストを削減することができる食害防止装置のスペーサ、食害防止装置及び食害防止工法を提供する。【解決手段】保護エリアの地面Gから浮かせた状態で配置される網状体1と地面Gの間に介在し、網状体と地面Gの間に植物生育空間Sを確保するスペーサであって、地面G側に配置される第1木材11と、この第1木材11に重ねて配置される第2木材12とを有する。【選択図】図1