by AK - Jeff 56 Replies latest social physical
You dig a hole under a tunnel and use birdseed as bait? Is this the method you used?
I don't have small children around so I can do this, a five gallon pail above ground with a means for the rodent to climb up and jump in. Suicide really. Some seed is inside as an attractant. I have a rock wall I put the bucket next to. 4-5 inches of water maybe safe around children unless it rains.
http://www.greengardener.co.uk/repel.htm
Ours olar m olar drives the moles away using a combination of noise and vibrations. Our worm deterrent is applied to the lawn and drives the worms away and with no food present the moles will move way. Did you know :-
Moles are not totally blind - they have tiny eyes covered with hairy skin.
Moles can burrow through 13lbs of earth every 20 minutes.
With an excellent sense of smell and hearing they can detect worms up to 5 metres away.
Solar Molar - This is the first year I have had problems with moles in my garden and what a mess! All other mole chasers are battery operated so as the battery runs down you're never quite sure if they are working! Now you can have a Solar Moler working away day after day, without having the worry or expense of changing batteries. Powered by a small solar panel, it emits a discreet noise underground that the mole can hear. Being inquisitive the mole is initially attracted to the noise, but after a few days it will become increasingly irritated and move away. |
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"There's only one way to kill a mole - blow its bloody head off!" - Jasper Carrott.
Hire moleboy to round em up and head em out.
S
Jeff.....
Having worked in pest control........Orkin and other local company's..............I have learned that no pesticide or rodent poison works on moles. But.........believe it or not.........YOU'VE GOT TO TRY this.
The one thing that works and works very well.......is JUICY FRUIT GUM (if you can find it)
A piece of slightly chewed JUICY FRUIT GUM placed in each mole hole will eradicate them very efficiently.......and fast.
Seems they love the aroma and taste of the gum. But their digestive system can't process it. It kills them within hours of eating the gum.
Once done..........no mole problem.
HappyDad
I have had great succes with getting rid of moles (gophers) and rats that tunnel by pouring a small amount of gasoline into the hole. Then stomping a rock into the hole to plug it. It's been five years since my last petro gas chamber procedure and no moles yet. Carbon monoxide also works but can kill the lawn if the tunnels are not too deep. Don't ask how I found that out.
But the forces of nature will always be against you. You can eliminate every mole but if your neighbors don't then they will be back within days.
I believe I saw, in some documentry about golf or such, that some success was had by forming plastic explosive material into the shape of small woodland creatures such as rabbits or squirels. The detonator wires were attached through the uh... umm.. yeah. Anyway, the thought was that the burrowing critter would see the familiar form of one of it's garden friends and then walk up to it an try to start a conversation. Well, you can imagine their suprise :) I believe that the final segment showed that this methid is not 100% effective, though.
Problem: Moles that destroy the garden by digging extensive tunnel networks.
Solution 1: To use human hair as an effective deterrent for moles, place small clusters in the moles' holes.
Solution 2: Like rabbits, moles will avoid garlic cloves, mothballs or commercial repellents. Placing any one of these items (or a combination of several) in the garden will generally take care of a mole problem.
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_wildlife/article/0,,HGTV_3651_1369540,00.html
To get human hair go to a nearby hair salon.
I have to be honest with ya though. While I'm a huge fan of trying to "save" the "poor critters"....four little words mean a lot right now....
Survival Of The Fittest
screw it.......... go buy a good .22 rifle...... optics if you need em.............. a BUNCH of ammo and a bottle of whiskey................. hell its better than a bug zapper.................. just hope your neighbors are deaf
