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Voles and Moles.......How to get rid of them??? | (Read 11740 times) |
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aviation1972
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May 15, 2005, 10:38:08 PM |
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I have voles and/or moles. I also have dogs. Do the voles/moles eat the dogs' feces? I've been told both "yes" and "no". What's the truth? How do I get rid of them, without risking poisoning my dogs? Yes, I'd like to kill the voles, but because of my dogs, I'd be content to simply run them off. I've lived in this house for more than ten years, ( and I've always had dogs ). The voles/moles have only shown up within this past 9 or 10 months. First time I've ever seen them, or any evidence of them! Some people say, just live with them. Well, I'm an animal lover, not just a dog lover, but I don't want to live with them. So, I'm looking for some "expert" assistance and advice. Thank You. I'm a brand new member, who's just registered. This is my very first posting. Anyone with something to offer, PLEASE respond. Thanks.
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I have dogs in the fenced in portion of my yard. I've already given up on that area. The grass has died. I have four dogs. In the area free from dogs the grass grows, but I have voles and/or moles. What can I do, and do the voles/moles eat dog feces?
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parrettemd@att.net
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July 04, 2005, 08:17:11 AM |
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I have a 4 year old female Beagle and I have moles in my yard. The dog is doing more harm than the moles as she will dig up their trails or runs to try and find them. I have researched moles on the internet through several Universties. The only real way to get rid of them is to use mole traps from "Victory" (one brand I am using effectively but there are others) which is a spring spike trap. I have killed 3 moles so far in just a week or so. Moles are insectavores and eat a variety of insects including worms .... every good lawn has lots of worms.
There were so many trails in my yard .... and the information I gathered said to try and find a run that is fairly straight and long and this is their main run or highway which they use frequently. It may be along a driveway, fence row, or tree line along your property. I also have a yard roller which I dragged behind my lawn tractor .... I decided to roll my lawn flat so that I could see the new runs where the moles were active. As I was rolling I saw the moles making a new run and turned around and rolled over him .... later I saw a mound popping up as the mole was digging and I went to that spot and shoved a spear made out of 2 large campfire hot dog forks duct tapped together to give me 4 spike ends. The next day after a nice rain fall the mole was on the surface dead. One of the new trap was tripped and there was a dead mole on the end. This is becoming a "war" for me and I am going to win. My neighbors extra wooded lot beside me is fill with moles and they are moving into my yard because I have a sprinklers system and the yard is green during the current draught in the Midwest. I have purchased lawn insectaside to help kill some of the insects like grubs etc. This should help some also.
Regards,
Doctor Mole Hunter in Illinois
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sally
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July 22, 2005, 06:36:13 PM |
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I have 2 terriers and 1million moles or whatever. My backyard looks like a war zone. I tried a trap but was unsuccessful since my yard is totally landscaped with many plants and is hard to see the trails and find the main rodant road. I'm afraid to use poison for obvious reasons. Maybe I should stand outside with a shovel? I'm damn mad and I'm not going to take it anymore! What else do you recomend?
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paul wheaton
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July 29, 2005, 07:53:06 AM |
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I have a little trouble with voles. Fortunately, one of my dogs will patiently sit out in a vole area and wait patiently to see one and then eat it. This seems to be working rather well.
Before she did a lot of that, I did a fair amount of research on buying garter snakes. I never did buy the snakes, but it did seem that I could get about 20 of them for around $50. I figure I would turn all 20 of them loose in the same spot and over the years they would reproduce. But they could get down in the holes with the moles/voles and eat babies. As they got bigger, they could probably eat the adults.
Snakes really creep me out. But if I have garter snakes, then scarier snakes probably won't move in to solve the problem.
As for insecticide: if you use it, it will kill what you are trying to kill and it will kill the things that could control that sort of thing for you AND it will kill a whole bunch of stuff that you don't intend to kill AND, odds are, that you are harming yourself, your family, your pets, your aquifer and the same can be said for all of your neighbors.
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jane king
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August 21, 2005, 05:27:56 PM |
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We had mole holes all around our in ground swimming pool and were told to put Juicy Fruit Gum sticks down each hole. The moles chew the gum, blow up and burst--killing them. We went out and purchased packs of the gum, dropped a stick in each hole and it did the trick. We did not have a mole problem after that. Happy swimmer in Pa.
Also, my mother, in Fla. had a mole problem at her home, so we tried the same thing. We bought the gum, inserted the pieces in each hole and moles were gone.
It's worth a try---cheap and safe. JK
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Vin
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September 09, 2005, 01:34:43 PM |
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I have a mole situation and have so far tried to kill the grubs. I used smoke bombs but no effect. Do you unwrap the gum is what I'd like to know?Thanks for any help..Vin in Detroit.
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pherny
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October 07, 2005, 08:54:45 AM |
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I also had this problem...
Moleattack.com has a great product that is environmentally safe and worked perfectly for me
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