Ground moles are invading my yard, heading for the garden. Any sure fire ways to get rid of them? I can get some sort of worm that has poison in it from the pest control place but they are very expensive. I know chewing gum, peanut butter, etc. does not work. Any ideas or suggestions? I live in Toledo, Oh, whatever zone that is. thanx
A cat will keep them down but not eliminate them. My cat catches a rodent a day during the summer, a mix of moles, mice and chipmunks. It would be nice if I could tell him to concentrate on moles, but he has his own agenda.
Ground Mole' makes a great sauce for poultry. ;-)
Seriously, do a google for Mole traps, or quit poisoning and import some gopher snakes or a tiger tabby queen or gray colored female cat. Even spayed, she will more than solve your problem.
Your cat is a slacker. ;-)
Our gray tabby female used to catch 2 to 3 per day of moles, gophers, ground squirrels and rabbits.
She was death on garden pests.......
Never heard of a gopher snake. I would rather do that than use poison things. Do they they go after the moles and where are they from? Imported from where? Don't want anything that will act like the Asian Carp.
Tesla is also watching my blueberries for me, he did a pretty good job of keeping the birds away last year. It's like having my own surface to air missile site.
Moles or voles?
If they're moles, they won't eat your plants, but they might disrupt the roots with their burrowing. They're after grubs, so getting rid of the grubs will get rid of the moles. Milky spore isn't cheap if you have a large yard, but it does work.
Penelope
Gopher snakes, aka bull snakes. Here in the South, a similar snake would be the Texas Rat snake.
When we lived in CA, we used to travel the desert back roads close to sunset. The snakes would crawl out onto the asphault to get warm and we'd pick them up. Sometimes they would be dead by the time we got them home as some car ahead of us had run over them. :-(
We'd release them down the gopher and ground squirrel holes.
A couple dozen snakes later and there was not a mole nor gopher to be found in the entire neighborhood, and a severe dent got put in the ground squirrel population. ;-)
As the food runs out, the snakes move on and they are harmless.
Good kitty...... ;-D
Seriously tho', ever considered bird netting? It's cheap enough.
I did do bird netting one year. I had a couple of mouse suicides, at least it looked that way because the mice were hanging from the net. I'm serious about my cat doing a good job protecting my berries. My bushes are next to the back deck where my cat likes to hang out. There were a couple of redbirds that made a run at the bushes, Tesla shot off the deck like a rocket and got both of them.
Ooh, I hate to see redbirds killed. :-( They are so beautiful.
But, I generally feel that only stupid birds get caught by cats so it's good for the gene pool.
A Rat Terrier works wonders. Mine brought home nearly one per day last year, at least four or five a week. Sometimes, if I was a really good hooman, she would gift me with two.
Been too cold for the moles to come out so far this year, but she knows they're there. It's just a matter of time.....
-N
Actually, I should probably clarify a bit.... she doesn't just bring home moles, but also mice, rats, voles, one squirrel, and the occasional chipmunk.
Happy hunter.
-K
This was in my April, Jerry Baker newsletter. Cheers, LJ in Pitt Meadows, BC Canada
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ground along the moles' runs. As they spin in the wind, the vibrations underground will drive the moles crazy, and they'll soon head for quieter territory.
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Try a castor oil spray. "Liquid Fence" is a brand that is s'posed to work. Ya gotta redo it every so many months.
bahB
I have two cats, both are rescuees and very greatful to have a home it seems. They earn their keep by keeping the mole / mice / rabbit and snake population to a minimum.
Nice beasts too.
Though, ahving a cat or cats isn't always the best or preferred choice. It's like adopting a child and you never know if you'll get a good one or not.
I have a Taxedo cat, he's declawed and fixed. He always sprints for the outdoors and I never let him. He lived with us since we found him and never went outside. I suspect that he wont return if I let him look for the darn mole that invaded my side yard :(.
-M
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