On 7/1/03 10:24 PM, theoneflasehaddock at snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote: >
> >> Just curious if anyone has an effective remedy for keeping chippers
> >> from digging up perennials? I recently planted a bed of about 50-60
> >> plants and the stupid chipmunks are already destroying it! I have been
> >> using a Havahart trap and have caught and re-released (far away) about
> >> 25 so far. They're probably just coming right back...
> >>
> >> HELP!
> >>
> >> Thanks!
>
> > theoneflasehaddock
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>
> Sorry for weird piggyback, but the original didn't appear in my reader. >
> Personally, I'd recommend getting a cat to keep the population down/at bay,
> but when I was looking on the web I found this link.
>
>formatting link
> (It got kind of amusing toward the end when the "chipmunks" started posting
> replies to the mean humans trying to get rid of them.)
>
I agree, when I was a kid one of our cats kept all pests out of the garden, he was such a good kitty! The other cat didn't hunt but just her presence was enough.