Which rodent made this new mound in a So. CA area?

replying to Ant, Iggy wrote: I'd vote for a Rat, they usually take up residence anywhere. Gopher's typically nest away from anyone and anything that goes deep to have omnidirectional escape, they only dig to access actively growing food.

If there is no hole for entry and exit, it's a gopher. If there is a hole, it's a ground squirrel.

I have no way to judge the scale. How big is the hole? Around here (Tennessee) I would be inclined to say 'chipmunk' if the hole was the sort of size that a ping-pong ball might plug it.

Could also easily be a mole or vole.. that picture shows very little for determining what it is that's digging.

I'd say about an inch. Posion were redropped into its holes and tunnels again like near by. Also, an wireless motion detection camera to catch it in the act if it is still alive again.

As is Ant, I too am in southern California. I have had gophers in my garden. Not far from my house, ground squirrel undermined a significant slope, endangering homes both at the top and bottom; a significant sum was spent to repair the slope in a way that ground squirrels would no longer be a problem. I have not heard of moles or voles causing problems in this area.

I'd get a game camera or one that is triggered by motion and set it up to see what comes to or from the hole.

It might have been a xxx but now it can be a snake that went in to eat the xxx.

Mart>

Ok - got me. Not a 'Hippy' far out or way out .....

Mart>

So far, nothing since then. Maybe it ran away from the inserted poisons and disturbances? Last week, there were holes on the gravel walkway. :/

I have seen gopher snakes like this one from a couple years ago:

"Ant" reminds me of "The Naked Jungle"... and Eleanore Parker heats things up, literally and figuratively:

I saw that one like a decade ago. It was OK.

So far, no new holes.

She must be from Hooterville.