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MrNightly
03-23-2006, 09:50 PM
Anyone know anything about Moles? Ya, the furry little creatures that dig holes in your nice beautiful lawns, leaving mounds of dirt behind?

Ya, those.

Just spoke with my rental house rentors today, who advised that my entire front lawn had been infested with the ungodly creatures. Anyone have any idea how to get rid of them? Or at least make them stay across the street? :)

Besides dynamite that is.. tho I must admit it was my first idea. :D
riglehart
03-23-2006, 09:53 PM
You need to get rid of the food source. Then they leave. Spread a nasty dose of diazanon or some other toxic substance on the lawn to kill all the bugs and grubs. You'll never win a frontal attack, you gotta starve em.
Ron-P
03-23-2006, 10:02 PM
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Shizelbs
03-23-2006, 10:04 PM
You need to get rid of the food source. Then they leave. Spread a nasty dose of diazanon or some other toxic substance on the lawn to kill all the bugs and grubs. You'll never win a frontal attack, you gotta starve em.

Yep. This will do it. Or you could do what my dad and I did once and actually catch the damn thing. Let me tell you, that was hard. I'm still not sure how we did it. I mean, catch it alive and release it elsewhere.
F1nut
03-23-2006, 10:33 PM
Ron.........:D
schwarcw
03-23-2006, 11:03 PM
Cats! Cats! and more cats!!!!:eek:
phipiper10
03-23-2006, 11:12 PM
Battling a similar problem - got a squirrell that has made it into my walls. Not the attic mind you but in the walls. I started taking some baseboards off and opening electrical outlets but haven't seen anything. I've dropped some mothballs in but he's def been back.

About 4:30am he rattles a wire for a minute or two and that's it.

I believe I've seen the hole on the roof and will seal it temporarily this weekend. I say temporarily since I want to be sure I seal him out and not in - and that there aren't baby squirrells in my walls that will die without mom.

I really don't want dead squirrell smell in my walls. Vermin!!!!

Any other suggestions?
MrNightly
03-24-2006, 12:39 AM
You need to get rid of the food source. Then they leave. Spread a nasty dose of diazanon or some other toxic substance on the lawn to kill all the bugs and grubs. You'll never win a frontal attack, you gotta starve em.

Hmm, but I like big guns, and things that go boom! :p

I'll have to look up this "Diazanon" stuff. HD or Lowes carry it? Or would it be specialized?

Thanks for the tips.

"DEATH TO THE VERMIN!!!"
Dennis Gardner
03-24-2006, 03:14 AM
Flood it out. Stick that water hose down into the burrow trail and they will be flushed out. Then dispose of them. It may take 30 minutes or so before their trails fill with water, but they can't breath and can't burrow faster than the water can fill.

Old wives tail method. Gallon pickle jars filled with water placed around the yard next to their burrows scares them away from your yard into the neighbors. It sounds crazy, but I've seen it work almost immediately.

This method could work because they are nocturnal in nature, and something in the yard when they come out scares them away. Ever actually seen one in daylight? They also only burrow in unoccupied areas. (I've never had one in my back yard where the dog resides), but my front yard is riddled.
Tour2ma
03-24-2006, 10:04 AM
Sounds like an instant irrigation system...

A good "mouser" cat is a great choice.

Home Depot and Lowes both carry a rodenticide specifically for moles. Issue with this method is that a month later the smell will tell you it worked.

In any case a load of sand is in your future. Once eliminated, their tunnels will start to collapse.
Shizelbs
03-24-2006, 12:05 PM
Ever actually seen one in daylight?

I have.
Skynut
03-24-2006, 12:12 PM
I use a Winchester 1000 fps pellet gun for the squerrls in the back and if I have a clean shot I will do the same out front.
schwarcw
03-24-2006, 12:33 PM
Squirrels are a problem. A cage with bait is the only practical solution. Phipiper, your right you want to seal them out, not in. "Quoth the Raven, NEVERMORE"

Carl
HBombToo
03-24-2006, 01:09 PM
I can't believe this because my yard is infested like you would not believe... My yard is TRASHED!!!!!!!!!! I had been told to remove the food source also and had Scott Lawn come out to provide a quote. The gent informed me that killing the food source WILL NOT fix the problem.

Thanks Tour and I'll be heading to the Depot. I can't waite to smell ther rotting little effin bodies.

HBomb
MrNightly
03-24-2006, 03:47 PM
Very good. Off to the HD I go as well. Thanks for the tips guys! Hope this works and that the smell doesn't drive the tenants off.
aaharvel
03-24-2006, 03:50 PM
Lowes will work too.
Good luck.
tonyb
03-24-2006, 04:39 PM
Just have a bunch of us "smokers" come over,that surely will send them packing......all the way back to Cali !!!!!!:D :D :D
rhulett
03-24-2006, 04:55 PM
Snare traps placed in the runwaysis usually the most effective way of getting rid of moles. You can use an insectcide to try and get rid of their food source, grubs and earthworms, but as someone pointed out, this is not always effective. And having earthworms in your lawn, is a good thing.

Some of the local sod farmers, will use castor beans or castor oil in their runways, which is more of a deterent. Their is a commericial product called molemed, which is nothing more than castor oil. Personally I like killin the little bastards.
Rob
Skynut
03-24-2006, 05:00 PM
My uncle had a farm and used this trap that used a "U" shaped wire that is spring loaded and goes through the tunnel. When the rodent hits this U wire it will pull th U up and trap it between the U and the top of the tunnel. It basically strangles them. The problem is if a neighbor kid finds it and hurts themselves then they will own your house after years of lawsuit battles.
dylan
03-24-2006, 06:52 PM
My wife got PO'd at the ones burrowing in the yard last year, and I watched (yes, a little intimidated) as she nailed 4 of the first 5 with our .22.

We pushed the bodies back down the hole... our neighbor said others will stay away from the dead bodies. They never did come back, and I try not to piss her off...
amulford
03-24-2006, 07:53 PM
Sweet.

I got a hunter to do our dirty work. She'll drop off anywhere from one to three a night at the back step. My little killer...;)
reeltrouble1
03-24-2006, 08:10 PM
Black snake. Big, quiet, Black Snake. Makes some of the ladies scream a bit though.

That and Ms. Cleo seems to do the trick.

RT1
MrNightly
03-25-2006, 02:11 AM
Picked up a, "Mole trap" and gonna try that out tomorrow. They said it was the best and quickest way to kill the ugly rodents.

"ROUS's? Rodents of Unsual Size? Nah, I don't think they exsist..."

^ Name it ^
| :D |
HBombToo
03-25-2006, 02:59 PM
Me too... just got back from the depot. Is yours that spring loaded speer gizmo? I hope the little bastards die quick. I'm not to much into the suffering thing even though I'm PISSED!
brettw22
03-25-2006, 04:14 PM
Black snake. Big, quiet, Black Snake. Makes some of the ladies scream a bit though.

That and Ms. Cleo seems to do the trick.Ted, regardless of how long you stay on that phone call, you do NOT have posession of a 'black snake'.......of ANY kind......
nadams
03-25-2006, 05:33 PM
Picked up a, "Mole trap" and gonna try that out tomorrow. They said it was the best and quickest way to kill the ugly rodents.

"ROUS's? Rodents of Unsual Size? Nah, I don't think they exsist..."

^ Name it ^
| :D |

The Princess Bride, as they're going through the swamp.
phipiper10
03-25-2006, 07:14 PM
Tomorrow I lock out the squirrels at my place. Haven't heard him in my walls the last couple of nights to hopefull the mothballs drove him out.

Good luck!
reeltrouble1
03-25-2006, 11:25 PM
Ted, regardless of how long you stay on that phone call, you do NOT have posession of a 'black snake'.......of ANY kind......


Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...not that Ms. Cleo, I had forgot about her, I think she got busted.

Ms. Cleo is our cat, who graces the house with her occasional presence.

RT1
MrNightly
03-26-2006, 02:23 AM
The Princess Bride, as they're going through the swamp.

All-time favorite! Gotta love it :)

"welcome to the Pit of despair. Don't eve... ehew, Don't even try to escape." ;)
MrNightly
03-26-2006, 02:25 AM
Me too... just got back from the depot. Is yours that spring loaded speer gizmo? I hope the little bastards die quick. I'm not to much into the suffering thing even though I'm PISSED!

Ya, weird looking thing. Hope it works. the 6 spikes will definately give it a headache if nothing else :D I had a hard time setting the trap, but finally got it after 24tries.. ha. Not the best instructions, or else I just can't read and follow directions well.
brettw22
03-26-2006, 03:31 AM
Y'all should do a photo documentary of the problem and all steps involved for us to be entertained by.
Beekyman
03-26-2006, 01:34 PM
Have you tried ultrasonic mole spikes? My local Ace Hardware sells them.
It might be more enviromentally friendly if thats your sort of thing!
Good luck with the "fuzzy tree rats"... they are tenacious little buggers and you have to be really attentive to any entry point that they can find to enter your house. Dont underestimate them, they can fit into impossibly small holes and crevices!