Seriously, Cripplecreek's suggestion works well. A lot of terrier breeds will hunt them down and eat them...just patch the lawn after they dig them out. Many terriers were raised specifically to hunt and kill varmints on the farm.
Posted on 03/18/2009 5:32:11 AM PDT by DouglasKC
We've lived in our current home for something like 14 years. I've never been a yard freak. I think I mowed my lawn once last year. I had to recently pull up several small trees from the front yard that sprouted.
But this year hope springs eternal. I want to really make my yard great. However there's one thing I'm worried about: moles.
I'm pretty sure there's an entire city of moles living under my grass. They've been there quite a while and they're fat, dumb and happy. I want to bring pain to their world.
What is THE best way to kill them? By best way I mean something a relatively lazy homeowner doesn't have to expend a lot of time and effort on. What works? What definitely doesn't work? What should I avoid?
Any and all suggestions and comments are welcomed and encouraged.
Thanks in advance.
Get a couple of Jack Russell Terriers.
I want to know too.
http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/moles.htm
Or a mole cat. Our mole cat died a few years back and we are fighting the battle again.
Rodenator! Check it out online.
http://www.rodenator.com/pests-controls-videos-rodenators
May I recommend putting up a small windmill and driving a pole or pipe into the ground. The vibration from the windmill drive them off. I got this from the “Farmers Alamanc”
Nope. Not going to happen. :-)
Or scatter moth balls.
“Rodenator! Check it out online”
I was revved about getting one of those ‘til I saw the price — $3,220.
The thing is I want to know first hand and not have to buy stuff that may or may not work.
You smash down the tunnel you see going through your yard. You get a comfortable chair (and a beer or whatever), you turn on the yard lights and settle in listening to your mp3 or whatever. Keep watching the smashed down tunnels ... soon you'll see one moving back up ... and that's where he is. Tiptoe, very quietly up to the moving area and use a heavy spade and give several heavy thrusts in that area ... you'll probably cut the mole in half if you do it right. I did this three nights in a row, killed 2 moles and never had a problem again. This after spending more than a hundred bucks on "remedies."
I know what you mean. Not every cat will go after moles. I had one who did. She wouldn’t eat them, but she sure caught and killed them!
Seriously, Cripplecreek's suggestion works well. A lot of terrier breeds will hunt them down and eat them...just patch the lawn after they dig them out. Many terriers were raised specifically to hunt and kill varmints on the farm.
Yup. Spring is coming.
I know what worked at my Mom’s house to get rid of moles. When I heard about this, I thought it was absurd, but it was so cheap, I just had to try it.
By a pack of Wrigley Juicy Fruit Gum. It must be Juicy Fruit. Unwrap 2 or three sticks of the gum and cut them each into 3 or 4 pieces. Scatter the pieces on the ground in the area where you spotted the moles.
The gum literally gums-up the moles mouth, and they starve to death. The pieces are small enough they will not be harmful to pets.
Moles eat grubs, so be sure you put grub killer down (not only on the lawn but your flower beds too).
There are some commercial sprays which also drive them away temporarily (Mole Stop). All of them contain castor oil (moles hate castor oil).
It’s really not that hard to make your own, or just use an oxy-acetylene torch. Get a cutting flame, and extinguish it without shutting the gas off, fill the hole with the gas/oxygen mix, spark it off, and viola (or WALLA! as some FReepers like to write), no more moles! Rinse and repeat.
Easy. Remove their food source. Use a good grub and insect killer on your yard NOW. This is the right time of year. The moles eat grubs & worms. Removing the grubs will do a lot. The windmill thing is supposed to work. A cat is a great idea. Not only does it hunt them, if the cat pees in the yard that scent is a real warning to the moles and they tend to leave rather than get eaten.
VOLES are a different problem. They are vegetarians, and the grub killer doesn’t work. They are short tailed mice that burrow just a little under the ground and leave visible trails. Find out which you have. You might have both! Put a mouse trap with peanut butter bait by a hole or a trail. If you catch a short tailed mouse, you’ve got voles.
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