Moles in my yard...how to get rid of????

[iwishiwasthere]

Terriers love moles. Find a few Jack Russells and give them a job! Of course it might be hard to find one that remembers it's purpose in life. (J/K)

Our old Golden Retriever thought she was a terrier and would dig out a tunnel until she found a mole, then would bring it to us as a "gift".

What a good dog!!

 

[Rita]

1. Get rid of grubs in your yard ..... a source of food for them.

2. Flares like you buy for an emergency. Set them off in the tunnel opening.

3. Along the same principle as flares, I have a friend who gassed them out (and into neighbor's yard, I'm sure ) with the lawn mower exhaust hooked up to the mole hole.

Good luck! But it's not an easy problem as you know.

 

[Mango]

MAN-go was doing some work in the garage on Saturday, and the cats were in the house. When he went back in the garage, he found a mouse sleeping on my 22 lb cats bed. He went took a picture, and then picked it up and brought it outside. It woke up when it hit the cold outside, turned around, tried to bite him, and then ran off after a few seconds.

Must have come in the cat door on the garage.

 

[Smiling JOe]

"These mice keep runnin' round and round my head like a race track." -- Tater, while trying to sleep in a shelter on the AT at 1am. We heard those little feet all night, but Tater just made it funny.

 

[TripleB]

I've found that a shotgun is very effective against those pesky moles. Your annoying neighbors won't come around as much too.

I tried moth balls but the little buggers are too hard to catch and you're never sure they are male until you catch one.

 

[florida girl]

Start feeding some of those stray cats, they'll get rid of them! Along with the snakes, rats, mice, squirrels, and whatever else they notice that wiggles!

 

[DD]

They are simply doing what they do. The critters will eat them if they scurry about on the ground. They are much safer underground, plus their main source of food is underground. They eat plenty of insects, insect larvae, spiders and earthworms -- something like 1/3 of their body weight per day . For that reason alone, I will keep alive the few in my yard. I just pat the grass back down by walking on it. I don't try to get in a competition with them patting down all of their tunnels, but just pat down the ones in my normal path. They are typically find their food source in good looking yards -- plenty of well-fertilized grass which is often watered. You could alway opt for pinestraw rather than grass. Get rid of their food source and you will get rid of the mole(s).;-)

Where is Bobby J's signature line? I need to borrow it again. Twice in one day.

Oh yeah,
Mothballs are composed of napthalene and/or paradichlorobenzene, both are toxic substances. By law in the US, pesticides can not be used for purposes other than stated on the label. Mothballs are a pesticide. Scattering them over the yard for repelling animals is definately not on the label. Mothballs have been implicated in several poisonings of small children who mistake them for candy. The label almost certainly states that they are not to be placed where they can be accessed by children. In the situation you describe, they could also be hazardous for animals such as cats and dogs.

SJ--I knew you would have a better solution than the moth balls, I only said that was what mr. dd does. he is not a friend of the environment. I've had to tell him many times about his pesticides-- and, to no avail. He now just sneaks it. I also just really have an aversion to these creatures. Sorry, I know they eat bugs, but to me, they're dangerous. I can't SEE the tunnels til I've almost fallen in!!

 

[JoshMclean]

I've found that a shotgun is very effective against those pesky moles. Your annoying neighbors won't come around as much too.

I tried moth balls but the little buggers are too hard to catch and you're never sure they are male until you catch one.[/quote]

Now that is :funn: !
I heard that you can drop Juicy Fruit gum in the holes and they will leave. Could be a load of crap, not sure.

 

[iwishiwasthere]

I've found that a shotgun is very effective against those pesky moles. Your annoying neighbors won't come around as much too.

I tried moth balls but the little buggers are too hard to catch and you're never sure they are male until you catch one.[/quote]

Now that is :funn: !
I heard that you can drop Juicy Fruit gum in the holes and they will leave. Could be a load of crap, not sure.

Tried Juicy Friut....they just :funn: at me! Must kill the food source or spend your days walking on the tunnels.

 

[Smiling JOe]

You don't have to kill the food source, just get rid of the food source of the food source of moles. (That would be nice looking lawns.) ;-)

Too often we find ourselves stuck in circles treating symptoms of the problems rather than the problem itself. In the process, I think we end up doing more bad than good, in most cases. Not a criticism, just a thought, ;-) and can be applied universally.