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Walt21012
Citizen
Username: Walt21012
Post Number: 6
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 2:24 pm: | 
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We've got moles burrowing through our backyard. The telltale signs are the holes and the leaves turning yellow on affected shrubs. And then we saw the little guys - cute but destructive.
Any relatively humane way of encouraging these beasts to seek other stomping grounds? |
mrmaplewood
Citizen
Username: Mrmaplewood
Post Number: 334
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 2:32 pm: |
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A cat. |
Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 1182
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 5:49 pm: |
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There is a mole repeller that you can buy from catalogs. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I got mine. It's a device powered by 4 D-cells, that you stick into the ground. It emits a jabbering kind of noise that moles apparently don't like. If you push it deeply into the ground it can only be heard faintly by human ears. I got mine three or four years ago when a huge gopher was digging holes all over my property and eating everything I planted. This device got rid of him. I use it every spring and summer, and it works, at least for moles and gophers. |
Politicalmon
Citizen
Username: Politicalmon
Post Number: 127
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 3:34 pm: |
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Walt;
The device is available with a lifetime warranty from the following site.
http://www.magent.com/molepestcontrolrepeller.htm
Happy eradication.
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themp
Supporter
Username: Themp
Post Number: 2846
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 5:17 pm: |
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Moles eat grubs (I hear). No grubs, no moles. Treat your grubby lawn. |
Walt21012
Citizen
Username: Walt21012
Post Number: 7
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 9:47 am: |
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Thanks for the helpful advice. We're trying a mole repeller similar to the one politicalmon suggested. The cats in our neighborhood seem uninterested in playing with the moles. They are located in a wooded part of the property, so no grubby lawn. |
Bklyngirl
Citizen
Username: Bklyngirl
Post Number: 25
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 11:19 am: |
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Maybe we have moles, too?
Lately, I've been noticing holes in the mulch around my shrubs. In fact, I initially thought whatever was making these holes were causing my Azaleas (sp?)to dry up.
Could my initial thought have been right? Could we have moles on our property?
bklyngirl |
TK South Orange
Citizen
Username: Tk_south_orange
Post Number: 378
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 4:13 pm: |
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wow - i think there are some outside my building. I thought a kid was making the holes in the mulch - but I guess not |
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