wonderer Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Okay, what can I get to get rid of them? They are digging holes all over the yard, and now they come up on my deck and dug up some bulbs from a tuplip kit I received for Christmas. I don't want to kill them yet, but I am not putting up with this. Will moth balls do anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulywog Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Rat trap with a grape on it ................ Works great >>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk24 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 We have times when we are over run by "chippys"...a few are okay and we enjoy watching them. Hubby has been known to name a few Unfortunately the only thing we have done to take care of them (beside getting a cat) is putting D-Con out. We have a dog so I am really careful where I put the D-Con. The only thing we haven't tried is getting a cat, hubby and I don't like cats so that is not an option..beside the cat would have to live outside and we really don't like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I think killing them is your only option over such a wide spread area. You could put wire mesh over your pots to keep them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 They multiply like rats so if you have a bunch now, you will have bunches next year. Dump a little D Con down each hole. I hate to do it but otherwise they will destroy everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Have them here...digging in everything this year. My neighbor has been trapping them and relocating them...to Treasure Lake...JK. Last I talked to him, I think he was up to 12 or 13 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I relocated almost 77 before I lost count a few years ago and we still have a million of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Have them here...digging in everything this year. My neighbor has been trapping them and relocating them...to Treasure Lake...JK. Last I talked to him, I think he was up to 12 or 13 so far. Maybe the deer will eat them! I can see it all now, first chipmunks, then squirrels, rabbits and groundhogs. When the residents start going missing we'll know where they went. I was up there the other day and those deer are pathetic. They don't look like the healthy, sleek crtters in my back yard. When you start to mess with Mother Nature you can't stop and expect her to fix the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 TL needs to start a deer habitat program. They've let the trees crowd out all of the undergrowth to the point that there is only deer feed at the homes where the sunlight reaches the ground. They could do a strip cutting program at the rear of the lake and create the proper feeding situation. That should draw the deer away from the houses. Then with a judicious hunting program they should have fewer but healthier and more beautiful deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I put d-con out one year only to find months later they were storing it in an old helmet I had in my garage. so much for that idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I put d-con out one year only to find months later they were storing it in an old helmet I had in my garage. so much for that idea. You could try Poison Peanuts that come in the pointed yellow cans. It has a different active ingredient than D-Con. Read the label carefully, like all poisons it can be harmful to other lifeforms than the one you are trying to get rid of. It's not easy being the chief predator, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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