Diggers

[Steve IA]

I have a small critter of some sort digging under the skirting on a pier supported addition. Don't know what it is for sure, hole is only a couple inches wide, too small for a groundhog or skunk. I've started burying chicken wire and fist size rocks to create a barrier, but not sure that will be enough. I've tried live trapping whatever it is but no luck yet. :banghead:

Do any of you know of anything that can be put on/in the ground around the skirting to repel mammals?

Thanks
Steve

 

[Bird]

Steve, I have moles making tunnels all over my yard and nothing I've tried so far has worked.

 

[polo1665]

Steve, I have moles making tunnels all over my yard and nothing I've tried so far has worked.

I've always heard, around these parts anyway, that if you want to get rid of moles, you have to get rid of the grubs. Apparently this is what they eat.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I thought this thread was going to be about those two ya-hoos on TV who go around with their metal detectors finding all sorts of buried treasure. Great show, but it gets a bit old when they go orgasmic over every nut and washer that they find.

As for the critters, I have the same problem. I have dispatched quite a few gophers with the pellet gun, and with traps, but the moles are a real pain. Washed a big portion of my back yard into the creek a couple of times because of the burrows. I have an aversion to putting poison on my yard to kill the grubs, but I may have to. I never use poison for the gophers after watching my neighbor's dog dig up some of the poisoned bait and eat it.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm thinking it's mice. They are terrible around my bird feeders, but you can find their holes in the ground all over when you start looking for them. We dump a little mouse poison down the hole and that seems to be the end of that hole. Our cat is also pretty good at catching at least one mouse a day because that's what she brings to us. If you feed birds, you have mice!!!!

 

[Steve IA]

Pretty sure it's not moles. I have moles and the mounds/runs are different. I know we have mice, the cats bring some in nearly nightly. Holes look too big for mice. Chipmunks maybe. They're around, but haven't seen them near the house.

 

[bigtiller]

It sounds like a squinny. I either put poison in the tunnel or keep the grass cut short so you can see them and load the 12 gauge with #8 bird shot. I have an old Stevens with a 30 inch barrel so it can really reach out there. Just don't miss! They learn real fast where the danger line is.

 

[Streetcar]

Killing grubs will not get rid of moles, there are other creatures in the soil they will eat.
The holes sound like my chipmunk hole. Poison in the hole or rat trap with peanut butter were my methods of elimination

 

[MossRoad]

Steve, I have moles making tunnels all over my yard and nothing I've tried so far has worked.

I trapped several hundred moles in our yard over a 5-6 year period. I've tried pretty much every trap known. The one that works the best is the Victor Out O Sight mole trap. $12. I have six of them. :thumbsup:

Best Mole Trap: Victor® Out O'Sight® Mole Traps

 

[MossRoad]

I have a small critter of some sort digging under the skirting on a pier supported addition. Don't know what it is for sure, hole is only a couple inches wide, too small for a groundhog or skunk. I've started burying chicken wire and fist size rocks to create a barrier, but not sure that will be enough. I've tried live trapping whatever it is but no luck yet. :banghead:

Do any of you know of anything that can be put on/in the ground around the skirting to repel mammals?

Thanks
Steve

Some pictures of the holes might be helpful.

 

[MossRoad]

For anyone with actual mole problems, the following is a link to one of the best websites on mole control.

Mole control, biology and trapping help, 1986, professional, author, tom schmidt | The Mole Man

 

[DrRod]

Sounds like chipmunks to me. My 94-year old mother was sick of them digging in her flowers so she got a trap. Caught 11 the first week, 37 over the summer. I would never have guessed that there could be so many in a small town neighborhood. It would appear that you don't see them all that easily.

 

[MossRoad]

Sounds like chipmunks to me. My 94-year old mother was sick of them digging in her flowers so she got a trap. Caught 11 the first week, 37 over the summer. I would never have guessed that there could be so many in a small town neighborhood. It would appear that you don't see them all that easily.

When I was a kid, we had a cat that pretty much every day that there wasn't snow on the ground brought a dead chipmunk to the back door, ate its head only, then barfed on the patio. That cat did that for about 20 of her 21 years. I would have thought she would have put some sort of dent in the chipmunk population, but nope... pretty much every day. :confused2:

A good chipmunk trap is a rat trap baited with peanut butter. Also, bucket traps work really well, although I'm not a big fan of drowning animals as its cruel VS instant death in a rat trap.

 

[Steve IA]

I borrowed a game camera and will check it when it's light enough to find it. Also poured dry sack-crete along the problem areas. More later.
Thanks

 

[Steve IA]

Followup. Game camera showed nothing but the black lab walking by. I Buried chicken wire about 3 inches deep and dressed that with dry sackrete. No new holes in 2 weeks.

 

[Rustyferrious]

Moles are murder to get rid of, but if you have holes without the "raised mound" tunnels in the yard, it's probably chipmunks or mice. I've had good luck using poison bait inside of plastic "feeders". The dogs can't get into the feeders but the varmints can. Get rid of the dead critters so other animals don't eat them.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Moles are murder to get rid of, but if you have holes without the "raised mound" tunnels in the yard, it's probably chipmunks or mice. I've had good luck using poison bait inside of plastic "feeders". The dogs can't get into the feeders but the varmints can. Get rid of the dead critters so other animals don't eat them.

Tell me about the feeders. Got a link?

 

[turnkey4099]

Pretty sure it's not moles. I have moles and the mounds/runs are different. I know we have mice, the cats bring some in nearly nightly. Holes look too big for mice. Chipmunks maybe. They're around, but haven't seen them near the house.

Dog? I have a dachshund that can turn a little bitty mouse hole into a crater in quick time.

Harry K

 

[Rustyferrious]

Tell me about the feeders. Got a link?

I got them from an exterminator. I'll see what I can find out about them. They work quick.