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Posted by peter on March 28, 2008, 2:43 pm
Mole traps are banned in my state (WA).
I tried mole baits, sulphur dioxide smoke bomb to no avail. What should I
try next?
Is there a way to detect where the mole is under the lawn?
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Posted by bob kater on March 28, 2008, 3:05 pm
I heard this and have been using it. Does it seem to work????? yes.
juicy fruit gum (spearamint) cut in to small pieces and inserted in the
burrows without human touch (I use a knife and tweezers untouched) works
They eat the gum but supposedly cannot digest it and die. If they smell a
human on the gum it does not work.
Or>>>>>>> spray the yard for grubs, and or spread diazinon to kill the
grubs. No food they move on. If you have pets etc the spray is best as it
soaks in after a rain. Problem is with the gum is that you have to outkill
the population explosion. and they do come back.
> Mole traps are banned in my state (WA).
>
> I tried mole baits, sulphur dioxide smoke bomb to no avail. What should I
> try next?
>
> Is there a way to detect where the mole is under the lawn?
>
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Posted by Dave Bugg on March 28, 2008, 4:41 pm
bob kater wrote:
> I heard this and have been using it. Does it seem to work????? yes.
> juicy fruit gum (spearamint) cut in to small pieces and inserted in
> the burrows without human touch (I use a knife and tweezers
> untouched) works They eat the gum but supposedly cannot digest it and
> die.
Gum doesn't work.
http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/lawn001/lawn001.htm
http://tomclothier.hort.net/page39.html
http://www.dumville.org/moles/charron.html "Chewing gum ingested by a mole
will not gunk up his internal works and cause him to explode, despite the
popular notion that it will. No mole in his right mind will eat chewing gum,
especially with the smorgasbord of delights (slugs, ants, grubs) routinely
spread before him. Moles eat insects and invertebrates. They do not eat
chewing gum, Alka-Seltzer, boric acid, soap powder, Drano, steel wool,
ground glass and the like. Moles are nearly blind but they are not stupid. "
http://www.molepro.com/support/common_questions/products.htm#2 The idea
here is the mole will ingest the gum and choke to death as a result. Not
only have we never seen proof this method works, but one must have serious
doubts as to whether a carnivorous animal will be prone to eating gum. Not
one of the more plausible methods.
http://antiquemommy.typepad.com/antique_mommy/2006/07/the_gofer_that_.html
The chewing gum didn’t work. The moles continue to destroy our yard, except
for now they are doing it with minty fresh breath.
http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09440.htm
Unfortunately, there are no "short cuts" or "magic wands" when controlling
moles. Some garden experts, frustrated by lack of knowledge about trapping,
recommend the use of chewing gum inserted in mole burrows. There is no proof
that this is effective and on a trial basis it has proven ineffective.
http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/sm-animal/moles.htm One of
the most common of these surefire remedies has been to place chewing gum in
the burrow. Research has shown that doing so has no effect on moles even if
they eat it.
--
Dave
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
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Posted by gpsman on March 28, 2008, 4:11 pm
> Mole traps are banned in my state (WA).
>
> I tried mole baits, sulphur dioxide smoke bomb to no avail. What should I
> try next?
There are only two practical methods to get rid of moles: kill what
they eat, or get an animal that likes to hunt and kill them.
Period.
> Is there a way to detect where the mole is under the lawn?
You can often see the earth moving above them, and stab in a shovel
and flip them out. Ineffective for population control unless you have
only two, but entertaining, if you're easily entertained.
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- gpsman
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Posted by Dave Bugg on March 28, 2008, 4:42 pm
peter wrote:
> Mole traps are banned in my state (WA).
I use them here anyway.
--
Dave
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
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