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Post by desertwoman on May 21, 2015 18:36:21 GMT -5
Do you think the onions and/or garlic would work with gophers too? Or just voles?
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Post by davidjp on May 21, 2015 21:32:11 GMT -5
Do you think the onions and/or garlic would work with gophers too? I don't think so judging by the half eaten onion plant I pulled out of a gopher hole the other day. I've yet to find something they won't eat, but I live in hope. I did catch him though.
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Post by farmerkevin on May 21, 2015 21:53:14 GMT -5
Gophers and voles. I have gophers at my house. The only thing that has worked so far is a .22 rifle. I have cats, and they have been going after the ground squirrels, but I don't know about gophers.
I did try the road flare trick, and it worked for a very short term.
Are voles like gophers? Will they eat bubble gum? I heard the gum messes up their insides(?)
Otherwise, nuke them from space. It's the only way to be sure!
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Post by claude on May 21, 2015 21:56:54 GMT -5
You have one fine dead gopher.....
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Post by lisaann on May 22, 2015 5:03:20 GMT -5
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Post by brownrexx on May 22, 2015 8:19:35 GMT -5
I am a little confused too. DW are Pocket Gophers what you have?
I also thought that they were more the size of our groundhogs after I saw the pictures of those tunnels that Red posted last year.
Voles are little things, the size of mice.
How big are these gophers that you guys are dealing with?
Groundhogs are the size of fat cats (without the tail) and they can really do a lot of damage but they don't usually tunnel to our gardens. They run along the surface and eat whatever and wherever they feel like. They have burrows where they sleep and have babies but they are often seen just standing around in fields.
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Post by lisaann on May 22, 2015 9:09:52 GMT -5
Kevin is holding one of those gophers up with 2 fingers. Tthe link says they don't get too big.
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Post by desertwoman on May 22, 2015 9:37:26 GMT -5
Yes- pocket gophers. They are about 8" long (not including the tail). Our cat- before she started acting elderly this past year (at 16 yo)- easily hunted them. What she could not finish eating herself, the magpies finished off. It was a nice complete little system we had going. Since she has retired there has been more activity.
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Post by ecsoehng on May 22, 2015 11:33:53 GMT -5
A Master gardener told me to actually plant a castor bean plant for the voles and they would clear out. I have not tried it and worry a little because they are poisonous. Remember voles and moles are different creatures. Voles eat plant material and moles eat grubs. Milky spore will deter moles not voles.
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Post by OregonRed on May 22, 2015 12:01:07 GMT -5
golly, who's idea was it to name these critters the same name except by 1 letter!
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Post by brownrexx on May 22, 2015 13:21:07 GMT -5
Voles eat plant material and moles eat grubs. Here's how I remember that. Vole starts with a V and they eat Vegetables Mole starts with an M and they eat Meat, aka bugs, grubs and worms.
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Post by thomis on May 22, 2015 15:10:33 GMT -5
I applied 6 ounces of castor oil last evening around the potato beds. It just sounds too good to be true. I really hope it works.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on May 22, 2015 16:29:33 GMT -5
I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for ya!
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Post by OregonRed on May 22, 2015 16:47:51 GMT -5
thanks brown!
I saw them described and identified one time on public tele program.... shorter tail than rat or mouse
vole look like a hamster/ mouse only your basic beigh/brown color
mole has 'paddle digging' feet - really weird nose
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Post by desertwoman on May 22, 2015 20:41:43 GMT -5
Thomis, you'll probably have to repeat it- especially it it rains a lot. But be diligent and you can drive them away.
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