Moles

[Fourtyfive]

How do you get rid of moles , they have ruined my yard.

[Guest drwright6]

Not long ago I saw something on TV about spreading used kitty litter around your yard and they will leave. Thankfully I don't have moles.....or cats.

[Guest summertime27]

Get a dog that hates moles.... Then you will forget that the moles are screwing up your yard because you will be busy filling in all the holes your new dog digs!

[TripleDigitRide]

I have the same problem. My Basset Hound loves digging for them, but he makes the problem even worse. Several people have mentioned that getting rid of the grubs is the key. No grubs means no food for the moles. I am going to look at my options.

[mkphillips]

Here is an article on how to get rid of them.

 

http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/no-more-gophers-or-moles/index.html

[NRA]

get yourself one of these

 

[Dolomite_supafly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw

 

This is a real product and it is fun too.

 

Dolomite

Edited February 10, 2013 by Dolomite_supafly

[tyguy]

I havent tried it personally yet, but my next tactic is to pick up a bad of dry ice pellets from Kroger. Dump them in any opening you can find. As it sublimates the it is heavier than air so it pushes it, along with the oxygen, out of the track system. Same idea as using it in food prep containers with the lid slightly ajar. I read about this method on a website of a local supplier of industrial dry ice.

Most other logical solutions deal with ridding your yard of grubs that they feed on. With a couple of dogs and a kiddie running around my backyard, no toxins for me.

I would be curious to hear if anyone has tried the dry ice trick.

[tennessee01tacoma]

My grandmother used to put dubble bubble gum in their tracks just push it down in. She said they would eat it and it would stop them up and they would die. I guess it worked the tracks definitely thinned out afterwards

[swim615]

I have the same problem. My Basset Hound loves digging for them, but he makes the problem even worse. Several people have mentioned that getting rid of the grubs is the key. No grubs means no food for the moles. I am going to look at my options.

 

Moles eat earthworms far more than anything else. It will make little difference if you get rid of the grubs or not.

[runco]

Use to have mole problems really bad, did nothing, just suffered. Eventually got a cat (indoor/outdoor) for other reasons, problem solved. Been mole free for 2+ years now. No evidence other than a occasional dead mole on the back deck.

[mikegideon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw

 

This is a real product and it is fun too.

 

Dolomite

 

You beat me to it. Probably way to expensive for a mole problem in a normal yard. The fun factor would still be there.

[Fourtyfive]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw
 
This is a real product and it is fun too.
 
Dolomite

Thinking of trying this with one of those weed burners and propane.

[gregintenn]

I have a black Labrador Retreiver with a brown nose, and no moles.

[mikegideon]

Thinking of trying this with one of those weed burners and propane.

 

Gotta mix oxygen with it or it won't work. I've thought about a cutting torch.

[mikegideon]

I have a black Labrador Retreiver with a brown nose, and no moles.

 Yep. Breed unimportant as long as they're a good mouser. I had a mutt growing up (collie/shepherd) that would snatch them out of the ground and kill them in one chomp.

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

We have  3 cats and we  still have moles.  They make our backyard mushy.I hate it.

Seems our cats are to spoiled to eat them. I know they get a few here and there but leave them for us on our porch.I think for us the bigger problem is that we have something digging for grubs in our yard.Coons or Possums maybe.. not sure.

They make a bigger mess than those little moles I think.

 

I say enough Tannerite will get rid of them..lol

[Fourtyfive]

Gotta mix oxygen with it or it won't work. I've thought about a cutting torch.

Judging by the lines running to their injector , that's what they are using. Got one of those too !

[Metalhead]

I had a collie growing up that thought it was great fun to dig em up a play with them before eventually (and probably accidentally) killing them.

[orientalexpress]

Growing up my dad would sit in the front porch and with a pick axe and watch for them. He had a way of tapering the dirt move and could drive the pick axe right in front of where the mole was and pull it out it of the ground. They would usually come flying up about 4 feet and he just put it in a 5 gallon bucket. They're pretty funny looking creatures but they're extremely furry. They're also some traps they build that you put in line of their holes. I think the most successful thing we used was a poison that killed off the moles food.

[klamb5]

Peanut butter put in their tracks works too , they can't digest it .

[swim615]

We have 3 cats and we still have moles. They make our backyard mushy.I hate it.
Seems our cats are to spoiled to eat them. I know they get a few here and there but leave them for us on our porch.I think for us the bigger problem is that we have something digging for grubs in our yard.Coons or Possums maybe.. not sure.
They make a bigger mess than those little moles I think.

I say enough Tannerite will get rid of them..lol

If they are leaving circles just a few inches deep you may have a armadillo problem. Edited February 10, 2013 by swim615

[mikegideon]

We have  3 cats and we  still have moles.  They make our backyard mushy.I hate it.

Seems our cats are to spoiled to eat them. I know they get a few here and there but leave them for us on our porch.I think for us the bigger problem is that we have something digging for grubs in our yard.Coons or Possums maybe.. not sure.

They make a bigger mess than those little moles I think.

 

I say enough Tannerite will get rid of them..lol

 

You need to get the sniper in the family to sling some reformed tire weights at them. :)

[NoBanStan]

C4, caddyshack style!

[Worriedman]

get yourself one of these

 

Good dog!