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[michellejed]

Good gardening to all,

I have a mole that moved into my flowerbed and he just wont go away!!

I dont have them in the yard, just this one bed that is about 4 ft wide by 60 ft long.

He is just running back and forth!

Please any ideas?

Thanks so much.

 

[nocnurse]

Is it running back and forth ABOVE the ground? If so, it sounds more like a woodchuck/groundhog.

 

[michellejed]

no he is underground and making a mess of my flowers. He isnt eating them but just uprooting them!

 

[Mamu]

Trap him, poison him, get rid of him any way you can. One mole will lead to hundreds if not taken care of.

Last year I had a terrible mole problem. They eat the roots of my perennials, almost wiped out my hosta's. I tried repellents, maybe they worked for a day, all the while they were multiplying and devouring the roots to my plants. By the time I had realized the damage they had done it was too late for most of my plants. Some I had for years. I finally resorted to posions. Took a whole year to rid the yard of moles. Lost hundreds of dollars in plants.

There not that cute, pink footed, rodent I thought they were. There fast breeding, root destroyers who will wipe out your flower garden then move on to the rest of your plants.

I regularly treat my yard for moles now.

 

[Not so Dumbo]

We had our first mole this year. We put a trap on top of his path..the kind that has a spike that shoots down and kills them. Not very nice, but effective. It only took two days for it to nab him.

 

[michellejed]

I think that is the way I am going to have to do it!!

I hate the thought of it but the little stinker is tearing up the flower bed.

 

[MPLsDad]

Is this also an effective means of getting rid of cats?

 

[tikkipoo]

Maybe you can shoot him with your "laser"