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Moles
Nov 11, 2011 13:40:50 GMT
Post by Rosie on Nov 11, 2011 13:40:50 GMT
I must say they are pretty furry creatures Rosie, but you would be better to be rid of them and get the traps that kill I think. Try to do it yourself unless your mole catcher is cheap. They never get them all and we have permanent traps here. Put the trap in the tunnel, not the hole, and put a stake in to mark the trap. Get used to putting the marker just in front of the trap. The trap does not have to be too deep, but must be in a tunnel. You will get used to doing this and living next to a field, you might have to. I have just noticed that you know about the mole tunnel. Have you done this before? I haven't done it before Cherry so your advice is very welcome, we did find a dead one on the drive a few weeks ago, one of the farm dogs carried it off  I think we only have one mole as there aren't that many hills, maybe 5 at the minute and the surrounding fields don't have any mole hills at all  ;D I saw the tunnels when i took off the top soil that was pushed up. |
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Nov 11, 2011 17:14:49 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Nov 11, 2011 17:14:49 GMT
Sorry to be negative but we don't have mole hills in the field next door or in the garden but both are full of moles  It is far more humane to kill them quickly with a trap. If you catch them and let them go where there are other moles, the other moles will kill them. If you let them go where there are no other moles they will starve to death. Merlin, could your greenhouse mole be mice? At this time of year the mice will dig holes in my large pots, they shift a considerable amount of compost over night. |
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Nov 11, 2011 17:34:20 GMT
Post by Cherry on Nov 11, 2011 17:34:20 GMT
Rosie. You then find the tunnel and note where it goes. It will have pushed up another mound of earth, so the trap would go in this tunnel and away from the molehills. The trap is not put in the tunnel right next to the molehill. When you get the dead mole, just throw it into the field. The maggies or crows will finish it off. It is like the killing fields here.
That is not a negative comment WF. Why don't they come up? Ours do. I have had 50 molehills here just around the house, but we have a great moleman now.
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Moles
Nov 11, 2011 17:44:18 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Nov 11, 2011 17:44:18 GMT
I'm not sure what they do with the soil they excavate, there are holes where they come to the surface but very, very rarely a mole hill. If they left mole hills everywhere I probably wouldn't be so tolerant of them.
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Nov 11, 2011 18:10:18 GMT
Post by merlin on Nov 11, 2011 18:10:18 GMT
I have holes without hills, could it be Voles?
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Nov 11, 2011 18:33:49 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Nov 11, 2011 18:33:49 GMT
Voles are tiny, much smaller than a mole, the ones here make one burrow to breed in, the moles tunnel everywhere.
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Moles
Nov 11, 2011 20:34:46 GMT
Post by merlin on Nov 11, 2011 20:34:46 GMT
They may be tiny but they have cute little noses, I think you could be right about mice in my GH
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Moles
Nov 11, 2011 22:43:09 GMT
Post by Rosie on Nov 11, 2011 22:43:09 GMT
Sorry to be negative but we don't have mole hills in the field next door or in the garden but both are full of moles It is far more humane to kill them quickly with a trap. If you catch them and let them go where there are other moles, the other moles will kill them. If you let them go where there are no other moles they will starve to death. Merlin, could your greenhouse mole be mice? At this time of year the mice will dig holes in my large pots, they shift a considerable amount of compost over night. Not negative at all Sue, again that is some very useful information you have given me, so it is going to be best just kill the beastie quickly, i don't like harming them but i have spent quite a bit on the garden so far and don't want it damaged. I guess it's the same if you get mice in your house, you don't really want to hurt them but you can't have your stuff ruined.  |
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Nov 12, 2011 6:55:00 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Nov 12, 2011 6:55:00 GMT
Get a quote from a mole man, it is not easy to catch them your self. He will also be able to tell you how many you have and if they are in the surrounding fields.
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Nov 12, 2011 7:05:48 GMT
Post by merlin on Nov 12, 2011 7:05:48 GMT
I gave my 'little visitor' weeks to pack up n' go but he just carried on digging. Well you know what they say, last week he became a buzzards lunch. I too dislike killing but enoughs enough. Using a standard trap is easy but you must do it exactly right.
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Nov 12, 2011 10:01:03 GMT
Post by Cherry on Nov 12, 2011 10:01:03 GMT
Get a quote from a mole man, it is not easy to catch them your self. He will also be able to tell you how many you have and if they are in the surrounding fields. Better still, ask the farmer about it as you will be able to get the mole catcher through him and possibly he will extend the area so that you don't have to pay, or pay just a small sum as he would be there anyway. I would not pay as it can be expensive and we have a lot of moles. They never leave completely. |
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Nov 13, 2011 7:44:10 GMT
Post by merlin on Nov 13, 2011 7:44:10 GMT
How strange!! Assuming that it's mice not moles I put mouse traps down with some bird seed. Unfortunately I left the top off the seed tub and something has deposited lumps of soil in it. Needless to say the traps have no seed left and haven't gone off   |
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Nov 13, 2011 10:13:02 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Nov 13, 2011 10:13:02 GMT
How odd. At least you know it is not a mole.
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Nov 13, 2011 11:09:40 GMT
Post by peony on Nov 13, 2011 11:09:40 GMT
What a strange thing for the mouse to do, why would it put soil there?
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Nov 13, 2011 13:28:24 GMT
Post by Lou78W on Nov 13, 2011 13:28:24 GMT
Is this yet another of Merlin's little tricks  |
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