Mole problems

I do not suffer this problem and so would not know what to do to stop them digging holes in your yard, but I just wanted to know if you have ever seen them? I have never seen one real before, I have seen the holes they leave and on tv but never actually outside. Our garden is all paving stones and so they would not be able to get in mine anyway. Ha! perhaps you should confuse them and just pave the whole lot!!

They sell sonic pest chasers might work but I think animals begin to get used to the sound and may come back. Also home improvement stores sell smoker things that you put in their tunnels and light and it smokes them out (or maybe kills them, not sure about that). You can also put down grub killer, I think the moles are only after the grubs in your grass, so if you get rid of the grubs the moles don't have anything to eat. Hope some of this info helps. Good luck!

The only way I could solve my back yard gopher problem was by trapping them. You couldn't walk in the yard without stepping on a hole, which I was concerned that somebody would get hurt. I tried many other suggestions and none of them worked for me. Good luck getting rid of the moles.

Mothballs will probably work. I am surprised that you don't have fox, snakes, turkeys, red tail hawks, crows and owls taking care of them. This is one of the reasons why you should never get rid of a nonvenomous snake on your property. Snakes go where the food is. If there are snakes then there is probably food. If there is an unnatural decline in predators then the prey will increase. An example. Your cats will catch them if you don't feed them. LOL Dogs are also used to hunt moles. I found this: "For the sake of the appearance of the lawn, it is not well to encourage your dog to promiscuous digging for ground moles, but if he shows any propensity for hunting these: pests you may be able to teach him to catch them with neatness and dispatch. Moles are active usually in mid-morning' and again in the afternoon, and if at such times you approach a fresh burrow quietly, without jarring the ground with your footfalls, you will probably see the stirring of the turf which indicates where the tunnel is being extended. Have in your hand a short spade or some similar implement, and let the dog follow at heel. Directly below where the surface of the soil is stirring is the mole, busily digging and unconscious of your stealthy approach. Yon can get within a couple of feet without disturbing him; then crush down the tunnel 'roof immediately behind him with your foot to prevent a retreat, simultaneously driving in the spade and unearthing the mole. Once on the surface, he will be an easy prey for the dog. Now, the point of the foregoing is this: If your dog is keen and observant, he will realize that the thing to do is to hunt for the place where the mole is actually working, approach carefully, and then dig right in in a hurry. Knowing these things, he may learn to do them alone and unaided. I have known several dogs that were most successful at this style of hunting, and their actions while stalking some unsuspecting "mound-builder" were most conclusive proof of the adaptability of the canine mind. One of these dogs worked it out to such a fine point that he disturbed the turf but little in unearthing a mole. He would creep to within striking distance, poise himself for an upward spring, and come down with fore feet and muzzle so unerringly on top of the "varmint" that the latter was usually disabled by the first shock."

Connect your automobile exhaust to the nearest mole hole, using a vacuum cleaner hose. plug or cover all the other holes EXCEPT the one farthest away. Run the engine for about 1/2 hour. The Carbon Monoxide should cause the moles to take the "long sleep". This is safer than using the mole bombs, which are cyanide gas, and not so good around children and pets.

I have used the daisy whirly things that make noise, too. They work most of the time. I also heard somewhere that moles don't like juicy fruit gum. I used that last year to some effect. I tried chewed and unchewed and it needed to be unchewed. A third way I tried to that worked some was a little gross. If you have a litter box, put the scooped used litter in their holes. Just make sure you get it down far enough. I had one that wasn't deep enough and when I stepped on it after it had rained, it oozed mushy cat litter.