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Rodents have figured too much in my life recently. Before, it was the squirrels that have been eating all the walnuts. Now that the tree is dead that isn't so much a problem, and the birdfeeder is on a shaky enough mounting (coat hangers twisted together) that the squirrels can't climb it.
Of course, the mummified rat showed the lie about how clean I kept the house, and my denial thereby. But now the problem? Pocket Gopher. It's got a large network of tunnels, and last night came up under the fence, and complete pulled one of the new Roma tomatoes I'd just planted to replace the other three that it had eaten, and disappeared it.
I've used a hose. Time to think: stinkyfish!
Of course, the mummified rat showed the lie about how clean I kept the house, and my denial thereby. But now the problem? Pocket Gopher. It's got a large network of tunnels, and last night came up under the fence, and complete pulled one of the new Roma tomatoes I'd just planted to replace the other three that it had eaten, and disappeared it.
I've used a hose. Time to think: stinkyfish!
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Date: 2004-05-18 08:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-18 08:36 am (UTC)doah....
Date: 2004-05-18 09:00 am (UTC)I think its time to get some advice from the worlds most famous Gopher-Killer... Carl Spackler.
"License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior firepower and superior intelligence. And that's all she wrote."
I've used the flares method to some degree of success. Follow it up with a flooding & flares on the fresh holes right as you see them. And so far **Knock on wood** no issues... Now if i can only stop the lil buggers from nibbling my Cucumbers!!!! G'Luck!!
Never kill when you can overkill
Date: 2004-05-18 06:18 pm (UTC)http://www.rodenator.com/
Massive overkill for our apps, but looks like fun :-)
Hey! I get to go to BurningMan afterall!
-- Loudog
Re: Never kill when you can overkill
Date: 2004-05-21 02:53 pm (UTC)