<p>I am pulling my hair out. We have moles, all over the place. They are not gophers, the holes are smaller, but still, they are destorying my lawns, side walks(gravel paved)…</p>
<p>Tried everything from HD, Lowes, OHS…Smoking, pellets, sticks, you name it. also mail ordered Gopher Traps, but they are too big for the moles…</p>
<p>I am short of calling a mole expert.</p>
<p>Help is needed…</p>
<p>Talparid works. Not sure if that spelling is exactly correct. The pieces look like fishing or gummy worms. Very effective. So is spreading Merit or Mach/diazanon, but that is a long-term solution, not immediately effective. It kills grubs, and lasts about 5 years for us. </p>
<p>We have also had luck with putting Ratcraze into the runs. It is a pelleted rat killer.</p>
<p>Our sonic sticks didn’t work at all. My dad has good luck with the traps, but wow, are they difficult to set and have to be placed just so to work.</p>
<p>I ordered some devices from one of the cheap mailorder catalogs that worked well to get ride of moles. They were digging in the soft dirt/sand under our above ground swimming pool. (The rest of the yard was packed clay and LOT harder to dig through). </p>
<p>The device consisted of a round top (about 4 in in diameter) on a stake. You inserted a battery and drove it into the ground. It periodically vibrated which the moles did not like. They worked beautifully until gradually each one was hit by the lawn mower when H and Ss were not paying attention. </p>
<p>It may be what was referred to as sonic sticks above.</p>
<p>I have had good luck with those things that look like worms that are poison, used in combo with that stuff you spray on that has castor oil in it (you hook it up to your hose, and alternate the castor oil/plain water spray across your lawn).</p>
<p>I’ve had great success using this pest control company:</p>
<p>[Domestic</a> Cats, Domestic Cat Pictures, Domestic Cat Facts - National Geographic](<a href=“Animals”>Domestic cat)</p>
<p>They have advanced technology perfectly suited to eliminating the mole problem, but do watch the employees – they tend to take long breaks.</p>
<p>^^ I was about to recommend that myself!</p>
<p>I though maybe this “was a job for Superman”
but those were Mole Men.</p>
<p>I wonder if it’s worth putting up an owl box since they hunt things like moles.</p>
<p>Once the moles take over, you might need a herd of cats or a cat like this. </p>
<p>[Medal</a> of Honor Cat - YouTube](<a href=“Medal of Honor Cat - YouTube”>Medal of Honor Cat - YouTube)</p>
<p>But trying to herd cats could be tougher than getting rid of moles.</p>
<p>We have voles, yep voles, not moles, and my cat makes short work of them. Most of them moved on to safer yards after the cat moved in a few years ago. Prior to that, nothing really worked.</p>
<p>I thought this was going to be a dermatology thread…</p>
<p>My parents have voles too and the cat does her best, bless her heart. There is almost always a little vole part on the front porch. She is good at making sure we see the product of her hard work. </p>
<p>Voles and moles eat different things so it is important to know which you have if you are going to use bait.</p>
<p>What about this one?</p>
<p>[Gopher</a> control, Mole control, Vole control - remove any burrowing pest from your yard or garden](<a href=“crittergetteronline.com”>http://www.crittergetteronline.com/)</p>
<p>Has any one used this? Comments?</p>
<p>I thought it was going to be about a kid struggling with freshman chem.</p>
<p>My H bought a mole trap & baits it with Juicy Fruit gum. He has managed to rid our yard of major mole infestations the couple times they set up shop.</p>
<p>We’re trying something called TomCat. Bromethalin is the active ingredient in these worm-shaped pieces. You make a hole in the path and mark it with something. After 48 hours you go back to see if the hole is still there. If the hole is still there, the path is not active. If it’s gone, you dig another small hole in its place and stuff a worm down into the hole and seal the hole. It’s $3 per worm, so it better work. I’m sure it will be a week before we notice any improvement. We’ve tried the traps, grub killer, and a yappy little dog. Nothing has worked yet.</p>
<p>If they are voles and not moles, the worm-like bait may not work. Moles eat grubs. Voles are vegetarians - or, to be precise, vegan.</p>
<p>Here’s a good article on identification. </p>
<p>[Voles</a> and Moles in the Lawn - Greenview](<a href=“http://www.greenviewfertilizer.com/articles/voles-moles]Voles”>Voles and moles: Gardening in rodent territory • GreenView)</p>
<p>That is where I got my info on what they eat. So you have already determined that you have moles and voles?</p>