gophers in the garden

How not to attack gophers 101

After trying many things that were guaranteed to rid me of a colony that had taken over a slight slope between my place and the lake I was ready to try anything.

My try at the water attack nearly washed away the side hill after pumping in hundreds of gallons in one hole and having hundreds of gallons coming out of many holes

What next?........Gasoline yes why not,got a couple of gallon cans and started pouring away the fumes should get them any time now,but nothing was happening by now I had put one can down the hole what now? a brain cramp was being to form as I pulled out a match

Picture this I'm standing over the hole as I dropped the match in,an explosion took place,a fire ball comes out of there and burns everything in sight,eyebrows eyelashes,instant sun tanned face

Nature took care of things a few days later when a huge King snake set up shop on the slope,problem solved.

Never ever use gas
Rob

Gopher Blaster

I just trapped 3 gophers last week with the black box. I got it at home depot. I was using gas bombs and poison for 9 months prior trying to get them. I bought the black box and 2 days later no mas gophers!


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Yes, I hear you can get some very deadly stuff down in mexico that you can't get in California.

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Originally posted by mrfatboy Yes, I hear you can get some very deadly stuff down in mexico that you can't get in California.

Paraquat is one of my personal faves. When I just walk outside and mention the word, weeds start to die.

Blanca, while it is the Spanish name for mole, many people around here refer to gophers as topos.

We tried everything including smoke bombs and one person before suggested chewing gum. We decided that we then had happy gophers, kicked back floating on water while smoking and chewing gum! And because of the the dogs, poison was not on the list.

Traps---the only thing that has worked and they need to be set very carefully to take up the entire diameter of the hole or the gopher digs around it. Carrots and peanut butter seem to work. Biggest problem is that sometimes the gopher is trapped, but not dead when we pull the trap up.

Also the mother of a friend who takes care of our place while we are gone was visiting from San Ignacio. While our friend was watering, her mother enticed a gopher to pop up from his hole, and whacked him with a shovel!

At this time, there seems to be no gophers---- I guess they decided to move south.

Gophers? Moles? Ground squirrels? It all depends upon which critter you're talking about? They might be one and the same? And they might sprout wings and fly! But there's a way to do away with any and all of 'em.

Traps or cats- the only solution

Rescue a Feral Half-Starved Great Dane

Topo caught by my neighbor in Lopez last fall.

This I got from a farmer in the Kansas area...drop a road flare in one of the holes. The gasses will kill them.
The other benefit is that you will be able to see where the other holes are by following the smoke trail.

Ditto on the cats---want to rent our cat "Mitchell"? Slightly feral cat from Marfa, TX---grew up eating all kinds of critters.

Blanca, the locals have told me they're good to eat! And I think they did eat them a generation or so back?! Taste like...chicken. Tio

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Originally posted by Mexitron ---want to rent our cat "Mitchell"?

Mitchell?? Really??

Don't know if it will work for gophers, but when I started to have squirrel problems several years ago, I would bust up glass bottles and dig the shards into the soil at the openings to their holes. They did not like cutting their hands and noses on the glass fragment and left for other glass free areas.

Perhaps the same would work would for gophers if dug into the planter area?

The best solution for gophers on the ranch was the box traps. But, I think they are illegal to buy in California now-a-days as it's apparently a cruel and unusual death penalty for them.

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Originally posted by DENNIS Quote: Originally posted by Mexitron ---want to rent our cat "Mitchell"? Mitchell?? Really??

Mitchell

Illegal in California????

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Originally posted by Taco de Baja Don't know if it will work for gophers, but when I started to have squirrel problems several years ago, I would bust up glass bottles and dig the shards into the soil at the openings to their holes. They did not like cutting their hands and noses on the glass fragment and left for other glass free areas. Perhaps the same would work would for gophers if dug into the planter area? The best solution for gophers on the ranch was the box traps. But, I think they are illegal to buy in California now-a-days as it's apparently a cruel and unusual death penalty for them.