How do you get rid of gophers?
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We seem to be the only house in the neighborhood who tries to get rid of them. Our pest control man has treated them, but they keep coming back, and this does get expensive. We have mounds in our back yard where they have been digging and tunneling through the ground.
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If you neighbors aren't going to participate its a loosing battle, cause they are obviously a colony of gophers.
Hello Shirley; There are several things that you can try and do so that the Gophers will leave your yard!!!
Mix together a few drops of peppermint essential oil, 1 teaspoon of Tabasco sauce, ½ cup of castor oil, and 1 cup of water. Soak some cotton balls in the mixture. Drop them into the tunnels.
Also, Drop a couple of mothballs into the tunnel, and cover the opening with plastic. Gophers don't like the smell of naphthalene.
Dry sheets might help. Bury them in the tunnels.
I would also try and feed them some fruity gum....They will Not like that!!!
I hope that this helps you!!! Take Care!
If you feed them gum, don't touch the gum, they'll smell you on it
Oh Shirley, I hope one of these ideas works for you. I can't imagine what you're going through. Have you talked to your neighbors about it? Have they really said that they don't care or does it just look that way. Maybe they are at a lose of what to do. In what kind of area do you live? Where I live, a visit to the local Building Inspector Supervisor would get some action. Does your local government have someone like that? They can put pressure on your neighbors to work together to fix the problem and may even have help that you pay for in your taxes.
Good luck!
Shirley, here is a video to help you address the situation:
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/getting-rid-gophers
and an article that lists 3 ways to get rid of them:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Gophers
Good Luck Shirley, and thanks for using Hometalk for solutions :)
I take my car and drive it all over the yard , vibration ,they don't like ...works for awhile then do it again when see them return
My granddaddy used to put a shovel deep in the ground in the late evening, where their burrow stopped. He said the moles could not see and when they started digging early the next morning, it would run into the shovel and the impact would kill it. Gotta add, he always got the mole, even if it took several attempts. The first mole I ever saw a dead one.
Oh ok maybe, getting a trap to implant in ground, saw them at tractor supply store and /or ask someone at a farm store type places for advice ?? search on goggle , etc... for info on them rascals!!?? have fun!
God's blessing ! BOB
dig down some and put a cherry bomb firework ???,fire works under the ground ??
You are Welcome, Shirley!!! LOL!!!
I truly do hope that they work out well for you, as I know what a sheer pest that Gopher's are!!!
Please advise us, if any of the above work for you!!! Fingers Crossed!!
Take Care!!
You are so Welcome, Shirley!!! Take Care!
If you or if you know anyone who has snakes, keep the skin when they shed and place a good long piece in each in hole. They won't be back. Tried and true!
Hi Shirley, Maybe this will help:
https://www.yourgreenpal.com/blog/the-8-best-home-remedies-to-get-rid-of-moles-and-gophers
Good luck