RE: interesting visitor..Jesse...

Hmmm...can't help you there...I don't know what would get a vole. We get them too..and have 2 outside cats that don't seem to have an interest in them whatsoever. Voles and moles left my yard a mess this last spring. Little tunnels everywhere.

Jesse Rene' Bell
Claremore, OK
Zone 6


From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Subject: RE: [CHAT] interesting visitor..Jesse...
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:25:50 -0500

Didn't know about rock and roll music... interesting. Learn something
new everyday.

What I really need to know is what eats voles? DH refuses to allow mouse
traps, as he is afraid the dogs are going to get hurt.... my cat is not
allowed outside (declawed before I got him) and since this is a dog
neighborhood, no stray cats around.

Donna

>
> It's me again...with more trivial info....Skunks:  are very similar to
> cats.
>   They can be trained to use a litter box and they will do just fine
with
> cat food.  I had one as a pet when I was a child.  We had it
"de-pewed" so
> it could not go outside..not only because it couldn't defend
> itself....BUT..you can't vaccinate a skunk for rabies.  The vaccine
will
> kill it.  So it was a house pet.  They only spray when they feel
> threatened.
>   They are very, very mild mannered and non-aggressive.  They like
peace
> and
> quiet...do NOT like loud noises (that's how we got rid of one under
our
> guest house...played loud rock and roll music for a week..she left).
They
> sleep most of the day unless it's overcast and cloudy...they come out
at
> night.  They will move rocks and pots to find bugs and they will dig
for
> them.  They "roll" their food if it's large...like a frog or
something.
> They'll roll it around in the dirt till it's dead.  They love crunchy
> bugs.
> They'll dig for grubs and such....so if you see rocks turned over or
pots
> that have been moved or knocked over...it could very well be a skunk.
>
> Jesse Rene' Bell
> Claremore, OK
> Zone 6

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