Re: help, voles!

**M* L* <m*@earthlink.net>**

Terriers are great "vole-ers."  Cats merely wait for them to surface, 
but a terrier digs them out then consumes them.  If they're really 
large, nearly rat-sized, my terrier leaves them in our beaten paths 
so we can see and dispose of them.  Margaret L

>Rich:
>
>First make sure you really have voles.  Most voles simply scurry in  leaf
>litter and on the surface though they may use mole and 
>chipmunk  tunnels.  Best
>way to know what you've got is to trap one and get a  positive 
>id.  Use an old
>fashioned mouse trap baited with small pieces of  apple.  As I recall voles
>are the most reproductive mammal in North America  so early control is really
>important.  I also agree, nothing like a good  mouser.  Critical to 
>control them
>before winter as that's when they can be  extremely destructive to shrubs and
>trees at ground level and perennial crowns  and roots.
>
>
>Andrew Messinger
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