Re: help, voles!

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

Even the best terriers can be fooled by an engineer vole.  I had one 
who went subterranean, and came up exactly under a beautiful eggplant 
that hung to the ground.  Rain or shine,  El Vole could dine to his 
heart's desire.  When I picked the eggplant, it was as hollow as a 
bell.  Margaret L

>Andy is correct.  An ID is very important.  Small tunnel holes with
>no debris around the entrance can mean chipmunks; not necessarily a
>wonderful thing either.  Voles can dig a tunnel if they decide that
>is important but more often they use someone else's work.  An empty
>tunnel is haven for beneficial snakes or pesky mice.  I had a vole
>problem one time and used the old fashioned Victor wooden based mouse
>traps - they come in a pack of two these days.  I put out about six
>traps in the area I suspected to be inhabited by these mini-
>terrorists and baited them with a dab of peanut butter.  In two weeks
>I caught 16 voles.  We had a male cat at the time but I think he was
>more a lover than a mouser.
>
>Jeff Ball
>jeffball@usol.com
>810-724-8581
>Check out my daily blog at www.gardeneryardener.blogspot.com
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