Re: Vole Traps

Yes, chipmunks do live in the ground.  What you described sounds like a
chipmunk hole to me.  I often see them popping in and out in my yard.  I
have tons of chipmunks and they are not really that terrible.  They ate all
my strawberries though.  OTOH, I hate woodchucks.  a mother and two
offspring have leveled my veg patch.  The fence doesn't work.  I've sent
them climb over it.
Monica in NH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zick Mea" <Mea.Zick@arbitron.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:41 AM
Subject: Vole Traps


> Walter,
> I'm sorry but I didn't quite understand your traps.  Two pieces of pipe
> connected with an elbow is one trap?  They are safe for other animals
> because of the small diameter of the pipe, other animals can't get to the
> bait?  Do you know if they are safe for chipmunks, as I have quite a few
of
> those?  Do you actually insert one end of the pipe into a hole?
>
> On occasion I see some burrowing, but I have not seen the entrance hole --
> don't think I ever really looked for one, though.  I do have a number of
> holes in my garden, though (approx. 2" in diameter) which go down into the
> soil -- snakes?  (I back up to woods, so that's what I've assumed.  Does
> anybody know if chipmunks make/use tunnels?)
>
> Thanks for the information!
> Mea
> Maryland -- Zone 7
>
> ------------------------
> Donna:  A local retail nurseryman showed me how he kept the voles from
> eating
> his inventory and it worked extremely well for me and I find it
> environmentally safe.
> Buy a length of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe.  Cut the pipe into 12 inch lengths;
10,
>
> 14 , approximate since voles don't measure.  Now fit the ends with elbows
> that
> simply slide on.  I found there are a number of different style elbows so
I
> bought different styles for that designer look :>) and found that the
voles
> don't care.
> The bait is rodent bar/wax bait whhich , if a bar, cut into approx 1 1/2
> sections and stuff into the trap at the bend in the elbow.  Home Depot and
> Lowes
> sell 1 inch blocks and they also work but I prefer the bar bait  Do not
use
> the
> little tablets as the little buggers can carry that away and store it .
> Place
> the traps at a hole/vole entrance and watch the bait be nibbled away.  It
is
>
> quite easy to pick up the pipe and see the condition of the bait.  In the
> begiining I would see a bait eaten in two days, but eventually it slowed
> down. Voles are known to have 5 to 10 litters per year and three to six
> little ones
> each litter.....new meaning to the word litter. They are active all year
> long
> but my biggest problem comes in the winter.  They travel in Mole tunnels
but
>
> create their own above ground highways through soft most soil amd they
love
> mulch.
> Finally, I believed and have found that these traps are safe from other
> animals and birds, though I did hear of a racoon upsetting the trap and
> possibly
> eating the bait ......but I have never experience this and I have 15 traps
> out,
> though now there is no more voles nibbling.
> Any Questions?
> Walter in Bucks County, Pa
>
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