CB Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Its mole season, again.:mad: The first mole hill of the year has just appeared in the middle of the lawn. Last night the little b'stard staked his claim to my garden and has spent today expanding his borders (and destroying mine). So before he and his brood completely wreck my garden who knows the best way of dealing with the s0ds. I have tried the sonic sticks but they seem to use them as landmarks. I am open to all ideas, lethal or otherwise.
Ponty Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 We get them in our borders but not on the lawn. There appears to be a thick, yet porous, membrane about 6 inches down which must put them off. Not very practical to start ripping up the lawn though. As for getting rid of them, nothing sold as 'humane' seems to work, sorry.
suewhistle Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Ask Cortese? He seems to have got rid of all the moles at SMS.
CB Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Author Posted 10 June, 2010 be nice to natures creatures As soon as they are nice to my lawn
Colinjb Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Take a garden chair, a garden lamp, a shotgun and some strong stimulants. Stay up all night and as soon as you notice the formation of a molehill....... BANG! That'll learn the little b*stards.
St Landrew Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 And what if he decides to slink off..? Are you to put him on a lead..?
CB Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Author Posted 10 June, 2010 Take a garden chair, a garden lamp, a shotgun and some strong stimulants. Stay up all night and as soon as you notice the formation of a molehill....... BANG! That'll learn the little b*stards. I know some one who tried this to rid himself of a particularly pesky badger. He sat in a desk chair with a shotgun in his lap waiting for the badger to turn up. Anyway there was a bit of nip in the air so he took with him a half bootle of scotch to keep his spirits up and sat sipping away whilst patiently waiting. At some point as dawn was breaking he awoke to find the empty bottle of whiskey lying on th ground and half a dozen badger dug holes around his chair. He has not lived it down to this day.
Weston Super Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Get one of these... Moles not mice!! I reckon one of these would be more use....
CB Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Author Posted 10 June, 2010 Get one of these... Does it eat cats as well?
Jonnyboy Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 they said on the 5 live richard bacon help the other day, put empty jam jars in the hills, the wind on the top makes a noise and they dont like it...thought they might come up with better tbh
Arizona Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Moles not mice!! I reckon one of these would be more use.... Might have trouble fitting down a mole tunnel. I'd say you're better off with something in the 8-10ft range, such as a fully grown Royal python or yellow anaconda. Does it eat cats as well? He could when fully grown. For cats your probably best off with a Burmese or reticulated python
ericofarabia Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Google the Jasper Carrott sketch on Moles .... might make you smile a bit if nothing else
CB Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Author Posted 10 June, 2010 Moles not mice!! I reckon one of these would be more use.... When you are not stuffing them down mole holes, where exactly do you keep a snake like that? I imagine that it would be a bit of a struggle to get him down the hole if he decides that he doesn't fancy it. I have visions of the men behaving badly scene when tony tries to flush the snake down the bog. Anyhows, the snake idea will not fly at chez CB. Mrs CB has pathalogical fear of snakes. If it got loose I would end up trying to find something further up the food chain to deal with it.
Minsk Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 There's only one way to get rid of a mole........blow it's bl**dy head off!!!!!!!
Arizona Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 When you are not stuffing them down mole holes, where exactly do you keep a snake like that? I imagine that it would be a bit of a struggle to get him down the hole if he decides that he doesn't fancy it. I have visions of the men behaving badly scene when tony tries to flush the snake down the bog. Anyhows, the snake idea will not fly at chez CB. Mrs CB has pathalogical fear of snakes. If it got loose I would end up trying to find something further up the food chain to deal with it. I can't think of anything higher up the food chain than a fully grown retic. You might just want to gas out the mole.
CB Saint Posted 10 June, 2010 Author Posted 10 June, 2010 Google the Jasper Carrott sketch on Moles .... might make you smile a bit if nothing else I feel his pain
hamster Posted 10 June, 2010 Posted 10 June, 2010 Just to clarify the 'blow it's bloody head off' comments for you youngsters, it comes from this comic genius: http://videosift.com/video/Animated-Stand-Up-The-Mole-with-Jasper-Carrott
saint simes Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 I can tell you from experience that the only way to get rid is to trap and kill them. Not nice but fact. You need a good tunnel trap, I got mine here: http://www.warrenfarm.co.uk/mole.htm and can recommend them as they do work! hth
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 My old man gets up at 4am before he goes to work, waits for them to tunnel upwards and then WACK - On the head with a spade!
Thedelldays Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 My old man gets up at 4am before he goes to work, waits for them to tunnel upwards and then WACK - On the head with a spade! should be illegal..
wimbornesaint Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 We got rid of ours by soaking some kitchen roll with some aromatherapy oil, can't remember which one, might have been vetivert, and stuffed it down a fresh hole
John B Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 Its mole season, again.:mad: The first mole hill of the year has just appeared in the middle of the lawn. Last night the little b'stard staked his claim to my garden and has spent today expanding his borders (and destroying mine). So before he and his brood completely wreck my garden who knows the best way of dealing with the s0ds. I have tried the sonic sticks but they seem to use them as landmarks. I am open to all ideas, lethal or otherwise. My Dad used to use traps very effective http://www.trapman.co.uk/mole-trap-catching-hints.htm
derry Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 The golf club I belong to uses a proper powerful mole trap which snaps shut and kills them. I think it breaks their necks. The jaws are placed in the run and the heads protrude as soon as the trap is sprung the position of the heads change.
BadgerBadger Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 Hosepipe from your car exhaust into the molehill
ericofarabia Posted 11 June, 2010 Posted 11 June, 2010 Just to clarify the 'blow it's bloody head off' comments for you youngsters, it comes from this comic genius: http://videosift.com/video/Animated-Stand-Up-The-Mole-with-Jasper-Carrott Thats the boy!!
dune Posted 12 June, 2010 Posted 12 June, 2010 I'm a dab hand at setting mole traps (you should be able to buy them from a hardware shop): Between mole hills find the tunnel by digging a little hole (just enough to insert the trap) and position the mole trap so that when he (or she) hits the ring the jaws snap shut. Make sure no light can get in though by "gently" covering around the exposed part of the trap with grass and such like making sure you don't prevent the trap from springing. Within a week you should have killed them.
saintkiptanui Posted 12 June, 2010 Posted 12 June, 2010 I'd like a mole to come to my garden, you lot are nasty c*nts, leave the poor buggers alone.
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