Thursday, June 7, 2007

Pocket Gophers and Pocket Gopher Control - Part 11 of 11 - Pocket Gopher Control Methods


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    Repellants
  • Predator Odors (Coyote urine, Fox urine, etc.)
  • Sonic "mole chaser"
  • The plants caper spurge, gopher purge, mole plant, and the castor oil plant
  • Windmills (whirly-birds) – sound emitting


    Toxicants
  • Strychnine alkaloid on grain baits – manually placed inside burrow


    Fumigants
  • Aluminum phosphide
  • Carbon monoxide from engine exhaust


    Trapping
  • Many different types of both live and kill traps are currently available


    Miscellaneous
  • Shooting
  • Professional abatement
  • Owl box installation


    Acknowledgment:

  • Case, R. M., 1994. Pocket gophers: Prevention and control of wildlife damage. Department of Forestry, Fisheries
    and Wildlife. University of Nebraska

  • University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web


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