Freakin' Chipmunks

[Monaco]

I don't have much exposed wiring outside, and I don't have many chipmunks inside.

I know for a fact that mice got into the newly remodeled basement walls of my last house via chipmunk holes dug around the foundation.

 

[Soundchasm]

I do have an agenda against one specific chipmunk, and if I ever find him, he's had it, but that's another story.

Moles are my ankle twisting, kidney flattening nemeses. There's a particular trap that's effective when NOT used per instructions.

I'm not responsible enough to have a firearm, but I did have to get an airgun to dispatch frogs that had taken over the decorative pond. They jammed the pump, slimy eggs on everything, and a racket you couldn't believe. I removed 50 frogs in two weeks.

Anyway, the wife was opposed to an air gun until it was her stuff getting messed up. I don't broadcast dispatching things and she's accepting that neither of us like it, but coexistence didn't work. It's no fun but I try and be as quick and humane as possible.

 

[fbelec]

Used to irritate me that my lil girl would go through the woods to a neighbor's house for an hour every day. Saw him in the woods one day and told him I hoped she wasn't bothering them. He said "Hell no. I have been trying to get those mice out from under my low deck for years. And she has wiped them out in no time.".

She actually looks like she is bummed these days because she can't find any more anywhere around.

give that girl a little reward steak for doing such a great job of looking out for the neighbor's house after yours

 

[Chimney Smoke]

I don't like to kill things I don't eat and I agree that watching them is pretty fun. But... when they start getting destructive and tunneling under driveways and foundations then I sit on my deck with the pellet gun and clean them out.

 

[mwhitnee]

I know for a fact that mice got into the newly remodeled basement walls of my last house via chipmunk holes dug around the foundation.

When rodent proofing the house a couple weeks ago I found some 1-2 inch holes underneath the front porch. Think they were chipmunk holes as I have no rats but plenty of chipmunks running around outside. I have never seen or caught one in the house though. They love running around my stone wall though and under my deck in the back...

 

[mwhitnee]

I know for a fact that mice got into the newly remodeled basement walls of my last house via chipmunk holes dug around the foundation.

What kind of foundation do you have, assuming an old field stone/mortar one?

 

[Brian26]

Chipumunks have been reaking havoc at my house. I know some of you may be against dispatching them but they have caused extensive damage around my yard. I have been using a rat zapper with great success. The rat zapper delivers a quick 7000 volt kill and is more humane in my opinion than the bucket trap and rat snap traps.

Does anyone know if they leave a scent on their burrows/holes? They keep digging holes around my garage and I will pour cement in and seal it up. When a new one shows up they seem to burrow in the exact same spots or try and reuse old burrows? There seems to be about a 2 week span before I dispatch one and new one shows up. I know they are just going to keep showing up but is there some type of scent deterrent I can use to keep them from reusing the same burrows?

 

[johneh]

I don't have much exposed wiring outside, and I don't have many chipmunks inside.

Guess again

 

[fbelec]

i've heard they leave a trail of oil from there tail and body and know where they have been

 

[Ashful]

Guess again

Never had one in the house. In fact, the ones that were in our yard before we moved in disappeared shortly after our mini pins arrived.

Wanna be rid of critters? Buy an annoying dog, or two.

 

[fbelec]

Never had one in the house. In fact, the ones that were in our yard before we moved in disappeared shortly after our mini pins arrived.

Wanna be rid of critters? Buy an annoying dog, or two.

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beautiful dog and pose

 

[velvetfoot]

I have been using a rat zapper with great success.

I got one last year and didn't have much luck. What do you use for bait?

 

[Beer Belly]

I have a bunch of Hydrocodone from recent surgery, was thinking about a ball of peanut butter with about three pills to see what happens

 

[johneh]

I have a bunch of Hydrocodone from recent surgery, was thinking about a ball of peanut butter with about three pills to see what happens

You would have one critter feeling no pain

 

[kennyp2339]

This is my solution, this is yeehaw And she lives to hunt, trying to break her from burying all her prey under the deck though, so far I've been unsuccessful

 

[semipro]

trying to break her from burying all her prey under the deck though, so far I've been unsuccessful

Still better than her bringing them in the house half dead.

 

[kennyp2339]

Still better than her bringing them in the house half dead.

No we do that too everyone once in a while

 

[velvetfoot]

Chipmunks play dead, I've noticed. I've seen a previous cat of ours, a good hunter, lose interest with a chippy playing dead on our porch. The result being that one day I screamed like a girl when I put my foot into a muckluck and there was a chipply in there.

The current cat is not a good hunter.

 

[Beer Belly]

So, just to try overnight....set a mouse trap, and tried the bucket....I'll check the results in a few minutes, but today we are shopping for a single door Humane Trap....just trying to figure out where to dump them when / if we catch any

 

[Beer Belly]

Just checked the mouse trap....tripped and empty as expected.....the bucket with water was set with a cap from a Milk Jug filled with Peanut Butter floating in it......cap is gone, nothing but water in the pail ??.

 

[velvetfoot]

just trying to figure out where to dump them when / if we catch any

In a garbage can full of water.

 

[johneh]

If you live trap remove at least 5 miles and preferably across a river
Ask me how I know

 

[velvetfoot]

If you live trap remove at least 5 miles and preferably across a river
Ask me how I know

I understand relocating is forbidden in ny.

 

[blades]

Just checked the mouse trap....tripped and empty as expected.....the bucket with water was set with a cap from a Milk Jug filled with Peanut Butter floating in it......cap is gone, nothing but water in the pail ??.

Describe the complete set up - most use a bait hanging from a rotating rod a 5 gallon bucket about 1/3 or so full- lots of descriptions how to's on web might need a taller bucket assembly. I dislike the chips as well, take them out any way I can as they are all ways getting into stuff and digging dens next to the foundation ( there huge brother, wood chuck, was a real pita to get rid of- being in suburpia limits my options

 

[johneh]

I understand relocating is forbidden in ny.

In Ontario also but on the farm what they don't see won't hurt them . I prefer to move them than kill them