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Anyone really know how to get rid of gophers????????

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Anyone really know how to get rid of gophers????????

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We "had" this beautiful front yard, no grass, stones, and a rock river, with all kinds of cactus, flowering sage, a huge agave, et. We have lost the agave, the little b..guy ate up all the inside, I sure hope he had a hangover! Now he is working on our australian bottle tree, a beautiful tree it was, now it is very stressed Have tried trapping, putting bubblegum down the holes, even poured a bottle of ammonia and then bleach, thought I got him, but he popped up after a few days. Sounds cruel, I don't like killing anything, but he is destroying all the plants > My neighbor said that he and a friend of his, when living in Montana, tried to get rid of a gopher by putting propane down the hole and lighting a match "Caddy Shack" I guess was more true to life then I realized
Anyway, this is a serious question, if any of you have any ideas, or have had the problem yourselves and know the answer
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Reply #76 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh yeah, good point........
Reply #77 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Could try a variation of 'Cane Toad Golf'....something practised in Queensland....take one golf club..line up one toad and......
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Reply #78 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"zippo fuel happends to be a little easier to ignite. " I didn't know it was easier to lite, just for $ it would be cheaperto use gasoline!

We have 6 inside cats, 1 outside cat (she's the one that goies in and out, and catches birds, and 2 and 1/2 dogs. The 1/2 dog is a rat terrior/chichi mix, more terrior. There are no gophers in the backyard, because they dogs are there.There is no fence around the front yard, so we do not let them out in front. I'm trying the lime down the holes, will see what happens
Reply #79 from WinCustomize Forums Top
http://www.toonopedia.com/gophers.jpg

I couldn't resist.
Reply #80 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Teddybearcholla, you need to get yourself a dax-hund aka teckel in dutch. (not sure what the correct writing is in english)

They are used to hunt rabbits. Because of their size they can get into the holes.
Who said that size dasn't matter
Reply #81 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Mrs Chickie, cute link!

Really do not want another dog or cat
Reply #82 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Styl....it's dachshund in english My friend has a couple of them. They're tough little fighters that fear nothing
Reply #83 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have you tried visiting your local home supply/hardware store? We call ours Home Depot. My friend tells me that there is a stick which you can put down the hole and it will smoke them out. She says either they leave or die, she is not sure.

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Reply #84 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've heard those work pretty good.
Reply #85 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, I asked my dad, old country guy. He says to feed them Juicy Fruit gum. No kidding! It's gonna kill them though. Between that and the lime you shouldn't have a gopher problem any more.
Reply #88 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Call Bill Murry


Reply #89 from WinCustomize Forums Top
'Murray'....Spell checker
Reply #91 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So....I take it that....'dusting off and nuking them from space.....only way to be sure' is not an option?...
Reply #92 from WinCustomize Forums Top
uhmmmm, I certainly hope you don't take seriously the 'gasoline down the holes' suggestion. I worked for the VFD for awhile and a woman literally blew up her back yard doing that and got 3rd degree burns in the process. Very dangerous.



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Reply #93 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Juicy fruit gum, and I was using bubble gum! Will have to try the juicy fruit, and the Home Depot "death stick" sounds like it's a plan!

"'dusting off and nuking them from space....." what does the dusting off mean? Jafo

No, werewolf, I really wouldn't use gasoline! thanks for the thoughtfulness tho
Reply #94 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"dusting off' is a term usually adopted with helicopters....and in the case of Aliens it was the 'drop ship', a futuristic equivalent....it means 'taking off'....
Reply #95 from WinCustomize Forums Top
...only in Oz...

Use either mothballs down the holes (no vermin will go near them) or if that doesn''t work (and there are no helicopters available) then go with a generous dose of napalm...(no dusting required)
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Reply #96 from WinCustomize Forums Top
'naplam'?....sounds painfull.....Spell checker
Reply #97 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Take off your shoes and stand in water, then convert a throw away camera to a stun gun and let the little sucker have it
Reply #99 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK...OK....napalm

....you're gettin' to be a real detail person there...Mate
Reply #100 from WinCustomize Forums Top
use a small nuclear device on em. Not only will you kill them you might want to think about moving. I hear radiation posioning is a nasty business.