Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" spray and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? VLV
OT: Chipmunks
Started by ●June 1, 2011
Reply by ●June 1, 20112011-06-01
On 06/01/2011 12:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:> > Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a > non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" spray > and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help?Chipmunk stew? It's not destructive if you eat your prey, right? -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" was written for you. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
Reply by ●June 1, 20112011-06-01
On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:19:32 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote:> On 06/01/2011 12:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote: >> >> Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a >> non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" >> spray and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco >> help? > > Chipmunk stew? It's not destructive if you eat your prey, right?That would take a lot of chipmunks, and I doubt if Vlad is that hungry. I have them in my yard too, but they eat so much less than the deer, rabbits, groundhogs etc. that I never worried about them. You might get a good answer on rec.gardens. When you say "eating flowers" I assume you really mean something like digging up and eating flower bulbs, they don't normally eat the flowers, if the flowers are being munched off the top it is probably something else. http://www.crittercontrol.com/facts/animals/chipmunks.html
Reply by ●June 1, 20112011-06-01
On 6/1/2011 12:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:> > Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a > non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" spray > and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? > > VLV > >I don't think that a chipmunk will do much damage to a .22 slug. But I'd be surprised if chipmunks were doing much damage to flowers either. Deer are a better flower-eating candidate and make better stew.
Reply by ●June 2, 20112011-06-02
> >Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a >non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" spray >and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? > >VLV > > >Cats love rodent stew.
Reply by ●June 2, 20112011-06-02
>On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:19:32 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote: > >> On 06/01/2011 12:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote: >>> >>> Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a >>> non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" >>> spray and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco >>> help? >> >> Chipmunk stew? It's not destructive if you eat your prey, right? > >That would take a lot of chipmunks, and I doubt if Vlad is that hungry. >I have them in my yard too, but they eat so much less than the deer, >rabbits, groundhogs etc. that I never worried about them. You might get >a good answer on rec.gardens. > >When you say "eating flowers" I assume you really mean something like >digging up and eating flower bulbs, they don't normally eat the flowers, >if the flowers are being munched off the top it is probably something >else. > >http://www.crittercontrol.com/facts/animals/chipmunks.htmlDeer don't need to eat your flowers. They simply trample over everything. Roast venison sounds far more appealing than chipmunk stew, though. The stew sounds too much like a Roadkill Cafe dish. Steve
Reply by ●June 2, 20112011-06-02
On 06/01/2011 03:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:> > Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" > spray and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? > > VLV >Electric fence? -- Randy Yates % "Watching all the days go by... Digital Signal Labs % Who are you and who am I?" mailto://yates@ieee.org % 'Mission (A World Record)', http://www.digitalsignallabs.com % *A New World Record*, ELO
Reply by ●June 2, 20112011-06-02
On Jun 2, 8:46�am, Randy Yates <ya...@ieee.org> wrote:> On 06/01/2011 03:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote: > > > > > Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" > > spray and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? > > > VLV > > Electric fence? > -- > Randy Yates � � � � � � � � � � �% "Watching all the days go by... > Digital Signal Labs � � � � � � �% �Who are you and who am I?" > mailto://ya...@ieee.org � � � � �% 'Mission (A World Record)',http://www.digitalsignallabs.com% *A New World Record*, ELOActually an electric fence is a great idea. They will keep grazing herbavores out of your garden. The question is whether or not your pests are large (deer) or small (squirrels (ground and tree), gophers, badgers, etc. This will determine the type of fence. For the small pests a relatively solid fence with a hot wire along the top works well. Burrowing pests can go under the fence, so if your problem is those, just bury about a foot of the fence. Do you have armadillos there? They dig like crazy. And if you fence in a big enough portion of the yard, you can put a terrier in there to handle cleanup. I use 5kV on my fence - it works quite well. I recommend a pulse type fence charger - it won't kill children but it keeps them out too ;-) I love it when kids come to visit my farm and I warn them that the white fence tape is electrified. And then the kids go touch it as if they didn't believe me. Funny - they don't touch it a second time. Clay Clay
Reply by ●June 13, 20112011-06-13
On 06/01/2011 03:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:> > Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a > non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder" spray > and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? > > VLV > >A five gallon bucket half-filled with water plus a board will do the trick. One end of the board should be placed on the edge of the bucket, and the other on the ground. If the grounded end of the board is near the edge of a building, all the better. The chipmunks will run along the edge of the building, run straight up the ramp, and fall into the bucket. If the water is deep enough that they can't reach the bottom, but not so deep that they can reach the lip of the bucket, they will drown. Another technique is to cover the surface of the water with sunflower seeds. The theory here is that they won't know that it's not a solid surface and will jump in to eat the seeds. In practice, the sunflower seeds will spoil and stink to high heaven after about a week. Also, the chipmunks will find their way into the bucket without the lure of the seeds. -- Jim Thomas Principal Applications Engineer Bittware, Inc jthomas@bittware.com http://www.bittware.com (603) 226-0404 x536 If we don't feel stupid it means we're not really trying. - Martin Schwartz
Reply by ●June 13, 20112011-06-13
>On 06/01/2011 03:46 PM, Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote: >> >> Cheapmunks are eating flowers in the front yard. What could be a >> non-destructive way to get rid of them? Tried the "Critter Ridder"spray>> and "Luisiana Hot" sause; no luck. Could the chewing tabacco help? >> >> VLV >> >> > >A five gallon bucket half-filled with water plus a board will do the >trick. One end of the board should be placed on the edge of the bucket, >and the other on the ground. If the grounded end of the board is near >the edge of a building, all the better. > >The chipmunks will run along the edge of the building, run straight up >the ramp, and fall into the bucket. If the water is deep enough that >they can't reach the bottom, but not so deep that they can reach the lip >of the bucket, they will drown. > >Another technique is to cover the surface of the water with sunflower >seeds. The theory here is that they won't know that it's not a solid >surface and will jump in to eat the seeds. In practice, the sunflower >seeds will spoil and stink to high heaven after about a week. Also, the >chipmunks will find their way into the bucket without the lure of theseeds. Maybe you missed the words "non destructive". :-) Steve
