How To Get Rid Of Gophers
If you are considering how to get rid of gophers, there are several methods that will work. You need to think about several things before you take action. For instance, do you want to kill the gophers or just send them away? If you have pets or small children, it is best not to use poisons. You also have to consider how much money you have to spend and how quickly you need to get rid of them. Gophers living under your lawn do not need to be eliminated as quickly as those rapidly eating a farm crop.
The best method of how to get rid of gophers is by trapping them. This is not for everyone. It can be time consuming and messy, and you will have to remove the dead gopher from the trap. If money is a consideration, gopher traps are quite inexpensive and you will be able to use them year after year should any more gophers decide to live in the area.
Gopher traps can only be used if you dig into the tunnel, set it, place it there, and then cover it up so that the gopher thinks the tunnel looks the same as it did before. Finding the tunnel can take some time, and you have to check on the traps daily to see if you have caught your gopher or not. If after a couple days, you have no takers, you have to move the trap to another location and try again. If the gophers are under your front lawn, digging all of these holes is messy, but the method does work.
They have battery-operated electronic devices that are supposed to get rid of both gophers and moles. Just put the device underground, turn it on, and the sound and vibrations are supposed to send the gophers and moles away. They also have similar electronics for inside the home to get rid of mice. For the most part these devices do not work at all in spite of the claims on the box.
When mulling over how to get rid of gophers, poisonous baits are another option. You find the gopher tunnel, did a small hole into it from above and drop in the bait, which is many times in the form of pellets. The gopher eats them and dies and since he is already underground, you don’t even have to dispose of the body. These poisonous measures can be extremely dangerous if you have dogs, cats, any other pet or small children that can go near the area where you place the poison, because eating it can kill them as well.
Drowning gophers by placing a hose in the hole, blasting them out with explosives, gassing them, or feeding them gum are methods of how to get rid of gophers that you should not use.