Posted by Jim Schott on June 2, 2004, 10:56 am
My wife has a large flower garden (about 30' x 40') that chipmonks have
declared to be their home!
There are small tunnels that literally have spread all over the garden. We
have tryed to block the tunnels; we've have used fork shovels and "stabbed"
the dirt all along the tunnels; we've found their entrances and exits and
filled them with "special" formulated food laced with chipmonk poison.
Nothing has worked. We're now worried that the colony may start eating
roots and underground bulbs. The only thing we know of, but not tryed, is a
slow burning gas bomb that you put into a tunnel that shows a lot of
activity.
With all the gardeners and collective wisdom in this group, there must be a
method that works -- even if it takes a lot of work. Please post any words
of wisdom on how to rid the area of chipmonks. Thanks!
Posted by Cereus-validus on June 2, 2004, 2:21 pm
You have chipmonks?
Are they that religious order devoted to making tollhouse cookies? Or are
they that cult that only makes potato chips?
Chipmunks don't make tunnels. You are alluding to ground squirrels. Not the
same at all.
> My wife has a large flower garden (about 30' x 40') that chipmonks have
> declared to be their home!
> There are small tunnels that literally have spread all over the garden.
We
> have tryed to block the tunnels; we've have used fork shovels and
"stabbed"
> the dirt all along the tunnels; we've found their entrances and exits and
> filled them with "special" formulated food laced with chipmonk poison.
> Nothing has worked. We're now worried that the colony may start eating
> roots and underground bulbs. The only thing we know of, but not tryed, is
a
> slow burning gas bomb that you put into a tunnel that shows a lot of
> activity.
> With all the gardeners and collective wisdom in this group, there must be
a
> method that works -- even if it takes a lot of work. Please post any
words
> of wisdom on how to rid the area of chipmonks. Thanks!
Posted by Alan Sung on June 2, 2004, 2:45 pm
> Chipmunks don't make tunnels.
They sure do. Their nests can be a few feet down, especially when they
winter over.
I never seem to have had any problems with them eating my plants or bulbs
(compared to mice, rabbits, and squirrels). They do like the bird seed that
falls around the bird feeders though. The population of them have seem to
have grown substantially over the past few years. Hawks, foxes and coyotes
seem to be the natural control; maybe snakes.
-al sung
Hopkinton, MA
(Zone 6a)
Posted by enigma on June 2, 2004, 4:14 pm
> message
>> Chipmunks don't make tunnels.
>
> They sure do. Their nests can be a few feet down,
> especially when they winter over.
>
> I never seem to have had any problems with them eating my
> plants or bulbs (compared to mice, rabbits, and squirrels).
> They do like the bird seed that falls around the bird
> feeders though. The population of them have seem to have
> grown substantially over the past few years. Hawks, foxes
> and coyotes seem to be the natural control; maybe snakes.
they'll kill things by tunneling under, small shrubs &
perennials. they eat tomatoes, watermelon, & cantalopes in the
veggie garden (they make a little hole on the bottom of a
melon & eat out the insides leaving just a shell).
we got barn cats specifically for the chipmunks, but the
fewer mice in the barn is a bonus.
lee
Posted by krissy on June 2, 2004, 6:28 pm
i ahve the little critters as well, although they do make many holes
in my garden, they have not eaten any roots or bulbs either. but i
would also like to know how to humanely get rid of them???
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> declared to be their home!
> There are small tunnels that literally have spread all over the garden.
We
> have tryed to block the tunnels; we've have used fork shovels and