[goosepimple]

Is there a humane way to get rid of moles that actually works - I've heard of electronic pulse systems (don't want to trap) but does it work?  We've got a lot at the front of our goat enclosure at the moment which is a real pain - we've put that plastic grid type gardening stuff under foot to stop it getting too muddy for the goats feet. Thanks for reading.

[Brucklay]

Hope someone has a good plan was we've plenty of moles/mole holes/mole mounds - looks like a big family in each paddock - the rain seems to wash things flat but they appear again further along the line!

[Womble]

Not necessarily Brucklay - you'd be amazed just how many holes one mole can make, and over how large an area!

[Brucklay]

At the end of the day they don't bother me that much and I'm not prepared to dig to catch the little devil/devils and once in a while the cat get's one - but like goosepimple says it's muddy enough at the moment!!

[jaykay]

They're making a right mess of my fields too. I was told those little kids windmills, with the ends in the tunnels, pass on vibrations that moles don't like and that they move on. But probably just into my next field and anyway I'd need so many it'd look like a mini wind farm. Pretty though  I'm trying to train myself just not to mind them.....

[deepinthewoods]

i was told by a friend who had this problem that his dad said to use lime, how, i dont know!

[SallyintNorth]

I had a friend went into rearing worms, moles were a problem of course - a predator!  They said the sonic deterrents really did work - but like any mole deterrent or trap, it's crucial to get it in the right tunnel - they have tunnels for coming into the area, tunnels for hunting, blind alleys, all sorts, apparently, and unless you bug the right one you have no effect.

People pay £3 to £5 per mole caught around here, and there never seem to be any less of the little blighters.

[goosepimple]

Windmills jaykay - yes I've heard of that too, but the goats will eat them , and the lime I've been putting down as it's muddy isn't helping either.  There is a mole catcher around here, but like you say Sally, there never seems to be any less of them.  Oh well....onwards and upwards.....(now why did I think of that )  We'll be getting in a big JCB digger soon to re-landscape, that should sort them out. 

[tazbabe]

we have a mole problem here too, my patio keeps disapearing! i have to lift and relay slabs on a regular basis.

we used solar sonic deterrents over the summer, following the instructions and gradually moving them further and further from the house.

i would say that they did work, but as there is not enough daylight now to charge them, the moles are now back with a vengeance.

[Dizzycow]

This will be of no help to you whatsoever. When my 8 yr old was up north staying with cousins who rented a cottage on the Glamis estate she was delighted to find mole hills in the garden. Next morning she got up, still in her pyjamas, and dug up a big worm. She cleared a mole hill and sat holding the worm above it. For two hours. My brother and sister in law watched with delight all morning as she sat there, and were gobsmacked when she unexpectedly appeared clutching a mole. Oh, ye of little faith. She cuddled it for a while, but then it scratched her so she shoved it back down the hole. Slowly slowly catchee molee.    (Absolutely true.)

[jaykay]

 

[clydesdaleclopper]

My cats have caught a few of them - I've no idea how 

Personally I've come to embrace the moles as my land is heavy clay and poorly drained and I figure they are nicely aerating it for me. I just spread the hills out a bit and pop down a bit of new grass seed.

[goosepimple]

Our place is a bit Beatrix Potter anyway, perhaps I'll just have to treat the 'big worms' as characters in the story, waistcoats and all.

[jaykay]

I thought my cat had caught a mole - I was very impressed, as was my neighbour who I was chatting too. It wasn't until he went back to his quad bike, looked in the box at the front where he had put the dead moles that he'd been catching, to find that my cat had helped herself to one of his while we'd been talking 

[SallyintNorth]

I thought my cat had caught a mole - I was very impressed, as was my neighbour who I was chatting too. It wasn't until he went back to his quad bike, looked in the box at the front where he had put the dead moles that he'd been catching, to find that my cat had helped herself to one of his while we'd been talking