Gophers! I got gophers!

[Dookus]

In a big way! Giant holes are opening in my yard. One of my favorite plants was killed overnight by an army of these vicious little beasts.

I have three cats who are useless in this war. The problem is, I'm starting a rather big landscaping project next week and will need to do something about them.

Aside from watching Caddyshack, what should I do?

[Maple]

1. Send them to

a chiropractor.

[Dookus]

3. good idea

the recurring visits will take up all their time and suck away all their money!

[Wapsie B]

2. Oh thank god.

For a minute there I thought you meant Golden Rodents kind of gophers.

:evilgrin:

[Dookus]

4. huh?

is this some sexual metaphor I was unaware of?

[Wapsie B]

7. That's a derogatory nickname

Big Ten opponents give to the Minnesota Gophers. Like Cheeseheads for the Packers.

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. Gophers?

Varmints...

[CanuckAmok]

6. In the words of Jean-Paul Sartre: "Au Revoir, Gophere!"

nt/

[MrSandman]

8. Dog with an attitude towards 'em...

Our two dachsunds have killed more gophers and other rodents than all our yard cats together. And they do it just for the h@ll of it.

[arwalden]

9. I Wish We Only Had Gophers... I Saw A BIG ASS SNAKE

in my yard today. Big, fat, wide body, wide head, brown... that's all I could see before I yelped like a little girl and went darting the OTHER way!

Jeebus... I'm getting chills again just typing this.

-- Allen

[proud patriot]

11. Speaking of snakes , what about releasing a gopher snake to get 'em

:evilgrin:

[Placebo]

10. But gophers are so cute!

Didn't you see 'Caddyshack' ? :)

[moof]

12. Cry ma nit lee

cats, raccoons, skunks, and now gophers!!!

who lived there before you, .... Ellie May ?

[Dookus]

13. well I'm bringin' in Granny

to make a stew outta these varmints.

And you left out the 'possums.

[moof]

14. possums Too, ... does the major landscapeing involve a cement pond ?

[OnionPatch]

15. Trap em'

and toss em'. Works for me.

[Bundbuster]

16. Get a python

works on impalas

[Baja Margie]

17. And they multiply rapidly.

Gopher Snakes are good, trapping is good, sometimes people even put chewed up bubble gum down the holes. Avoid Strychnine and other baits like Zinc Phosphide. They do not break down in the water table, and also have a secondary kill effect, nasty stuff. Yea, they're cute , but they will destroy everything, undermine and destroy roads even....

[Rhiannon12866]

18. This is the best thing that I came up with

Good luck! I know that you just want them to desist, without hurting them. I will always remember your skunk.:-)

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7433.html