Pest Control - Chipmunk Deterrent

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Chipmunk Deterrent

Saml

2006-07-11, 9:25 pm

Got a family of chipmunks digging holes and living in the flowerbed at the
front of the house. There're cute as anything, but I don't want them
getting below the house and I'd like to find a way to get them to move away.

I've heard the coyote or fox urine spread around there home will scare them
off. Any thoughts? Sources?

Any better ideas? Wife doesn't want to kill them, but would like to see
them pack there bags before they breed further.

Thanks, Sam

gpsman

2006-07-13, 3:25 am

Saml wrote:
> Got a family of chipmunks digging holes and living in the flowerbed at the
> front of the house. There're cute as anything, but I don't want them
> getting below the house and I'd like to find a way to get them to move away.
>
> I've heard the coyote or fox urine spread around there home will scare them
> off. Any thoughts? Sources?
>
> Any better ideas? Wife doesn't want to kill them, but would like to see
> them pack there bags before they breed further.
>

"Chipmunks should be excluded from
buildings wherever possible. Use hardware
cloth with 1/4-inch (0.6-cm)
mesh, caulking, or other appropriate
materials to close openings where they
could gain entry.
Hardware cloth may also be used to
exclude chipmunks from flower beds.
Seeds and bulbs can be covered by
1/4-inch (0.6-cm) hardware cloth and
the cloth itself should be covered with
soil. The cloth should extend at least 1
foot (30 cm) past each margin of the
planting. Exclusion is less expensive in
the long run than trapping, where
high populations of chipmunks exist."
"http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wild/pdf/wildlife/CHIPMUNKS.PDF
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- gpsman

bugs@bugs.com

2006-07-15, 1:25 pm

On 11-Jul-2006, "Saml" <none@no_such_isp.com> wrote:

> I've heard the coyote or fox urine spread around there home will scare
> them
> off. Any thoughts? Sources?

You can do as Gpsman said which will be very effective or you can use the
fox urine powder and spread it around the areas where the chipmunks are
going in the flowerbed. The fox urine will give them the presence of mind
that a fox is in the area and they will leave. I recommend it to many of my
wildlife customers especially for chipmunks or opossums.

Here is a link I found you can purchase it from, I just did a google search
for fox urine and numerous links came up, you may want to look a little
further and see if you can find more or better prices.

It might be a good idea to do a combination of the exclusion that gpsman
explained and then on the outside perimeter on that use the fox urine then
you would have double coverage.

http://www.pestproducts.com/fox_urine.htm

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I wish you all the best
Tim Wise

www.onepest.com
www.askourpros.com

Cheryl

2006-07-16, 8:25 pm

On Tue 11 Jul 2006 10:02:13p, Saml wrote in
alt.consumers.pest-control
(news:vo-dnWMwg6C6xSnZnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@comcast.com):

> Got a family of chipmunks digging holes and living in the
> flowerbed at the front of the house. There're cute as anything,
> but I don't want them getting below the house and I'd like to
> find a way to get them to move away.
>
> I've heard the coyote or fox urine spread around there home will
> scare them off. Any thoughts? Sources?
>
> Any better ideas? Wife doesn't want to kill them, but would
> like to see them pack there bags before they breed further.
>
> Thanks, Sam
>

I discovered chipmunks recently in my flower beds, and tried some
used kitty litter in the holes they dug. The active burrow wasn't
disturbed again after the "treatment", but I discovered another
burrow. I have cats (indoor only) so used kitty litter is in
abundance here, but I'm not sure if there's a health problem using
it. My garden isn't food items, and just flowers, but definitely
don't use it in a vegatable garden.

--
Cheryl

gpsman

2006-07-17, 1:25 pm

bugs@bugs.com wrote:
> On 11-Jul-2006, "Saml" <none@no_such_isp.com> wrote:
>
>
> You can do as Gpsman said which will be very effective or you can use the
> fox urine powder and spread it around the areas where the chipmunks are
> going in the flowerbed. The fox urine will give them the presence of mind
> that a fox is in the area and they will leave. I recommend it to many of my
> wildlife customers especially for chipmunks or opossums.

I guess those urine scents *could* work... where prey animals don't
come across that particular predator urine on a daily basis. And if it
did work, how far away would the prey animal move? My guess is, and I
don't know squat about chipmunks, it wouldn't be very great distance.

ISTM chipmunks would fear dogs and cats as predators and avoid their
territories. Their real live urine is readily available, free and
distributed in flower beds and surrounding areas with no effort on the
part of the homeowner.

>
> Here is a link I found you can purchase it from, I just did a google search
> for fox urine and numerous links came up, you may want to look a little
> further and see if you can find more or better prices.
> http://www.pestproducts.com/fox_urine.htm

"All Shake-Away powders (Coyote Urine and Fox Urine)
are temporarily unavailable and cannot be purchased until
further notice."

Additionally, I have problems with sites that sell "electronic" pest
repellent devices. No credible report I've ever read indicated they
were anything but snake oil. I tested a couple myself with a mouse and
a spider and noticed no discernable effect.

IF electronic devices worked their prices would be in the hundreds of
dollars... and be worth it... and the professional pest control
industry would soon become very small.

I would avoid patronizing any site that promotes such devices.
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- gpsman

Gritch

2006-07-21, 3:25 am

You know the the small ornamental pea gravel .
Chipmunks have a hard time with the stuff . It keeps filling up the hole as
soon as they dig it.

twinlesstwin@gmail.com

2006-09-08, 3:25 am

Sam, Urines of any kind do not work. If anything theymay attract
rodents. Call a wildlife control professional. You may find them in
your phone book under pest control. Even though they do not do insect
pest most know how to handle wildlife.

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:02:13 -0400, "Saml" <none@no_such_isp.com>
wrote:

>Got a family of chipmunks digging holes and living in the flowerbed at the
>front of the house. There're cute as anything, but I don't want them
>getting below the house and I'd like to find a way to get them to move away.
>
>I've heard the coyote or fox urine spread around there home will scare them
>off. Any thoughts? Sources?
>
>Any better ideas? Wife doesn't want to kill them, but would like to see
>them pack there bags before they breed further.
>
>Thanks, Sam
>

bugs@bugs.com

2006-09-08, 3:25 am

On 7-Sep-2006, twinlesstwin@gmail.com wrote:

> Sam, Urines of any kind do not work. If anything theymay attract
> rodents. Call a wildlife control professional. You may find them in
> your phone book under pest control. Even though they do not do insect
> pest most know how to handle wildlife.

I'm sorry you haven't had any luck with them but I have had great success
with them, YES they do work and work well. Maybe you didn't apply them
correctly and that is why they didn't work for you. If applied correctly
they will deter other animals away. It happens in nature every single day
and you can make it happen in and around your home the same way.

I have been doing wildlife for many years now and have had great success at
it.

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I wish you all the best
Tim Wise

www.onepest.com
www.askourpros.com

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