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My next project is to get rid of 5-6 ground squirrel burrows. I've got a loaner Rodentator I'm going to try and see what happens. The varmints are starting to chew holes in our 1" PVC irrigation lines, never done that in the 30 plus years I've been around here helping. I'm tired of having to dig down 5-6 feet to patch the leaks.
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For that sort of job, in an orchard, Jack Russel Terrier maybe?
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That maybe Plan B. the Rottweiler hasn't been successful so far this year. |
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Had to do a search...kinda looks like fun (if only Bill Murray had one SmileWavy )
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What about dry ice? The CO2 will sink down into the burrows and kill them? Better than poison if it works.
In CA I just use CO. Worked for about 5-6 months at a time. |
I wonder what the next season's result is with the rodenator? Soil loosened up..around here, they would be back in full force.
I have the best results with the step-in traps. At the first sign on raised tunnels..I set 3 or 4 traps and catch the dirty B right away. It's amazing how much damage one mole can do. If its a gopher...the milk jug w/water works every time. |
Dry ice is quite effective for ground squirrels, though it may not work on the levee, too many points of egress that are lower than where you put it in the hole.
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One supposed advantage of the Rodenator is it collapses (at least partially) the tunnels preventing the animals from repopulating them immediately. I'm trying to make a home made one, but it's on hold right now because I have other things in the works. The main problem seems to be getting the gas mixture right.
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I was using a tip with an open propane outlet and trying to adjust the mixture with the knob. I've replaced the open tip on the gas tube with one with a propane orifice, so when I try it next I'll see how that works out. What were the instruction from Rodenator for the initial settings? Thanks for the input.
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Thanks. The propane side must have a nozzle with a propane orifice on the Rodinator you used. Usually the oxygen supply side, especially if it's compressed air, is open several times the amount of the propane side.
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