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Originally Posted by Jedi Ninja
These little buggers have sure done a job on the lawns in my neighbourhood. With this crazy winter, guess they have been living under the snowbanks and have had lots of time to eat their way through miles of turf. Some lawns have been hit so hard they look like they have been rototilled. It'll be a good year for those in the lawn care industry.
Anyone know where I can buy vole trips and vole bait stations? I think the mouse ones are too small.
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I think you're describing mice . . . . . the unusually long-lasting snow pack, from early December, had them camping underneath. They are active through the winter.
Most likely, with the snow cap now gone, they've also disappeared into stealthier surroundings.
Northern Pocket Gophers, ugly little suckers sometimes confused with voles, leave large mounds of dirt that they've tunnelled out of the ground . . . . you will never see them as they are nocturnal, subterranean and the bait for catching them is light. But they're inactive through the winter, hibernating. They're only now becoming active as the ground thaws. These are a fair bit bigger than mice.
Richardson Ground Squirrels, the common gopher you see squished on the highway, is the biggest rodent.
Sorry about your lawn but it's over . . . . the damage is done and the culprits are probably gone.
Cowperson