mole problem

[redeye jedi 39]

my land owner came to me yesterday with a new machine he'd bought for getting rid of moles. it pumps butane gas and oxygen into the run then ignites the gas, its not intended to kill the moles as its classed as an inhumane method but destroy the runs. he paid £1600 for this machine but it doesnt seem to be fixing the problem. does anyone use any different methods to good effect?

[Holdaway 2]

Most people call in a pro I think. That's the best way. The item you describe sounds like the rodenator, it may not be legal for that much longer, so not a great investment in the end perhaps?

 

He should have invested some of that money in mole traps and paid to go on a course.

 

H

Edited April 11, 2009 by Holdaway

[redeye jedi 39]

i dont think he'll be to bothered weather or not he can use it for much longer as he's losing heart with it. thanks anyway H

[comanche 3,298]

my land owner came to me yesterday with a new machine he'd bought for getting rid of moles. it pumps butane gas and oxygen into the run then ignites the gas, its not intended to kill the moles as its classed as an inhumane method but destroy the runs. he paid £1600 for this machine but it doesnt seem to be fixing the problem. does anyone use any different methods to good effect?

Nasty things . By law he cannot use it on runs that contain moles(or any other animal ) as it is illegal to blow any animal up in this country ! . So he should be clearing the moles out BEFORE he blows their homes up or he's lining himself up for a visit from the Law .

In other words he might just have well invested a £100 or so on a score of decent mole traps and bunged you a few bob to run em out and check em for him & saved himself the bother of buying the dangerous monstrosity in the first place ..... On the other hand £1600 would get him a jolly good relationship with a pro molecatcher for a few years to come !

[bignoel 14]

depending on the size of the site jeyes fluid poured into each entrance hole leaveing the holes open doe's the trick

[Matt 160]

depending on the size of the site jeyes fluid poured into each entrance hole leaveing the holes open doe's the trick

 

Also illegal (its not an approved repellant), and will not work.