Can gophers be discouraged or made to go away, in Woodland Hills,Ca. would rather not kill them or use poison?
August 29th, 2008
wannabe commodity success asked:
A friend lives in Woodland Hills and has many gophers in am empty lot next to his house, digging holes and their numbers are growing. He wants to rid himself of them but does not want to kill them or use chemicals, or hire anyone to do that type of thing. Is there any natural solution or remedy to this problem? Anything that will make them seek greener pastures and just go away? This is a common type of gopher, location is in southern california and the climate is hot and dry because its located in a valley. It will soon be reaching high temperatures of 115 degrees or more in the summer. Thanks for any suggestions.
A friend lives in Woodland Hills and has many gophers in am empty lot next to his house, digging holes and their numbers are growing. He wants to rid himself of them but does not want to kill them or use chemicals, or hire anyone to do that type of thing. Is there any natural solution or remedy to this problem? Anything that will make them seek greener pastures and just go away? This is a common type of gopher, location is in southern california and the climate is hot and dry because its located in a valley. It will soon be reaching high temperatures of 115 degrees or more in the summer. Thanks for any suggestions.
The only problem with what he wants to do, is that basically he’s going to give his problem to someone else. If he chases them away, they have to go somewhere. So someone else is going to have to do something about it. And if they feel the same and just relocate them, they’ll come right back to your friend’s house.
He has to decide whether he wants to get rid of the gophers or not. And if he wants to get rid of them, that means getting rid of them. Either killing them by poison or trapping them.
Either that or he could just leave travel brochures lying around on the lawn…..
although distasteful poisening or traps are the ultimate answer I do know that a neighbor was successful in chasing them away temporarily when he ran a vibratory plate compactor over his yard several times a week the gophers all left but returned eventually good luck