Let me start by saying I live in Florida. This is the second time this has happened in my front yard. I included images so you can see how the moles are spreading throughout my entire yard. Last time this happened about a year ago, I purchased these solar powered mole repellants that you stick in the ground and they make a kind of buzzing sound every 10 seconds which is supposed to annoy the moles and make them leave. Surprisingly it worked! Now a year later, they’re back. I tried sticking the mole repellants back in the ground but this time they don’t seem to care. I’ve tried having my dog go to the bathroom around the holes and that also doesn’t scare them away. I have contacted my pest control company, but the only option they have is to eliminate the moles and I really do not like to hurt animals even if they are destroying my yard. I am afraid they’re going to make it up into my landscaping pretty soon and then maybe even underneath the foundation of my house (if they can, I’m not sure if that’s possible or not). Any help that does not involve harming the moles but would make them leave my yard would be greatly appreciated!
Tang_the_Undrinkable
As far as natural and non-lethal methods go, I have heard that castor oil and coyotes urine are supposed to be good deterrents.
nilesandstuff
The ultrasonic repellents categorically don’t work, it was definitely a coincidence that it seemed to work.
Repellents in general just don’t work very well for moles. Scent based repellents can work a little, sometimes, if you use the right repellents. Dog urine and dog hair straight up don’t work. The ingredients that can actually work are: peppermint, garlic, citronella, castor oil.
There very few other ingredients that will work, and none others to my knowledge that are also affordable.
Repellents need to be applied strategically. You first apply in a 5 foot wide line closest to the house. Then 2 weeks later, you apply a little bit further from the house. And every 2 weeks you continue applying further until you reach the property line (and the road). Then you maintain the perimeter… If any slip through, you have to start over.
The idea is that you push them away from the house… If you just started at the perimeter, they’d be trapped in the lawn. If you just treated the whole lawn, theyd just get used to it (or retreat to areas that you you didn’t get well).
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Let me start by saying I live in Florida. This is the second time this has happened in my front yard. I included images so you can see how the moles are spreading throughout my entire yard. Last time this happened about a year ago, I purchased these solar powered mole repellants that you stick in the ground and they make a kind of buzzing sound every 10 seconds which is supposed to annoy the moles and make them leave. Surprisingly it worked! Now a year later, they’re back. I tried sticking the mole repellants back in the ground but this time they don’t seem to care. I’ve tried having my dog go to the bathroom around the holes and that also doesn’t scare them away. I have contacted my pest control company, but the only option they have is to eliminate the moles and I really do not like to hurt animals even if they are destroying my yard. I am afraid they’re going to make it up into my landscaping pretty soon and then maybe even underneath the foundation of my house (if they can, I’m not sure if that’s possible or not). Any help that does not involve harming the moles but would make them leave my yard would be greatly appreciated!
As far as natural and non-lethal methods go, I have heard that castor oil and coyotes urine are supposed to be good deterrents.
The ultrasonic repellents categorically don’t work, it was definitely a coincidence that it seemed to work.
Repellents in general just don’t work very well for moles. Scent based repellents can work a little, sometimes, if you use the right repellents. Dog urine and dog hair straight up don’t work. The ingredients that can actually work are: peppermint, garlic, citronella, castor oil.
There very few other ingredients that will work, and none others to my knowledge that are also affordable.
Repellents need to be applied strategically. You first apply in a 5 foot wide line closest to the house. Then 2 weeks later, you apply a little bit further from the house. And every 2 weeks you continue applying further until you reach the property line (and the road). Then you maintain the perimeter… If any slip through, you have to start over.
The idea is that you push them away from the house… If you just started at the perimeter, they’d be trapped in the lawn. If you just treated the whole lawn, theyd just get used to it (or retreat to areas that you you didn’t get well).
[this is the repellent that my company uses](https://www.domyown.com/mole-scram-professional-p-8301.html)… Alongside trapping and baiting.
All told, I’ll be honest, and reiterate… Repellents don’t work very well.
If you get fed up, I recommend poison mole worms. The moles end up dying underground where you can’t see or smell them, and wildlife wont find them.
The metal scissor traps on Amazon work very well. Finally cleared our yard up.