If I get rid of moles in my yard, what happens to the moles in my neighbors’ yard?
Moles are a solitary and highly territorial animal. If your neighbor moved out of his house, you wouldn’t automatically move, would you? Of course not, because you have your own established territory, but at a later time, you might decide to expand your territory and buy their house and property. Moles operate in the same way, they are always expanding their territory.
Can I ever succeed in getting rid of moles forever?
There are 2 ways I know of to get rid of moles forever, but neither are good methods. One is to pave your entire yard and turn it into a parking lot and the other is to kill all the living organisms in your yard that moles eat and the mole won’t find your yard attractive, but you won’t have much of a yard either. Getting rid of moles is a control effort.
Do moles ever come back?
Yes and no. Some gardens may experience the return of new moles, as explained in the answer to the first question above. Other yards may have moles now, and once one has eliminated the troublesome moles, there may not be any more moles nearby that can spread to your yard. But there’s no product available to keep moles away forever—anyone who tells you otherwise just wants their money from her.
Why is everyone telling me to get rid of the larvae and I will get rid of my moles?
Larvae control for mole control is the biggest myth out there. Of all the yards we own and currently service, about 80 percent of them never have worms, either they were killed or they didn’t have them to begin with. Moles are in the earthworm yard, all factual studies on moles always feature earthworms as the main diet of the mole. 85 percent of their diet is earthworms. They are strictly an insectivore. If you think about it, companies can sell maggot control but they can’t sell worm control. No one would buy earthworm control as they are necessary for the deep and natural aeration of your garden.
I must have over 100 moles in my garden, right?
No, the typical acre averages 3-5 moles. Moles are naturally solitary and extremely territorial. A mole can average 100 feet of new tunneling in 1 day, 18 feet per hour when digging shallow or deep tunnels, and can travel 80 feet per minute in an already created tunnel.
Why do I have piles of soil in my garden?
As moles dig new, deeper, horizontal tunnels, they need a place to put the dirt they are digging. They bring this dirt to the surface. As they dig deeper and deeper, they make new mounds of dirt as the run gets longer. The larger the mound, the deeper the mole tunnel is below the surface of the ground.
Why don’t all the poisons, home remedies, larva control, tox-tox, sound generators, vibration generators and other mole control devices work?
Our answer to this question is simple: if all of this really worked, we wouldn’t be in business. Have you ever heard the expression, cheaper is better? It really isn’t, quality and knowledge of the facts is better than cheap any day. Those things are there to hook the homeowner, not to solve his problem. Moles do not eat any type of grain or plant matter, they are strictly carnivorous. As for sound, sonic and vibrating devices designed to repel moles, we have caught moles on a weekly basis quite close to these types of devices.
I have never had moles until now, why are they in my garden?
As previously stated, moles are solitary and territorial. When the female has babies and raises them until they are old enough to fend for themselves, she kicks them out, these “adolescent” moles now have to explore new areas and establish their own territories. As this process repeats itself, they will soon find their way to your yard, especially if you are in the middle of a new housing development.
