Mice or Moles - Liner friendly?

I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole
My question is does anyone know if they will chew through EPDM liner? If
not, rather than panic, I will keep trapping them one at a time to avoid
using poison. If they will chew liner, I will have to speed things up a bit.
TIA for any input
Gale :~)

Yes, they most definitely do!
Happy ponding,
Greg

"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
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I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole
My question is does anyone know if they will chew through EPDM liner? If
not, rather than panic, I will keep trapping them one at a time to avoid
using poison. If they will chew liner, I will have to speed things up a
bit.
TIA for any input
Gale :~)

Well I just found a dead mole in my Savio skimmer! As far as I can
tell it did not chew the liner but climbed in over the rocks. First
creature I was happy to see that it had drowned!!

Sue W


"Gregory Young" wrote in message ...
Yes, they most definitely do!
Happy ponding,
Greg

"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
...
I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole
My question is does anyone know if they will chew through EPDM liner? If
not, rather than panic, I will keep trapping them one at a time to avoid
using poison. If they will chew liner, I will have to speed things up a
bit.
TIA for any input
Gale :~)

rodents have some kinda magnetic attraction to plastic. Ingrid


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rodents have some kinda magnetic attraction to plastic. Ingrid

Especially UV resistant aquarium tubing. Had some in the demo pond filter
and it ate it gone. They seem to leave the black drip tubing alone.... so
far. ~ jan


~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

rodents have some kinda magnetic attraction to plastic. Ingrid

Especially UV resistant aquarium tubing. Had some in the demo pond filter
and it ate it gone. They seem to leave the black drip tubing alone.... so
far. ~ jan


~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

rodents have some kinda magnetic attraction to plastic. Ingrid


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Well I just found a dead mole in my Savio skimmer! As far as I can
tell it did not chew the liner but climbed in over the rocks. First
creature I was happy to see that it had drowned!!

Sue W


"Gregory Young" wrote in message ...
Yes, they most definitely do!
Happy ponding,
Greg

"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
...
I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole
My question is does anyone know if they will chew through EPDM liner? If
not, rather than panic, I will keep trapping them one at a time to avoid
using poison. If they will chew liner, I will have to speed things up a
bit.
TIA for any input
Gale :~)

Yes, they most definitely do!
Happy ponding,
Greg

"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
...
I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole
My question is does anyone know if they will chew through EPDM liner? If
not, rather than panic, I will keep trapping them one at a time to avoid
using poison. If they will chew liner, I will have to speed things up a
bit.
TIA for any input
Gale :~)

I have a friend in the exterminator business who told me that Ammonia will
chase any rat or mouse from the area. I tried it and it seemed to work with
a problem we had. Ammonia is cheap and its worth a try ...
Bill - Pensacola - FL
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"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
...
I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole
My question is does anyone know if they will chew through EPDM liner? If
not, rather than panic, I will keep trapping them one at a time to avoid
using poison. If they will chew liner, I will have to speed things up a
bit.
TIA for any input
Gale :~)