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 :~)

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 :~)

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
******************
"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 :~)

"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
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I don't think moles would chew through the liner but muskrats will! Here in
TN they're a big problem in some areas. It's my understanding they're not
easy to get rid of either.
--
Carol....
"My house was clean last week, too bad you missed it."
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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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
=============================
I don't think moles would chew through the liner but muskrats will! Here in
TN they're a big problem in some areas. It's my understanding they're not
easy to get rid of either.
--
Carol....
"My house was clean last week, too bad you missed it."
My Webpages:
http://.www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

trap em and get em out of there. Ingrid

"Gale Pearce" wrote:

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 :~)




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trap em and get em out of there. Ingrid

"Gale Pearce" wrote:

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 :~)




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

I have mice that live around my waterfall
and we've had no problems. The only animal
that chewed a bit of exposed liner was a
labrador... ;-)


kathy :-)
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