I would just like to say

[Stanleysteamer]

Yup that is what they say.
I thort they were smaller but then TBH i haven't really given it much thort!!

Kind of put them on the same level as baby Ortolans. Not my thing really. Makes me think of "crunchy frog" from the Monty Python selection box..
Cos they eaats them bones an all with a napkin over their heads, and we think the KKK are weird!!

 

[kevstar]

Oh ho, the shot gun that shoots round corners.
Who remembers the Road to.... film with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope where the gorilla bent the barrel on their rifle, they stuck it out the door of their straw hut and fired a round, which went round, and round and round their hut. They daren't step outside!!!
Road to Zanzibar I think, or maybe to Morocco!

I aint seen that haha

 

[kevstar]

They just started "Money".
Tell the missus to record her cr@p and watch the Pinkos!!!

Fuck that you tell her, ive got my headfones on skipping through yootube n here.

 

[kevstar]

I have one but the bait they come with isn’t doing it for them. Need to get a bit of cooked bacon or something like that. They even have a counter on the to tell you how many times they’ve fired cos quite often they will remove their deid mates for supper

In the past ive drilled through dog biccys n covered em in peanut butter, worked a treat.

 

[kevstar]

I understand that to be the edible dormouse, once kept by the Roman "civilisation" as a delicacy. I've never noshed one meself so, you know, if you ever get another one......

Cant cook wont cook ..........
Cooking Rats and Mice (bertc.com)

 

[derwendolly]

So wot's the best bait then?
We use peanuts for mousys. Works every time.
Wish we could get Moleys as easily!

Yucky dog poo put down the hole which is under their latest mound. They just don't like getting their paws dirty so avoid the area.

 

[Def90man]

In the past ive drilled through dog biccys n covered em in peanut butter, worked a treat.

Might try that. Not sure what the bait it comes with is, but it’s a paste?! Need to have a read up on it

 

[Stanleysteamer]

I aint seen that haha

It's very old and in black and white and they sing in it to.
tis a cult thing now, but they were very funny at the time.

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Yucky dog poo put down the hole which is under their latest mound. They just don't like getting their paws dirty so avoid the area.

The problem with whatever we do is that they have got 6000 sq metres to play with so if we do succeed in annoying them they just move to another part of it.
Due to the prevalence of streams under the surface of our land the worms are fat and plentiful, so we really do have to catch them rather than dissuade them!

 

[kevstar]

The problem with whatever we do is that they have got 6000 sq metres to play with so if we do succeed in annoying them they just move to another part of it.
Due to the prevalence of streams under the surface of our land the worms are fat and plentiful, so we really do have to catch them rather than dissuade them!

You can buy mole traps & put them in the tunnels but you cant handle the traps without gloves
as your scent will scare them away.
Dig up some worms & fresh damp soil then rub the gloves in it then find fresh mound & dig
a hole into the tunnel an stick the trap in.

 

[Stanleysteamer]

You can buy mole traps & put them in the tunnels but you cant handle the traps without gloves
as your scent will scare them away.
Dig up some worms & fresh damp soil then rub the gloves in it then find fresh mound & dig
a hole into the tunnel an stick the trap in.

I've been doing this ever since we got the place in 2008, with some success, as you say they mustn't smell your skin.
It is best if you can spot the tunnels they use all the time rather than ones they have dug and used just once, you can do this by faffing about with thin grass stems etc, stuck down into the tunnels to see which ones get moved.
We have tried all sorts of mole traps but the old fashioned ones are the only ones that work!
We've also tried the battery powered things that make a noise. Load of rubbish!
In Frogland they have things which get triggered by a passing mole and then let a loud explosive charge off. This is supposed to stun them or give them a heart attack or summat. Never tried them but you do occasionally hear them go off elsewhere. Quite a laugh!

 

[Hippo]

 

[Hippo]

I thought the poison made them thirsty & they would go looking for a water source. ?? I dont even
know where I heard this. I could just use a 12 gauge if I hear them scrambling about.

Worra bowt yer dog. He could eat the poison anorl. Best to catch n dispatch.

 

[Hippo]

Eye shud add... we dunt av rats at cassul ippo. We gorra moat they can't cross.

 

[Hippo]

That is the neighbours garage. He will probably have to reroof completely as I think it is too far gone for a quick fix!

Nice little job that. Give him a price.

 

[derwendolly]

Eye shud add... we dunt av rats at cassul ippo. We gorra moat they can't cross.

They swim!

 

[Turktowner]

Bloody weekends, blink an theys gone..

Deja vue anyone?

 

[My Old Landy]

So is that Onduline or summit else?
(Edges seem too sharp for Onduline)

It is Coroline bitumen sheet from roofing supplies online

 

[My Old Landy]

Eye shud add... we dunt av rats at cassul ippo. We gorra moat they can't cross.

I have had enough roofing for one year

 

[My Old Landy]

Morning all, not too bad out, no frost so thats a bonus!