Friday, February 21, 2014

The Techniques Of A Gopher Exterminator

By Cherry Mercer


When one owns a garden or a yard where in he grows fruits and vegetable, there will be a big chance that his yard will be filled with holes that were caused by the digging of gophers. Now the first reaction of anyone would be to call gopher exterminator to help fix this problem. When the professional comes in, pay attention to everything he does because he will often use very simple methods that anyone can do.

The very first method that is used by the experts would be to use a water hose to drown the gophers out right away. Now the professionals do not like to harm these gophers because they do still have a conscious that will prevent them from killing animals. So the easiest way to get rid of these small creatures would be to simply fill their homes with water.

If that does not work, then a lot of exterminators resort to humane traps instead. These traps are metal cage like devices that one may put on top of the mound of the gophers so that they can be trapped in it. It would help if one would use some food to try to lure the little animal out.

Another way that exterminators use to chase away gophers would be to use gopher flares or smoke bombs in order to smoke their houses. Now although anyone can throw a smoke bomb into a hole, only professionals know how to handle this tool carefully. The smoke bomb would then scare out the gophers and make them scamper out of their homes.

Just in case none of the methods have worked, then it would be time for the exterminators to actually kill the gophers. If they do not have any choice but to completely exterminate these animals, then they would have to use poison to do so. There are two types of poison that can be used in this type of situation which is the poisonous bait and the poisonous gas.

Now the usual type of poison that is being used almost all of the time would be the poison in the form of bait like strychnine. This type of bait will entice the gophers to come over and eat the poison which will make them die on the spot. Now one thing to remember would be to never put the poison near any human because it might also kill people.

Another known method of killing gophers would be the second type of poison which is aluminum phosphide which is a poisonous gas that can kill instantly. It is basically a poison gas that does not leave any residues which means that it is safe around humans. This method is to be used only when all of the others have failed because it is the most effective one.

Now as one can see, there are so many ways one can eliminate the whole gopher problem. Now take note that when the problem is not that bad yet, then even an average person may use any of the first three methods mentioned above. Now when the problem is already quite bad, then it is up to professional gopher exterminator to step in and try out the more drastic measures.




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