maude Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Can some kind person tell me what could be leaving 30mm diam holes in the garden? Not moles I dont think, no hills,just the undermined holes everywhere.And the cure? Maude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 A very common question maude, they generally tend to be made by common voles and field voles. As their sole purpose as far as I can figure out is to be a food source for a vast number of other species, owls, snakes, foxes, weasels, pine and stone marten, birds of prey in general, badgers... the list seems endless, the cure is to let them be and serve their purpose as part of a healthy diet.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Can't understand why voles are supposed to be so rare, my cats bring me them quite regularly.And the garden has the holes all over the place, you'd think the voles and moles would reach some sort of understanding, voles make the holes, moles fill them in afterwards with all the soft stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I like that idea Tony! Do you find your cat doesn't actually eat the voles - ours don't, but do eat every bit of a mouse. I was once told voles don't taste nice to cats [+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossie Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I have also been finding these holes on my land recently and wondered what they were (didn't have the nerve to put my hand down and find out!!!) My puppy is very interested in them. However why I am most worried is that I have a long-legged deerhound who has already broken a leg once and I am worried about him catching his leg in one of them. I would like to fill them in with soil but don't want to hurt anything, so I just spend my time trying to steer him round where I know there is a hole. Do they use these holes for a long time? Can I assume that after a while they are no longer used? Any ideas gratefully accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Here is the culprit, I snapped him this morning! [IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/weedonwite/MrMole.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virginia.c Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Brilliant!But what's Zak Dingle doing in France? and without his hat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 [IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a372/weedonwite/MoleCatcher.jpg[/IMG] You just gotta take your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Our eldest cat doesn't eat any of them - he's getting on a bit now. Quick crunchy bite, dead mouse or vole on the terrace, job finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningdog Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Our 1/2 acre garden is infested with 'vole holes' and our deerhound/greyhound seems to relish negotiating around them. We also have a bank infested with rabbits in whicxh he doesn't have the slightest interest but if he spots one in a neighbouring field he's gone! Strange, it's as if he thinks that their prior occupancy gives them rights!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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