Get rid of voles How to exterminate voles

How to Get Rid of Voles

About the vole
German name: Grosse Wühlmaus, Schermaus, Ostschermaus, Wasserratte
French name: Taupe grise
English name: Vole
Dutch name: Woelrat
Latin name: Arvicola Terrestris
(Subspecies- Arvicola Terrestris vole (that lives on land), Arvicola Terrestris Aquaticus (that lives partially on land and in water), Arvicola Terrestris Sapidus. The subspecies have to some extend a very different behavior.)

The vole, also known as the water vole, looks very similar in appearance to the mole, but it is not one. It reaches a body length between 12 and 19 cm. To this comes the cock of 4 up to 13 cm in length. The vole weighs between 60 and 180 gr. It has a bodkin cock with long braid hair. It also has little dark eyes and its ears are almost completely in coat twisted. The color of the coat can vary from yellowish brown to deep black. The vole has a dense shiny coat.

After three weeks of gestation the female gives birth to five up to six cubs in the space of March and October. Two months old they become independent and they can survive without their mother. After eight up to nine weeks the hatchling becomes sexually mature. Therefore one may easily figure out how explosively this animal spawns.

After three weeks of gestation the female gives birth to five up to six cubs in the space of March and October. Two months old they become independent and they can survive without their mother. After eight up to nine weeks the hatchling becomes sexually mature. Therefore one may easily figure out how explosively this animal spawns.

Numerous heaps of different dimensions, rather flat and made of fine ground reveal the vole. The way out corridor is in the most cases positioned at the mountain side of the heap. It is not always very easy to find the access corridor and often it is blocked by ground. In the building structure one may practically find any holes (the summer time is an exception because of the very heat weather). In most heaps dwell several animals, who actually build a taxon.

Here is presented a draft of the access corridor of the vole. Depending on alimentary offer and give in effort of the colony, the access corridor of one taxon may reach 100 m in length. Anti-crash systems should be naturally laid at the main entrance of the mound, because there dominates the heaviest traffic.
In opposition to the above description a draft heal of the mole looks as follows:

Big, hemispherical heaps of abrasive grounds, with up to 5 cm big stones, reveal the mole. The vertical access corridor under the earth-heap clearly indicates the positioning. BUT: The here described access corridor may not necessary be dwelled only by the mole but also by the vole.
Introduction

Voles are small mouse-like mammals in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. They are considered pests to lawns, gardens, and farm lands. Though voles are not known to be a significant threat to human health and safety, they are are of pest significance in turf and landscaped areas for two reasons; they tunnel and burrow in turf areas, and they gnaw on the trunks and roots of various trees and ornamental plants. Voles are herbivores, eating a wide range of plant tissues, especially the shoots and rhizomes of grasses and sedges.

Voles are considered pests to lawns, gardens, and farm lands and can also cause damage to turf by clipping the grass close to the roots when they construct surface runways beneath the snow. Voles can cause problems by damaging lawns, gardens, tree plantings and other plants. They clip off the young plants and dig up the seeds, sometimes causing significant reductions in stand density. Voles can damage or consume flower bulbs, garden plants and vegetables, and field and forage crops. Voles usually damage woody plants from late fall through early spring. Voles are among the most important vertebrate pests in turf areas.

Populations may periodically explode (usually about once every 4 years) and reach several hundred mice per acre in good, grassy habitats. Populations of voles, however, can increase quickly and be cause for concern. Voles can breed at any time throughout the year, although vole populations tend to spike in the spring.

Many people desperatelly try to to kill 100% of the voles on their property. When using poison voles are not killed, they just move to other parts of your garden. For one, the vole is killed, and a dead vole doesn't make more little voles. Other people recommend planting things voles don’t eat or can’t kill.

Traps

Traps (can be obtained at various vendors should be placed along the sides of runways and perpendicular to the runways. Traps and bait stations do pose a threat to pets, children and non target animals so it is important to monitor them carefully. . Newer types of traps such as those made of plastic with a snap trap are also recommended, into which fresh bait is placed (carrot). Poisons, traps, electric repellers, and predators (snakes, owls, coyotes, foxes, domestic animals, and hawks) can be used to reduce vole populations.

We will show you in our upcoming articles, how to get rid of voles.