Friday, August 6, 2010

Rodinator - A Sure Fire Way to Improve Your Mood

...well, maybe not for you, but it rings my bell.  I'm heading out to dig up pocket gopher tunnels and place poison pellets for their lunch.  They are everywhere!  If I had my druthers, the Rodenator would be my first choice.   I am seriously considering investing in one and going into business.

Meantime,  the Park and Rec department in Spokane has been lambasted for using a Rondenator to control ground squirrels that are causing tens of thousands of dollars of damage. 

Debate rages about use of squirrel-detonating Rodenator in Spokane, Wash.

 There is no one that loves animals like I do - really!  But pocket gophers will feast on your tree roots (as well as my daylily roots and that's my living!) , until there is nothing left alive.  Entire alfalfa crops have been wiped out by pocket gophers.  

I've had to educate myself on pocket gophers and their control.  There are no visible entry ways to their tunnels.  I use a long metal skewer to locate the actual tunnels which are usually within a foot of one side of the mound.  After digging a hole you can find the tunnel and place the pellets.  A Rodenator would be faster and kinder.

Check out the Rodenator guy.  He's having waaaay too much fun.