Any advice for getting it to move on? Apparently smoke bombs are out and nuking the entire site from orbit will have a detrimental effect on the neighborhood.

by Cirrus-Nova

49 comments

  1. Get a dermatologist to take a look. If it’s cancerous they’ll remove it surgically.

  3. My initial thought was to lure it into a cage with a bowl of mashed potatoes and then trap it so you can move it somewhere else, but then I realised that’s for badgers not moles.

  4. Used to have moles at the kennel club, dad bought a bunch of fresh baker’s yeast and stuck knobs of it down the molehills.

    Apparently they hate it so much that they move on.

  7. Mate, you’ve not got moles. I’ve seen Tremors. Get on the roof of your house NOW!

  10. Just leave them to it and enjoy the part your garden is playing in supporting wildlife.

  13. I had one of those at my last house. Nothing you can do until he gets bored and moves on.

  14. My parents rented a bouncy castle for 2 days. Didn’t see them after that ( smoke had previously failed).

  15. If you’re in the midlands I know a guy who deals with moles quite often

  18. If you’re not into trapping the mole it’s worth trying the old trick of placing an upturned bottle into the mound in the path the mole has made, they don’t like the noise, apparently. Been about 40yrs since I last tried that though! There are newer electronic deterrents, various plants or chemicals they don’t like the scent of etc that you can try but the blighters always seem to find a way to circumvent any measures tried. You can always just accept them as part of the natural cycle, shows you have decent soil at least, and use the heaps for potting up plants. Just Google (other search engines are available) ‘how to get rid of moles in garden’ and you’ll find numerous sites. Traps were the extreme measure, but you had to be careful how they were handled and placed, as your scent on the trap would be detected by the mole.

  19. There is a great US documentary about dealing with a similar rodent, IIRC it’s called Caddyshack.

  20. [Mole Scatter Granules](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077G9MCJZ/) have worked for us. Apparently they make the worms taste off to the moles. I have also seen Castor oil recommended as having the same effect. You do need to use them a couple of times a year or the little feckers come back.

  22. I had a mole removed from my cock, that’s the last time I shag a mole.

  23. When your yards full of mounds, and your grass is in clumps thats a-molee….

  27. I saw on gardeners world, apparently the soil they lift is really good for planters or raised beds because it’s essentially sifted. So you could use it for that and leave him be until he moves on?

  28. I’ll admit, I have a soft spot for moles as a result of reading William Horwood.

  31. Have you tried dressing up as a sexy female mole to lure it into a neighbours garden?

  32. We used to have cat who hunted moles. Maybe you can see if a local game keeper knows someone with ferrets

  34. I’d look through the soil as moles are well known for digging up treasure from below the surface.

  36. My grandma used spoiled eggs. Spoil 1 egg, dig the mole hill so you can see the hole, push the egg down, bury it and crush the eggs using a stick etc., keep burying! Good luck

  37. That’s not a mole, that’s a fucking graboid. Hope you’ve got strong foundations.

  38. clear the soil into a wheelbarrow leave over night to see where there active using a sharp stick prod the ground to find there run then take a sponge cut in to small pieces and dip in strong disinfectant then place in the runs they hate the smell just keep doing until they leave the area you could also try the kids windmills they hate the vibration but always move the fresh soil so you know they have moved

  40. Solar powered vibrating/pulsing stick, scares moles right off.

  41. Get a cat. We’ve just got a new one and he’s a killing machine. Only 1 mole so far, but loads of birds, shrews, mice, voles.

  42. The mole has done a lovely job. Huge effort for someone so smool

  45. Leave the mole alone, they need places to live too and there’s not many left

  47. Moles frequently make the mistake of visiting our garden. We’ve got two Jack Russells who are expert ratters (we live in the sticks), they’ve caught quite a few of them! It’s much more humane than poison or traps, they’re killed within seconds. I do hate that they get killed but it’s natural instinct and what they were bred to do so I won’t get mad at them

  48. They’re improving the lack of diversity within the lawn

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