We had them until a cat adopted us a few years ago. He goes outside during the day and caught ours. Haven't seen any since. I don't know of any other treatment. Hopefully someone will chime in for ya!

Rebecca

We have them real bad, my cat use to kill them and bring on porch as presents. Now he just plays with them and turns them loose. So I'm suffering with them and chipmunks. Would like to know a safe alternative to poisonus bates to use, if there is one.

If batter-fried doesn't work for you...Milky Spore kills the grubs and that sends the moles into your neighbors yard!

Milky Spore work well but the initial price for larger areas can be fairly high. With Stevedug's "way too big a yard" the price might be harder to swallow than the batter-fried moles.

Utdeedee, do you have any idea why your cat started 'making friends' with the moles?

Hire a cat or two. We have eight of them. They think mole runs are deli trays.

I don't know why my cat doesn't kill any more, he plays with them then gets up and leaves them to run off. He's 13 yrs old, maybe it's old age. He has killed 2 chipmunks and left us in the past three weeks.....maybe he's just lost his taste for moles. :) I wish he'd start executing them though. My yard looks like a mine field!

I copied this from Jerry Baker's site for you:

Non-chemical

Daffodils, spurge, and castor bean plants, strategically placed in your garden, all act as mole repellents.

Stink them out of house and home by applying my All Purpose Pest Prevention Potion: 1 cup of ammonia, ½ cup of dish soap, ¼ cup of castor oil, and ½ cup of urine in a 20 gallon hose-end sprayer. Saturate the runs, and water in well.

Stick numerous tin windmills, similar to children's toy pin wheels, or "Mole Chasers" into the ground. The vibrations from the rotary motion underground drive them crazy. The wind whistling over the tops of pop bottles does the same thing.

The blood of moles does not clotÂthey bleed to death even from slight wounds, and avoid being scratched. So push small thorny twigs (raspberry, rose, barberry) down into the runs. Broken glass, kerosene, and human hair will also work.

Used kitty letter is effective in signaling that predators are lurking about in the area.

Trapping, using an old fashioned spring-activated harpoon, a choker loop trap, or a scissors-type trap can also be effective. The best time to trap is in the early spring when the first burrows are seen or after the first fall rains. Find active burrows by rolling or tamping down the ridges, and watch for those that are raised again. These are the ones where the traps should be set. If a trap is not sprung in 2 days, remove and relocate it.

Hope something is useful to you.

Carol
Murfreesboro

Why does EVERYTHING with Jerry Baker have to be about urine? That old geezer has to have a blader that goes non-stop!!!