Voles Everywhere!!

Descant · 07-09-2025, 11:14 AM

Don't know if I had moles or voles. I sprayed the lawn with Castor Oil and they left. Followed up with Grub X. Have not had a recurrence. Problem this year appears to be rabbits eating Impatiens. They seem to leave Salvia alone.

John Mercier · 07-09-2025, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Descant

Don't know if I had moles or voles. I sprayed the lawn with Castor Oil and they left. Followed up with Grub X. Have not had a recurrence. Problem this year appears to be rabbits eating Impatiens. They seem to leave Salvia alone.

They also have a Hot Pepper Wax that comes in a spray bottle.
It uses cayenne; but not sure what it is added to creating the "wax".

ApS · 07-11-2025, 03:47 AM

Commonly available bird seed "mix" has tiny, but abundant, millet seed, which many birds scatter beneath the feeder.

(Making it readily available to mice and voles).

AC2717 · 07-11-2025, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ApS

Commonly available bird seed "mix" has tiny, but abundant, millet seed, which many birds scatter beneath the feeder.

(Making it readily available to mice and voles).

no bird feeder, I treated yesterday as directed on product that I purchased, and there it was like nothing happened

07-11-2025, 03:47 AM	#3
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,943 Thanks: 2,218 Thanked 779 Times in 555 Posts	Bird Feeder Nearby? Commonly available bird seed "mix" has tiny, but abundant, millet seed, which many birds scatter beneath the feeder. (Making it readily available to mice and voles). __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

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07-09-2025, 11:14 AM	#1
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,407 Thanks: 1,362 Thanked 1,634 Times in 1,066 Posts	Don't know if I had moles or voles. I sprayed the lawn with Castor Oil and they left. Followed up with Grub X. Have not had a recurrence. Problem this year appears to be rabbits eating Impatiens. They seem to leave Salvia alone.