Question...

[Forty Rod]

...from my daughter:


"Please get on the CaS wire and find out what people recommend for
getting rid of chipmunks. They are destroying my yard.

Killing them is not really an option; if I kill one, another will
take its place and I can't kill every chipmunk in the San Bernardino
National Forest. I really just want to keep them out of the little
plot where my snapdragons are growing. So, some kind of effective
repellent would be good.

What hasn't worked: that powdered fox urine and one of those stakes
(solar powered) that is supposed to make a high-pitched noise that
drives them away. That was designed, however, for gophers. Perhaps
chipmunks are deaf."

She's too close to neighbors to shoot 'em and the county gets upset all out of proportion if you put out traps or poison.

Any help will be appreciated.

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[River City John]

You know Donald Duck had this same problem with chipmunks. I seem to recall that nothing he did worked to rid himself of those pesky Chip 'n' Dale either.
Finally I think he just gave up and invited them home for dinner.

Maybe your daughter could set up a preferred feeder with gourmet chipmunk food far enough away from her beloved snapdragons, in addition to that fox urine repellant. (And how would that look on your resume', - Fox Urine Collector?)

Next might be to build a raised bed, or perhaps cultivate them in a big decorative container.

RCJ

[Delmonico]

Well how about tryin' the Forty Rod gopher method on them?

OK, well never mind, try thowing moth balls down their holes.

[Green River Powell aka RonC]

Could you live trap them and take them some distance away? Live traps aren't cheap, but it's just an idea.

A nice pussycat would also do.

Ron

[Forty Rod]

Well how about tryin' the Forty Rod gopher method on them?

It would probably burn down her forest for miles.

OK, well never mind, try thowing moth balls down their holes.

I'll pass that along.  Thanks.

[Forty Rod]

Could you live trap them and take them some distance away? Live traps aren't cheap, but it's just an idea.

A nice pussycat would also do.

Ron

She isn't home often enough to make the traps practical and cats are snacks for coyotes, hawks, and owls up where she lives.  Thanks anyhoo.

[GunClick Rick]

I don't think the moths would go for it

[Forty Rod]

Would you be happy if somebody took your............never mind! 

[Green River Powell aka RonC]

She isn't home often enough to make the traps practical and cats are snacks for coyotes, hawks, and owls up where she lives.  Thanks anyhoo.

I know the situation. We lost a cat either to a coyote or to a mountain lion spotted in the area.

Ron

[Deja vous]

AZ GAme and fish use to recommend Juicy fruit gum.. you can leave it in the wrapper they dont care.. lol..   It binds them up I guess.. lol..  You get the picture right?  lol 

[dangerranger]

I used to have a neibor that would open a 15lb bag of catfood on there porch every week.  it wasnt long before they had 50 cats. cats being the clean animals that they are dont poop where they eat. so my yard became the toilet. I tried powders , sprays, mouse traps, loud noises, etc to drive them off. nothing worked. till I hooked my sprinkler system up to a motion sensor. anything that walked on my lawn got wet! after that everything avoided my yard, cats kids, salesmen. where I live now I use thge same setup to drive away deer only hooked to a rainbird. DR

[Modoc]

cats are snacks for coyotes, hawks, and owls up where she lives.

Cool, I'll ship her a half dozen of the neighborhood cats and see who wins first, the cats or the greater preadators

At the rate of lack of care that these cats get, I could keep her supplied for a couple of years

[Crossdrawnj]

Get a good cat. I don't know where you live but I have no problem with chipmunks, mice, moles with my two mousers on the job. However, the squirrels are a different story.
Crossdraw

[Forty Rod]

She isn't home often enough to make the traps practical and cats are snacks for coyotes, hawks, and owls up where she lives.  Thanks anyhow.

[Delmonico]

Most likely would also cause trouble, but a good 22 Hornet is a usefull tool, don't have chipmunks here, but it works good on 13 stripers, wood chucks, prairie dogs, coyotes and feral cats.    (No offense to cat owners, but I hate a feral house cat, they massacure song birds and game birds.)  And the noise level is not much above a 22 LR, a lot quieter than my 243 or my brothers 220 Swift.  Never figgered out why everyone don't own one, a useful tool.

[Forty Rod]

Most likely would also cause trouble, but a good 22 Hornet is a usefull tool, don't have chipmunks here, but it works good on 13 stripers, wood chucks, prairie dogs, coyotes and feral cats.    (No offense to cat owners, but I hate a feral house cat, they massacure song birds and game birds.)  And the noise level is not much above a 22 LR, a lot quieter than my 243 or my brothers 220 Swift.  Never figgered out why everyone don't own one, a useful tool.

Wouldn't be tolerated in her town.  Lots of artsy-fartsy types who think guns are designed just to kill THEM.  Even though it's "rural" it's also pretty crowded.  Nearest house in about 70 yards.  One behind her id 300, but there are NO obstructions between the houses except a small "canyon"that is overgrown to keep them from visiting much.  It's also a major fire hazard but it belongs to the county and they don't care.

[Delmonico]

The great Theadore Roosevelt used to shoot varmints around Sagamore Hill when he lived there, of course that was before 1934 and that thing Hiram Maxim invented that goes on the end of the barrel as a muffler was used.  Dang, a Hornet with a silencer would be cool.  Remember those things don't riccochet.

[Doc Cuervo]

Back home on the farm, (feedlot), due to the abundance of grain etc. we developed a serious rat problem. Dad went around collecting "give away" cats. The cat's soon found that chickens were tastier, bigger and easier to catch than rats, so I shot all the cats. Dad hired an exterminator that came out and put bait stations all over the place and charged a goodly sum to come out and refill them. The rats simply didn't eat the poison; too much good tasty cattle feed around I guess. Well, a buddy and I found us a big ol nest of bullsnakes young ones musta been 500. I gathered the little buggers up, took them home and turned them loose. By the end of summer there wasn't a rat within ten miles. Might be worth a try on your  chipmunks. I know some folks use rubber snakes in their gardens and fruit trees to keep the birds out. Now that works about as long as it takes the varmints to figure out, the damn snake never moves so it must not be real.
You could teach the chipmunks to sing then get them a recording contract in hollywood.

[Forty Rod]

You could teach the chipmunks to sing then get them a recording contract in hollywood.

IF I DID THAT I'D HAVE TO STRANGLE THE LITTLE BASTARDS WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS.  I HATE THOSE SQUEAKY CRITTERS.

Only snakes I' seen up there are rattlers.

I'll pass it along and see what she comes up with.

[Don Nix]

Sprinkle red pepper all over the area and around the garden. you can also spray pepper spray and it will yurn em away.