After literally years of my semps getting dug up by a critter nearly every night, I have finally found the ultimate in pest control and have won the battle!!! I’ve tried fences, mouse traps, live traps, glue traps, repellents (liquid, blood-based, pellets, powder), shiny objects (aluminum pans, bright metallic strung beads), plastic snakes and poison. Nothing phased this destructive monster. Then last weekend at our local Ace Hardware store I came across this ultrasonic heavy duty pest repeller. Since the day I plugged it in, I haven’t had one single semp dug up!! It’s a miracle!!! (I believe the culprits are voles, since I have seen them around our yard.)
It works by emitting quiet ultrasonic sounds that disrupt the pests’ habitat and affects their feeding and communication habits so they leave. It has a bunch of different settings that work on different pests: Mice, rats, small rodents, bats, spiders, insects/bugs, fleas, flies, ticks, cockroaches, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, opossum. And it has a range of 2,000 – 3,500 sq. ft., depending on the setting you use. (They also sell bird repellers.)
It’s not cheap, but was worth every penny to me. I got the Transonic Pro model. Here is the link. This link shows the price at $95, but I paid $45.
http://www.bird-x.com/transoni...
So when everything else fails, I really recommend one of these. I do the happy dance every morning when I find all my plants where they belong!
