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Sun, Aug 22, 10 at 23:58
| Help! I really need you help here. I have lots of young fig trees and one very smart chipmunk. Every day, it is a battle to keep this guy out of my fig trees. I use to think that the birds were eating my ripe figs, until I caught this sucker in the act! I could not believe my eyes! This chipmunk would eat only the ripe figs through the netting! I am so pissed off! I tried rat traps with peanut butter. I tried chunks of corn rat poision, but this guy goes around these thing and straight to my fig trees on my deck. Please tell me what do you guys recommend I do to get rid of this thing! thanks, Dennis |
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| Hi Dennis, Did you try a rat trap baited with a ripe fig? noss |
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| Noss, I thought about that and I got one ripe Black Madeira fig. But I hate to give it to a chipmunk! I do have some grapes. that might work. |
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| Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of water & put it under the tree. Add enough sunflower seeds to cover the top of the water. lay a board even with the top of the bucket so the c-munks can access it readily and sprinkle a few seeds on the board. The c-munks will eat the seeds on the board and then jump into what they think is a bucket of seeds. End of tale. Al |
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| Hey Dennis, i answered on other forum about finding its hole and plugging him in. He may have friends though. I lucky no critter problems including birds,But im ready if they come with my ole reliable scatter gun. A 12gauge with an accu choke that i can adujst the buckshot pattern coming out , course dont shoot the tree catch em in flight or on the run ! There a trap range a mile away so the noise would not bother anyone here. ; ) Martin |
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| I had a problem with the chipmunks eating my strawberries even the green ones so I put out rat traps and baited with the strawberries. That worked along with a bb gun but you can't be there all the time. They don't cost much so put out multiple rat traps. |
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| Ok. He got another one of my Schar Italian figs. He was 7 feet from me laying spread out in my 3 gallon fig just having a ball. I crack the door open and took a shot at him and I know I got him. He ran off injured with a hole in him thru and thru. The pellet went straight through my plant container too! He won't be back but just in case his brother comes by, I placed a Havahart trap out on my deck baited with one ripe fig. If I catch him, he won't live to see another day! Al,Eve recommended the same trap. I'm going to try it this afternoon after I pick up some sunflower seeds. I hope it works. Again, I've lost too many figs to these guys and its not funny. Thanks everyone! Dennis |
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| It works - I've used it. Copy/paste to your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Pog2SZ0y0 You can also use a piece of lattice suspended over the bucket like a seesaw. You'll need to support the lattice (paint stir stick) between the edge of the bucket & another point outside the bucket. Think of a diving board. Sunflower seeds go on the end of the lattice over the water. The chipmunk walks out on the lattice & the seesaw effect takes over and he falls in the pond. Another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jezQKOl5q-w&feature=related Al
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| I GOT HIM!!! He he he. I am so happy! He ate his last fig today. I played taps as we went to the pasture and only I came back! I got him!!! I am so happy! |
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| HI Dennis i posted some recipes on other forum if you get more of them. Martin |
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