Title: How to Get Rid of Voles | The Family Handyman
Headings: How to Get Rid of and Prevent Garden Voles
How to Get Rid of and Prevent Garden Voles
Voles and moles both dig up your yard, but they’re different in many ways. Here’s what you need to know about voles and how to get rid of them.
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What Is a Vole?
How Is a Vole Different From a Mole?
What Do Voles Eat?
How to Get Rid of Voles
Remove Vegetation
Protect Young Trees
Use Vole Repellants
Use Live Traps
Contact a Professional Pest Management Company
How to Prevent Voles From Getting Into the Garden
Are Voles Dangerous?
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Content: Moles are not rodents, but small mammals that spend most of their time underground, digging tunnels,” says Zachary Smith, president of Smith’s Pest Management, a certified pest control company in San Jose, Cal. specializing in vole control. Moles have large feet and claws that are perfect for burrowing. A mole’s head has a long pointed snout, with such tiny eyes and ears that it looks like it has none. While voles munch on your yard’s vegetation, moles are predatory. They “feed on earthworms, grubs, beetles and other animals or arthropods in the soil,” says Troyano. Moles damage your garden with their digging, not their eating habits. What Do Voles Eat? Voles are herbivorous for the most part. “ They love eating plants, tubers and bulbs, as well as the bark and roots of trees,” says Smith.