Thanks for posting this. Do you think it would work well for voles? So far they are ignoring all my traps that are filled with peanut butter. I bought some stuff off the shelf to try but if that doesn't work I may try this product.

 

Thanks for posting this. Do you think it would work well for voles? So far they are ignoring all my traps that are filled with peanut butter. I bought some stuff off the shelf to try but if that doesn't work I may try this product.

Hello, I don't know. But I had Voles bad at our previous house and I got rid of them too.

Moles are Carnivores. They eat insects, bugs, grubs, earth worms, etc.
Voles are Herbivores. They eat vegetation, grass plant roots, etc.

Moles create the tunnels. Voles take advantage of those tunnels and use them.
Voles will also have small, round holes in the surface.

Ramik kills the Voles. It will also kill other small animals that eat it (squirrels, cats, etc.).

Here is how to use Ramik: Find one or more of those small holes. Put 5-10 of those Ramik balls/pellets next to the hole.
Do not put them in the hole. Cover the hole and the balls with something solid like a large, empty flower pot, 5-gallon bucket, etc.
Put some weight on top of the upside down flower pot (brick, big rock) so the neighborhood cats can't get at them and eat them.
Do this on a few of the small holes you find.

Leave it alone for about 24 hours. Then, go look under each flower pot/bucket.
If the balls are still there: That might be an unused hole. Put the bucket back and check again the next day.
If the balls are all gone: Bingo! You found an active Vole hole. Put 10 more balls under the bucket.
Come back the next day. Keep adding more bait to every hole you have until the balls are no longer gone.
That means all the Voles that were using that hole are dead. You Win!

When a hole is inactive: Either because no pellets ever disappeared or they were, but stopped disappearing;
Fill that hole in with dirt. That way you don't see the hole - so you don't wonder next week, "Did I treat that hole?"

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Thanks for all the info. I found Ramik but only in bar form that you have to snap off chunks of. The covering trick you're describing is clever. I think I only have one or two and he's going through more horizontal holes under deck skirting versus a hole that is easily covered with a bucket, so I might have to get creative. I pulled a board off the deck and chucked some down there for now.

 

Just updating - let's just say I've found success with your advice… no more landscaping being eaten this fall I hope. Thanks again!

 

Just updating - let's just say I've found success with your advice… no more landscaping being eaten this fall I hope. Thanks again!

Terrific! Thanks for letting me know.