The fight against shrews. Methods

Shrew - insectivorous animal that looks like a mouse, which is familiar to almost every gardener. It has a movable elongated proboscis and short legs.

On the territory of Russia is home to several species of this animal. Dwelling insectivorous suit under the ground, digging a hole. Many gardeners noticing the presence of this animal, decide on how to get rid of it, and consequently from those of the troubles that it brings. The problem is very urgent. Shrew eats insects. During the production of food, it breaks many branched tunnels under the ground. While damaged, the rhizomes of the plants and roots.

The Fight against shrews

The Animal, breaking through the numerous holes in the garden plots, very active. As a consequence, the fight against shrews should start immediately after the onset of symptoms. If this is not done in time, for a relatively short period almost the whole plot will be dug. In the winter season, the shrews also remain active, continuing to bring harm to the crop. Method of struggle which will free the area from these insectivores to be the most effective, affordable and simple. To achieve this purpose, you can use chemicals. The most affordable are physical ways of dealing. However, the most effective currently way to save the harvest is to plant at the site of repellents.

Chemical method

On the site there was a shrew. How to get rid of it with chemicals? For the expulsion of the hated animal in the hole, you can lay odorous substances, liquid. For this purpose, suitable gasoline or diesel fuel, bleach, dust, tobacco, naphthalene or shag. Some gardeners use poison gas or smoke grenades. Find application in pest control and odorous reagents - ‘Creator”, “Ekar”, “Pomerol”, “Fitogradient” etc. But it is worth remembering that the use of chemical agents can cause significant harm to human health and Pets.

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Physical method

If the area began to tunnel, shrew how to deal with her improvised means? You can make several fans, material for which will serve as a lid of a tin can and a wooden stick. The rotation of a homemade wind vane through the pole passes into the soil vibration and discourages pests. The fight against shrews may be performed using installed in the holes of traps or snares. Effective way is periodic and the digging of land in the area to a depth of not less than seventy centimeters. Reliable physical method, in which the fight against the shrews will be effective, and are dug around the perimeter of the sheets of tin or slate. The material to dig in to a depth of five feet. You can also pour water dug by pests burrow. The method is quite effective in the absence of large branches of moves.

Scarer

Fully solve the problem of getting rid of shrews modern means of pest control. Their use does not imply human exploration specific skills and costs a large amount of material resources. The principle that work scarers, very simple. The sound vibrations emitted by the device, cause the shrews discomfort. That is why they are in a hurry to leave the territory in which the device operates.