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Vole Control
If you have voles affecting your home, or business property you have come to the right place for professional help. We are professional vole removal or wildlife control technicians. Our main line of work is to exterminate vole colonies that enter into properties destroying root systems, lawns, and vegetation causing property damage. Some examples are: Voles that destroy grass and small tree roots. A vole may enter a property, damaging small trees, bushes, expensive flowers or bulbs. Voles create small trails in lawns that look similar to a road map or have the appearance or shape of a tree embedded into the grass. Numerous holes that approximate the size of a silver dollar will be seen where the voles have dug into the dirt. Grass nests and tailings will also be visible especially in the spring just after snow melt. Voles also cause damage to golf courses, fine lawns and landscape. We use the most current vole extermination techniques. If you have a vole problem, contact us or give us a call to schedule professional coaching or our vole removal services.
Vole Information and Description
Also called meadow mice or field mice, voles are small rodents that look a lot like mice with bulkier bodies. Usually brown or gray, voles have short stocky legs, and short tails. Their eyes are small and their ears partially hidden. There are currently 23 species of voles in the United States.
While they prefer areas with a lot of ground cover, such as grassy plants or even litter, voles occupy a wide variety of different environments. Although voles have “natural” habitats, they also thrive in habitats that are adapted by humans, like cultivated fields and orchards.
Diet and Feeding Tendencies
Even though voles consume a variety of plants, they most frequently seek out grasses and forbs. They store tubers, seeds, and bulbs in the late summer and early fall. When vole populations in an area are particularly high, they will eat crops, and occasionally include snails, insects, and animal remains in their diet.
Damage and Damage Identification
Because of their propensity for girdling (which is the stripping of bands of bark from trees), voles cause a great deal of damage to orchards, decorative shrubs, and tree saplings. This type of damage primarily happens in autumn and winter. Field crops like alfalfa, sugar beets and potatoes are often damaged or even totally destroyed by voles. Aside from eating crops they will additionally damage areas because of the extensive runway and tunnel systems they develop. Tunneling systems will interfere with crop irrigation and ruin lawns and golf courses.
Since voles aren't frequently in contact with humans, they really don't pose a health hazard, but they do carry diseases, so it's important that they are handled by professionals or those who are properly educated about the animals. When voles become a pest control problem on your property, they can be both difficult to remove, and to discourage from returning. Professionals in your area that are trained with removal and deterrence techniques can help you to control vole populations and take steps so that they won't come back.
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