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Neighbours!
Apr. 15th, 2010 08:42 pmMy neighbour and I are at odds and like most neighbourly disputes, this one is about property. Namely my flowerbed and his hole.
A few weeks ago, another neighbour let their dog poop on our lawn...and for the first time in my life I was happy to see dog turds. Just another something in the arsenal against the little furry bugger...I rolled a prime piece down the hole with a stick and dusted my hands - surely that would discourage him from setting up house. The poop made a reappearance outside of the hole yesterday, much to my amusement, and then I promptly sent it back down. Just the latest tit for tat we have going - I filled the hole up with rocks and found them neatly kicked out within a couple of days. I kind of picture him at the bottom of his hole shaking his little furry fist and going churr churr churr! Maybe there's a Beatrix Potter story lurking in this conflict.
I don't want to resort to poisonous or trapping methods to get Mr. Gopher. If these holes keep up though, I'll have to buy a Havahart trap or some Critter Ridder!
A few weeks ago, another neighbour let their dog poop on our lawn...and for the first time in my life I was happy to see dog turds. Just another something in the arsenal against the little furry bugger...I rolled a prime piece down the hole with a stick and dusted my hands - surely that would discourage him from setting up house. The poop made a reappearance outside of the hole yesterday, much to my amusement, and then I promptly sent it back down. Just the latest tit for tat we have going - I filled the hole up with rocks and found them neatly kicked out within a couple of days. I kind of picture him at the bottom of his hole shaking his little furry fist and going churr churr churr! Maybe there's a Beatrix Potter story lurking in this conflict.
I don't want to resort to poisonous or trapping methods to get Mr. Gopher. If these holes keep up though, I'll have to buy a Havahart trap or some Critter Ridder!
