The existence of the poisonous liquid known as the Strychnine has led to the increase in rodents. This animal is known for its notorious destruction in both crops and property in the house. Due to this, many residents have resulted to the increased number of ways in dealing with the rodents, none of which have been as effective as the setting up of a gopher trap in the houses. This article gives a guide as to how one can set up the gophers traps and effectively deal with this notorious creature.

The best location to set these kinds of confines is between the gophers hills. You can easily know that the gophers have decided to settle on your garden by having more than four gophers hills. You should not go for a single gophers hill as the gophers will easily relocate to other places. You should then place the near the gophers hill that seems to get bigger each day.

Most of the gophers hills connect to each other. This is because the gophers live as families. As ironic as this may be, look for two gophers hills and set up a confine in the tunnel connecting them to ensure that you get as many as possible. Once the confine is inside the tunnel and also on the outside, there will be no escape for the gophers.

After setting up the confines, it is important that you put your fingers in the tunnels to ascertain how many tunnels there may be. In finding the location, set the confine right in the middle to catch as many as possible in the tunnels.

Once you have placed the gophers confine, you should dig a hole around the confine. You can use brick trowels or a knife. You should then ensure that there is no any loose soil inside the gophers tunnel. You should remove any soil that is present inside the tunnel. You can achieve this by using your fingers and ensuring that the tunnel is clean.

The confines trigger should be put in the right direction to make sure that with slight disturbance the gophers will be caught. In the process of setting up the trigger, soil should not fall into the confine; the interference caused by the soil can interfere with the confine and reduce the chances of catching the gophers.

There are different types of confines that can be used in the gophers hills. A good example is the duffus confine which allows for slight coverage in the soil. The other example is the talpex confine which is designed to go deeper in the soil. In most cases it is covered with soil. In the cases of shallow holes, one can easily upset a tin or bucket that is strong enough to withstand the pressure and not offset it.

If you follow the above steps, you will be sure to catch several gophers. There are some people who have turned gophers catching into a career so if you are unable to make a catch you can use the services of these professionals. However this process is so easy to follow.