voles, how to bait, trap?

EAST BOOTHBAY, ME

Voles ate large beds of Siberian irises this winter. They're still embedded there, next going to eat the Iris pseudata. I'll have to put little 1/4-inch mesh "fences" around all the remaining Sib and Pseudata irises--- a lot of work. I can't have a cat. No other efficient predators at work.
What's the best bait for mousetraps? Are there any box traps? Repellents? Help!

Thomaston, CT

I haven't heard of traps for them....just poison which I would be reluctant to use.....maybe someone has some ideas.....This has been a horrid winter for pests.....either voles, moles, or mice gnawed on my rose canes & killed my camellia....

Pepperell, MA(Zone 6a)

I have a trap and it never worked - currently use the bait to kill them

central, NJ(Zone 6b)

stinkin' voles. I put poison down their tunnels

Lexington, MA(Zone 6a)

I've surrendered. Next year I will put more chicken wire around the tender shrubs. Since voles come from underground to eat the iris, there aren't many non-poinonous options. I have complained that I thought they likely ate young peony roots in the past. I see ultrasonic devices advertised but have no idea whether they'd actually work. My dog occasionally chases rhodents that are above the ground, but I have no idea how many he actually kills.

Thomaston, CT

Somehow, my beautiful wren got onto the closed & locked porch yesterday, & ended up in Maggie's mouth.....not a happy camper, here......

Fairfield County, CT(Zone 6b)

My cats love to get voles! Holly had a personal best of 5 in one day! They don't eat the voles - just kill them.

Thomaston, CT

Holly is the best! Listened to a garden radio program the other day....for moles, they said to get coyote or fox urine at the hunting store to get rid of moles....would that work with voles?

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