Little animal shrew, large farmland brings more benefits than harm.
But personal land is very affected. On land plots leaves many branched passages under the ground thereby damaging the roots as the roots of plants.
Therefore, gardeners and gardeners are often puzzled by the question of how to effectively deal with the pest to save the crop.
Why fight?
Unfortunately, the shrew eats not only harmful insects like caterpillars, beetles and others. She digs in the ground with her elongated nose gnaws carrots, beets, etc. from what plants begin to wither. Breaking through the moves spoils the roots of peppers, strawberries, tomatoesDo not refuse seeds of cultivated plants. It spoils the beautiful view of the lawn and flower beds. Their sense of smell and touch is very well developed, another ability is echolocation.
IMPORTANT! Pests do not live long - only 1.5-2 years, but the female's litter reaches up to 14 pcs. about 40pcs per hectare.
How to fight?
Exist "grandfather's" ways of fightingYou, for example, scatter rotten pieces of herring on the ground. It is believed that a bad smell will help get rid of them. And from the owners the same ... If of course you do not bother with this flavor, then leave the herring for a few days.
One of the popular, cheap ways to get rid of shrews in the dacha is shown in this video:
Has effect deep soil digging about 70cm. shovel. But if the site is not large, then of course you can work. Try to fill eggshells into the mink or feed the neighbor cat preferably tricolor, which is better than usual to hunt mice, rats.
Believed to be a pest does not like beans, spurge and common marigolds. Seat them around the edges of the garden so that the animals do not enter, besides, you will be pleased with the flowers with your colorful clothes.
Some helped in the moves of the shrew, scribble burning coals or one level with a plot to dig in near the hole a three-liter empty can like a trap. How to deal with a shrew in the garden and get rid of it? There are several effective ways.
How to find a nest?
Photo shrew:
Most of these rodents live in wet places. Shrews dwell one by one.
Dig holes themselves and occupy vacant housing other (moles, mice).
Inhabited in the stumps of emptiness and in fallen tree trunks, under the deadwood, rarely in human buildings.
Warm nest dry leaves or blade of grass. Each of them has its feeding area, the size of a few tens of square meters.
Chemical methods
To use poison is not very humane and it is necessary to resort to it as a last resort, but the effectiveness of its use is there. Get a poison for mice or poisonous food like "Rat death", "Nutcracker", "Hunter anti-rodent." It should be poured into each burrow or spread out near the entrance to the dwelling.
IMPORTANT! Pay attention to the presence of children, pets before applying poison, it is dangerous!
Poisonous gases or gas bombs, but if the tunnel is branched, then a small pest will simply run away. Therefore, you need to use immediately, as soon as the shrew comes to love the site. The same principle with the pouring of water holes.
Fill the mink with diesel or gasoline. Some gardeners use smoke bombs. They try to apply sharply smelling reagents like "Creatol", "Ekar", "Pomethanol", etc. In general, everything that has a strong smell, but is not recommended to be used near plantings, trees, fruit bushes.
IMPORTANT! The use of gasoline and diesel fuel can cause a fire.
Mechanical
It is possible to get rid of shrews in the country or the dacha using traps and traps, which are usually used with bait for rats, mice. Mole repeller is also suitable for shrew. Mechanical tools in the form of tin turntables are placed on the whole site, and they work in the presence of wind. The constant noise will give the shrews an inconvenience, because of this they will move to a quieter place.
Electric scarers They have the same properties as mechanical ones, but they are powered by electricity and can be switched on as desired. Electronic repellents create low-frequency noise within 400 Hz with a radius of about 20 meters. It does not affect humans and pets, but is no longer pleasant for a shrew. They will react to such a sound quickly and immediately leave the site, taking with them moles, snakes, mice, etc.
Scaring and prevention
Reliable application in which the fight against shrews will give the result, will become dug around the perimeter of the slate or iron sheets . The building material needs to be driven in to a depth of one and a half meters.
On pegs about a meter high, pPlace plastic bottles cut 1/3 of the neck or cans. The same pinwheel is only free, which is very good.
These "rumble" in the wind thunder thereby frightening shrew. It is better if they are on a plot with a permanent seat of residence just in case.
Planted for prophylaxis between the rows of carrots or beets garlic and onionsthat give off a strong smell. A means to combat shrews will help hemp. It must be laid in freshly dug mink.
When rotting, it has a specific odor, which the shrews will not like, they will soon leave the site. The tool will operate a couple of years. A shrew in a house can only appear by chance so it does not make sense to catch it. The animal will leave itself.
In most cases, the destruction of the shrew is inevitable. Rumbled, spoiled flower beds, lawns and destroyed crops reduce to a decrease all the benefits that the animal brings. Poisons use as little as necessary. After all, I want to put a lot of work to grow an environmentally friendly product for myself.
