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Mountain out of a molehill?

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  • #2
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    i can't see my molehills currently, if I have any that is. Actually, I'd quite like to have moles I think


  • #3
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    when did the moles move in?

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=7612

    Lidl selling mole repeller :)

    The obsession with the perfect lawn in the UK means that moles are generally not welcomed there. Of course they never did move here (the moles I mean) largely because we're not that bothered about lawns as long as it gets a cut once in a while ;) . However the same repeller also claims to
    Drives away moles, voles and shrews with low-frequency sound waves and/or vibration

    We do have voles and shrews - but why anyone would wish to drive those tiny things away defies logic tbh. Most people are lucky if they ever spot one never mind see a couple hanging around causing trouble ...

    :confused:


  • #4
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    Also banishes snakes, apparently.

    Yep, these things work really well. I bought one the last time Lidl had them in, and I have never had a problem with either moles or snakes.


  • #5
    New Home
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    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    when did the moles move in?

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=7612

    Lidl selling mole repeller :)
    recedite wrote: »
    Also banishes snakes, apparently.

    Yep, these things work really well. I bought one the last time Lidl had them in, and I have never had a problem with either moles or snakes.

    Homebase had literally buckets of mole repellent (the powdered version, not the ultrasound one) on the sales shelves a good ten years ago. Oh, how I rolled my eyes... :rolleyes: :D Apparently it works very well for aliens and dinosaurs, too.


  • #6
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    That's why them scum broke into Lidl in Tallaght. They are rampant with moles up there so they needed this thing.


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  • #7
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    To be fair, as a blow in to this country I had no idea there were no moles here until I read it on here once. Why not cut them a bit of slack and just inform them politely rather than ripping the piss out of them?


  • #8
    SmartinMartin
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    Sher where's the fun in that?


  • #9
    diomed
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    Next week
    Moles on sale in Lidl. :)


  • #10
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    diomed wrote: »
    Next week
    Moles on sale in Lidl. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93mgyE2ctwg


  • #11
    Eddie B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Eddie B


    gozunda wrote: »
    The obsession with the perfect lawn in the UK means that moles are generally not welcomed there. Of course they never did move here (the moles I mean) largely because we're not that bothered about lawns as long as it gets a cut once in a while ;) . However the same repeller also claims to



    We do have voles and shrews - but why anyone would wish to drive those tiny things away defies logic tbh. Most people are lucky if they ever spot one never mind see a couple hanging around causing trouble ...

    :confused:

    You obviously haven't had the invasive ones hit your area yet. Think I must have in around 20 caught in the last few months. I believe our own native shrew is under serious preasure due to these White Tooth shrews.


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  • #12
    Doltanian
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Doltanian


    More importantly how does it effect house prices and will it repel illegal migrants. Daily Mail Headline.


  • #13
    New Home
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    Bloody moles stealing our molehills!!


  • #14
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    New Home wrote: »
    Bloody moles stealing our molehills!!
    Its not the moles (yet), its these fancy immigrant shrews arriving in with their lipstick and tooth whitening.


  • #15
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,878 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    I think for the first time, I saw a molehill yesterday. Very near the centre of dusseldorf, which surprised me.


  • #16
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Eddie B wrote: »
    You obviously haven't had the invasive ones hit your area yet. Think I must have in around 20 caught in the last few months. I believe our own native shrew is under serious preasure due to these White Tooth shrews.

    Nah definitly dealing with the natives around here - tbh I have a colony that live in a old covered dung heap - I think they think of it as a handy fast food joint as there are lots of worms there for them to eat. ;)

    May I ask how you catch the white toothed shrews? And what are the main difference between the species.


  • #17
    recedite
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    gozunda wrote: »
    I have a colony that live in a old covered dung heap..
    They'd be the native Irish ones alright.


  • #18
    Eddie B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Eddie B


    gozunda wrote: »
    Nah definitly dealing with the natives around here - tbh I have a colony that live in a old covered dung heap - I think they think of it as a handy fast food joint as there are lots of worms there for them to eat. ;)

    May I ask how you catch the white toothed shrews? And what are the main difference between the species.

    Im no expert, but to me they act more like mice than shrews. I caught them in my shed in mouse traps. They seem to be everywhere here. They are bigger than our native shrew. Also, they are lighter in colour (grayish), and their teeth are white. Seeing one though, you wouldn't mistake it for a mouse.


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