Recommendations - Andermatt Biocontrol topcat Gebrauchsanleitung

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Recommendations

✔ One to two traps per burrow are sufficient.
Check traps frequently, to see if the mecha-
nism has been set off.
✔ If a trap is often filled with earth, clean the
tunnel and make sure that neither light nor
air penetrates into the tunnel.
✔ For voles, no bait is required, while common
voles are caught more quickly in baited traps:
attach a piece of carrot or apple to the upper
trigger.
✔ Moles (if allowed to trap) are difficult to catch
because they live individually in their exten-
sive (100 – 250 m) galleries. Thus patience is
needed.
✔ Voles and moles are sensitive to odours.
While the smell of humans does not repel
them, the strong odour of dissolvents, dung
or perfume does. Traps with such odours are
often filled with earth and need to be washed
thoroughly with warm water. Store traps in an
open container in an odour neutral area.
✔ Trapping can be optimised if catches are
protocolled and the following is observed:
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Voles live in family groups: a male, one or
two females and 4 to 5 offspring.
Field mice live in larger groups. Catching
more than 10 mice in the same spot is not
unusual.
Moles are solitary except during the mating
season.