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If you maintain a garden or have a yard in Los Angeles, there’s a possibility that you’ll encounter gophers on your land. These pesky rodents burrow underground and live in tunnels just below gardens and lawns. Gopher control isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. It requires personalized treatments that account for such factors as the types of plants you have and the size of your yard. At Corky’s Pest Control, we offer comprehensive gopher control services for Los Angeles homeowners.
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Why Gopher Control Is Essential
While gophers may not be as harmful as rats, keeping them away from your yard is essential if you want to stop your crops and lawn from being destroyed. Whenever a gopher stops tunneling and pokes its head up from underground, a new hole is made in your lawn. Their tunnels can also be tripping hazards when you’re walking in your yard.
A long-term gopher infestation can cause a lot of damage that’s expensive to fix. While a gopher is tunneling underground, it can damage cables and components of your irrigation system. You may be tasked with replacing your utility lines depending on the extent of the damage. The many risks associated with a gopher infestation are:
- Vegetation damage
- Erosion and drainage problems
- Increase in parasites like fleas and ticks
- Structural damage to some of the features around your property
- Tree damage
Gopher control services are essential to avoid these problems. It’s also important to call a professional because of how challenging it is to get rid of gophers. Placing poisons or traps around your land will only serve as a temporary deterrent. Because of how smart gophers are, they adapt quickly. They’ll start avoiding traps and staying away from things that could be poisoned. Here at Corky’s, we offer effective gopher removal solutions that are designed to last.
Corky’s Gopher Removal Solutions
When you schedule gopher control in Los Angeles, our team will first determine how much damage has been done to your property. By identifying the extent of the damage, we’ll also be able to understand what kind of gopher has infested your property. Collecting this information allows us to choose the right removal method.
Since we offer comprehensive treatments that are unique to the property we’re removing gophers from, the equipment we use can differ based on the severity of the infestation. We may focus on setting traps and baiting stations around your yard to capture and safely release gophers.
Our team also uses repellent to ensure gophers don’t return. This solution is a topical repellent that uses a natural granular substance to keep gophers away. Once we apply this substance to your yard, any gopher that gets close to your property will be greeted by a strong odor. The granules also come with a bad and potent taste. Since gophers are smart, they’ll avoid the area after smelling or tasting the repellent.
Our Maintenance Solutions
When you call our gopher exterminator, we won’t just treat your yard and leave. Gophers can be an ongoing problem, which is why we provide scheduled maintenance to make sure these pests stay away for good. Even if gophers are repelled from your yard, they can still infest the areas surrounding your property lines. In this scenario, they may continue to invade your land from time to time.
When you obtain our scheduled maintenance program, we’ll inspect your property regularly to look for any signs of gopher activity. When we discover holes, we’ll apply an effective treatment to immediately mitigate the problem. Part of our gopher pest control service involves providing an additional application of topical repellent whenever maintenance is scheduled.
Recommendations for Getting Rid of Gophers
The pest control technician you work with here at Corky’s may also provide recommendations on how to keep these pests off your property once you notice signs of an infestation. You may be able to limit the damage until we arrive by:
- Mowing grass before it gets too tall
- Thinning out dense foliage
- Not watering your lawn as often
- Replacing damaged plants with ones that gophers don’t eat
Gopher Preventative Measures
With the right methods, you may be able to prevent gophers from ever reaching your lawn in the first place. For example, consider adding a gopher mesh barrier around your lawn. This is a type of in-ground fence that’s made with chicken wire or gopher mesh and can also be placed around your garden. Position this barrier at least one foot below ground and two feet above ground.
If you maintain a garden in your yard, there are certain types of plants that gophers don’t eat. Some vegetation can actively repel gophers. Some of the plant varieties that you can safely put in your garden include daffodils, garlic plants, and onion crops. Other types of plants that keep gophers away include the following:
- Marigolds
- Rosemary
- Crown imperials
- Lavender
- Oleander
Why Choose Corky’s for Gopher Extermination
When you contact our Los Angeles pest control company, we’ll answer any question you have about the service. If you’re wondering what materials we use, our team focuses on Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which is an environmentally sensitive method for controlling rodents and other pests. If additional treatments are needed, we’ll use the least invasive yet most effective products available.
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Give us a call today at (800) 901-1102 or fill out our contact form to schedule our pest control services. We look forward to working with you and helping you resolve your gopher problem.