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If voles, more commonly known as field mice, enter your garden, garage, home, or other location, they can eat anything that can fit in their mouth. You can learn how to kill a vole in order to prevent the proliferation of parasites and general infection.

Steps

1. 1 Identify your pest. Moles leave plants because they are insectivorous, but voles, on the other hand, eat plants and can destroy your yard, green spaces, and garden.
2. 2 Place poison around problem areas in early fall or late winter. This method works well because food is scarce and the animals are less critical of what they eat.
   • Choose a poison that contains the anticoagulant warfarin.
   • Buy baits that are designed specifically for voles so that animals you are not targeting, such as birds, are not caught.
   • Alternatively, you can pickle in an open box. Please note that this is not recommended if you have children or pets, and it is not recommended if you have other animals that you would like to protect, such as deer, rabbits, birds, and others.
3. 3 Place the mousetraps where you want to protect. You can buy disposable or reusable mousetraps if you can get a dead animal out of it.
4. 4 Bring real enemies of voles.
   • Build an owl shelter to attract these large predators. They eat mice and can help you reduce their numbers.
   • You can place one or more bird perches. This can attract both owls and hawks.
   • Let the cat outside. While you can get a dead rodent under your door as a gift, this is a natural way to go, because cats hunt and kill this animal.
5. 5 Continue prophylaxis even if you have reduced or completely killed the rodents. This will ensure that you do not experience re-infection.
   • Reduce the source of food for the voles by restricting access to your plants. Place a fence around your garden and trees.
   • Destroy vole habitats by clearing heaps.
   • Prune low-growing branches.
   • Remove fallen fruit from fruit trees in your garden.
6. 6 Hire a professional if the infestation is too large to handle on your own. A professional can help you with their own methods and give you advice on how to avoid re-infection.

Tips

• Rodents are smart enough to know when their fellow animals are being trapped, so avoid stuck in the trap; change methods and brands.