Anyone really know how to get rid of gophers????????

We "had" this beautiful front yard, no grass, stones, and a rock river, with all kinds of cactus, flowering sage, a huge agave, et. We have lost the agave, the little b..guy ate up all the inside, I sure hope he had a hangover! Now he is working on our australian bottle tree, a beautiful tree it was, now it is very stressed Have tried trapping, putting bubblegum down the holes, even poured a bottle of ammonia and then bleach, thought I got him, but he popped up after a few days. Sounds cruel, I don't like killing anything, but he is destroying all the plants > My neighbor said that he and a friend of his, when living in Montana, tried to get rid of a gopher by putting propane down the hole and lighting a match "Caddy Shack" I guess was more true to life then I realized
Anyway, this is a serious question, if any of you have any ideas, or have had the problem yourselves and know the answer
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http://mvg1.stormer.net/euplathyrus.htm

Careful though, it's also toxic to cats.
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I'm alright
Nobody worry 'bout me
Why you got to gimme a fight?
Can't you just let it be?
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Thank you UBob, Sounds like a plan, but probably too late this year, really hot weather setting in.
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I was weed whacking the other day and came across a massive ant hill. So here I was whacking the shit out of it until I got to the larva and then all I could think about was all the ant and larva parts I had in my hair!......I stopped and took a shower
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If you have a co-op, there are tasty pellets you can buy that will kill the little buggers. Either that or, if you don't want to kill them, stick a water hose in the hole and just let it run. If that doesn't work, I would suggest a cat or 2, mine keep my yard gopher free. I do have to admit though that seeing a dead one on the doorstep first thing in the morning is NOT pleasant!
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stick a water hose in the hole and just let it run



...give that lady a prize...that's how you do it.

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was weed whacking the other day and came across a massive ant hill. So here I was whacking the shit out of it until I got to the larva and then all I could think about was all the ant and larva parts I had in my hair!......I stopped and took a showe


Gross!
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Tried the poison pellets, I think he just buried them. Also did the water hose, ended up flooding the low area, caught a glimpse of him on his little raft, margarita in the drink holder, and he was wearing sun glasses He was back within 3 days, have a cat, she used to catch them, but has now decided birds are easier! Doorstep treasures! Tried the whirl-i-gigs too, for noise, nada. Thank you for all the suggestions!
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...now that's my kind of Gopher
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MGiff, lets hope your cats won't consider birds easier to catch
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Move to Australia.....we don't have them...
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Move to Australia.....we don't have them...
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Once will be fine...
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No gophers at all...I thought they lived everywhere!
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No gophers...

.....it's those 48 billion dingos above ground that are a pain in the ass...
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The odd taipan or two would make short work of a gopher or ten...
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A Dingo Took My Baby!

sorry, I just had to let that out
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You're watchin' way too much TV..
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.....it's those 48 billion dingos above ground that are a pain in the ass...


They're still no match for the rabbits - dopey white man for introducing them! Now they're a real pest in much the same way as I imagine gophers must be!



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So...the ideal thing to do, import taipans..whatever they are....then we'd probably be overrun by the taipanese ...no natural predators here for them