Prevent Rodent Damage
Before It Starts
Prevent Damage
Meet the Culprits
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Rats
What to look out for:
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Feed on nuts, fruit
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Gnaw tubing and wiring
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Contaminate crops, spread disease
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Nest in barns, equipment
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Chew storage containers
Squirrels
What to look out for:
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Strip bark, girdle trees
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Chew drip irrigation lines
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Eat nuts and fruit
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Dig shallow surface burrows
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Contaminate stored crops
Gophers
What to look out for:
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Gnaw roots, kill trees
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Pull seedlings underground
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Create damaging soil mounds
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Chew underground irrigation lines
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Weaken soil, cause erosion
Stop them before they start
Small actions can save your land big headaches.
Here’s what you can do and where Smokin’ Burrow can take it further.
1
Keep Fields
Clean
Keep grass mowed, remove weeds, and clear piles of debris so burrows, mounds, and holes stay visible — rodents are less likely to dig where they’re exposed.
2
Maintain Field Sanitation
Eliminate any leftover food sources — less leftover food means fewer rodents hanging around.
3
Encourage Natural Predators
Owls are free pest control (and we can help with owl housing!).
4
Protect Irrigation
& Fences
Inspect lines and posts regularly; rodents love to chew and tunnel.
How Prevention Pays Off
95%
Efficacy in rodent control
600
Clients served
200K
Acres covered
1.8M
Burrows treated
