Humane way to get rid of chipmunks?

[Anonymous]

We have a family of them destroying our property. We had an exterminator over to access the situation, and he was going to set poison traps, but I don’t want them to die a slow, painful death so we opted out. He suggested claw traps because they kill them instantaneously. Well, not so. We caught and have one writhing in the trap, not dead at all. My husband had to go put it out of its misery.

There has to be a better way. Is there? Please help! We need them gone before they destroy our cars!

[Anonymous]

Just leave them alone.

[Anonymous]

How do they destroy your property? The ones we have dig holes in the yard but that's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do they destroy your property? The ones we have dig holes in the yard but that's it.

They are climbing up into our car and chewing things.

[Anonymous]

My neighbor traps them in some kind of cage, then, releases them in a park. My DH has used a mouse trap, but that was a few years ago when the chippy population was extreme.

[Anonymous]

Why are you leaving your car open?

[Anonymous]

Our dog is a terrier and has killed some chipmunks in our yard. We now keep a closer eye on her in the yard.

[Anonymous]

They don’t do anything other than dig holes. So cute. Why would you even think of calling an exterminator on a cute little family. Only animals that have chewed our things outside are the mice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t do anything other than dig holes. So cute. Why would you even think of calling an exterminator on a cute little family. Only animals that have chewed our things outside are the mice.

I hate to break it to you but they do. We saw it happen on our Ring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do they destroy your property? The ones we have dig holes in the yard but that's it.

They are climbing up into our car and chewing things.

I wonder if you could put poison where they are chewing.

[Anonymous]

No lead bullets, they make a great stew.

[Anonymous]

That image has ruined my day. Poor chipmunk! Ugh.

I’ve never heard of chipmunks chewing out cars. We have several, and they did little holes. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

They have been digging up under our patio and destroying it. I haven’t figured out a good way to get rid of them yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you leaving your car open?

You realize that the bottom of the car isn't sealed. Rodents can climb up into the engine and build nests and chew wires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do they destroy your property? The ones we have dig holes in the yard but that's it.

They are climbing up into our car and chewing things.

I wonder if you could put poison where they are chewing.

NP. I worry that they would die somewhere and a neighbor's dog or other animal could be killed by eating the corpse.