They do tons of expensive damage - we thought they were just cute for way too long. Hey we were former Chicago kids - what did we know? We must have had thousands of generations of them in the almost 42 years of living here.We are the original inhabitants of this home and they were present at day one. They have undermined the large front step to the point where it is hollowed out underneath and the concrete is drooping and falling off.
I tried moth balls last fall and they took them away. I have no idea what they did with them but thru fall and all winter the stench of mothballs permeated the basement, garage and laundry room to the point of giving me severe headaches and who knows what other health problems.I guess it was their revenge. Does the mouse bucket work for them too - ours are big, husky chipmunks - maybe they are the cause of the mice coming inside. I thought mice stay out in warm weather .
We have a fox that uses our yard as one of his dens and he marks alot of the territory. Apparently that only works for other foxes, the mice and chipmunks don't seem to care. The people across the street said they have caused loads of damage, they have steps that are all cockeyed since the little cuties insist on burrowing under everything.
