How to Protect your Yard or Landscaping from Chipmunks

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The best approach to take when you have a chipmunk problem on your land is to use multiple methods&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s all about using your head too — these creatures are coming on to your property because you have something they want&period; When you work out what that is&comma; you can take it away&period; When you no longer have something the animal wants&comma; it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have a reason to stick around and will&comma; therefore&comma; politely bugger off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In an ideal world&comma; you would sprinkle some repellent granules around&comma; or stab an ultrasonic stick into the ground&comma; wait a few weeks&comma; and then come back to a chipmunk-free zone&comma; but that&&num;8217&semi;s often not what happens&period; These are gimmicks used to make you spend money and they are not effective&period;  Chipmunks&comma; while cute&comma; are small&comma; speedy&comma; and oh-so-stubborn&period; They aren&&num;8217&semi;t going to move on without a fight&comma; and that’s why we recommend that you arm yourself as best as you can&comma; not just with the right tools to prevent these creatures from coming close&comma; but also the right information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Chipmunk prevention starts underground&comma; because that&&num;8217&semi;s where these critters spend most of their time&period; Entrances to these underground burrows are usually created in patches of dense vegetation&period;  The plants above offer a covering to stop their entrance from being visible to predators&period; The first step you should take to making your land chipmunk-free is to remove the patches of vegetation that offer chipmunks the ground cover they need&period;When the chipmunk doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have ground cover to hide in&comma; they are vulnerable to predatory attacks&period; If this ruins your landscape&comma; you will have to finely comb through the brush to find the tiny entrance burrows&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;5-ways-to-add-tech-to-your-backyard&sol;">Residential yards<&sol;a> often contain cats and dogs&comma; which will chase down and attack chipmunks&comma; given the chance&period; Their other natural predators include eagles&comma; hawks&comma; and owls&comma; which will easily see the chipmunk where there is no ground cover to protect it&period; Coyotes&comma; foxes&comma; raccoons&comma; opossums&comma; skunks&comma; and more will also hunt and attack&comma; if they think they can win the battle&period; The fight for food and shelter in the wild is now more fierce than ever with decreases in natural habitat options&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Along with shelter&comma; food is another big thing that the chipmunks are attracted to&period; In fact&comma; food is the main reason many wild animals come into residential areas at all&comma; with some species being almost entirely reliant on humans to provide them with food&period; Chipmunks will scavenge for seeds&comma; nuts&comma; and fruits&period;  If you have a bird feeder and leave out seeds or nuts for the birds&comma; or if you grow fruit on your property&comma; their favorite meals to attract them to come eat in your yard&period;You’ll need to get rid of this stuff until they leave&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Again&comma; removing the debris in your garden that provides ground coverage for these creatures will go a long way to making your garden wild animal free&period; If you have plants growing in the center of your garden&comma; with wide&comma; open lawn space all around it&comma; the chipmunk has no choice but to burrow beneath the ground&period; You can make this difficult by adding protective layers between the two&period; This could come in the form of mesh-wire underground fencing&comma; and also as coarse pebbles&comma; rocks&comma; and stones put around the area you want to protect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Of course&comma; the best way to have these critters removed from your land is by hiring a professional&comma; licensed&comma; and insured <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;pestanimal&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">wildlife removal<&sol;a> specialist&comma; who will not just remove the animal&comma; but help you to protect your land from further invasions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;