How to get rid of hamsters in the countryside in a simple way forever. What plants will scare away, the fastest ways to fight in 2022

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The common hamster is distinguished by its ability to survive in any conditions; they are not afraid of harsh winters and hot, arid climates. They are distinguished by aggressive behavior and pose a danger not only to crops, but also to people and domestic animals. Wild hamsters always and everywhere fiercely guard their territory and can attack without warning any “unwanted guest.” In this article we will tell you how to get rid of hamsters in your dacha and what methods to use to combat these pests.

The common hamster is omnivorous, but its main food is fruits, root vegetables and grains. In conditions of shortage of plant food, the diet of hamsters includes earthworms, insects and even frogs. Moreover, there is evidence that hamsters eat chicks, as well as small rodents.

The saliva of the common hamster contains more than 30 types of infections.
If bitten, there is a high risk of blood poisoning. Therefore, when catching hamsters, one should not forget about precautions. You can distinguish a hamster from other large rodents by the color of its coat, which is characterized as tricolor. The upper part of the rodent's body is covered with reddish-brown hair, the lower part is covered with black or dark brown hair.
Hamsters have characteristic large cheek pouches that fill to capacity with food. They tend to tirelessly stock up on food for the winter; they store supplies in a hole in the pantry. The capacity of the pantry is amazing - up to 90 kg.

The appearance of hamsters in the country: causes and signs

The body length of the common hamster reaches up to 40 cm, weight approximately 500 - 600 g.
Hamsters are not afraid of human society; they often choose a place to live in gardens and vegetable plots. They can also live in residential premises, but on the condition that there is enough food inside and outside the premises. Let's consider the main signs indicating the presence of hamsters on a personal plot:

• minks;
• footprints;
• travel routes;
• eaten or bitten vegetables and fruits;
• small tunnels leading to plant tubers;
• eaten bark on the bottom of trees and shrubs.

Why are rodents dangerous?

A wild hamster is not as harmless an animal as it might seem at first glance. It can bring the following troubles:

1. Significantly reduce the yield of vegetables and spoil the quality of tubers and green vegetables.
2. During the construction of a burrow, a rodent can damage the root system of fruit trees and berry bushes.
3. Animals can get into the house. After they leave, bitten vegetables, droppings and chewed furniture will remain.
4. In case of sudden danger, the animal is capable of attacking a person or pet (although this does not happen often).
5. They spread pathogenic infections.

At the first signs of the appearance of rodents, it is necessary to urgently take measures to remove them from the country estate.

The main reasons for dealing with hamsters at the first sign of their appearance

The burrow of a common hamster reaches up to 10 m, the depth of the burrow is up to 2 m. The burrow is divided into a true nest, a pantry and a latrine, and has up to 5 false entrances and exits.
Fighting hamsters should begin at the first sign of their appearance, due to the following reasons:

• Hamsters are constantly in search of food, thereby causing irreparable damage to plants, trees and shrubs.
• It is known that hamsters lead a solitary lifestyle, but when they find a nourishing area, they share this information with their relatives.
• Due to the high fertility of hamsters, in one season hamsters are able to populate more than one hectare. From April to October, a female brings up to a hundred cubs, since pregnancy lasts no more than 16 days, and the number of cubs born is from 5 to 20. After only 2 months, females from the first litter are considered sexually mature and capable of having their own children.
• Grown-up baby hamsters constantly feel the need to chew something, this is mainly due to sharpening their teeth. In the first few weeks, the young come out of the hole and begin to gnaw on everything that comes their way.
• Hamsters quickly transmit information related to threat and danger. Hamsters begin to avoid dangerous areas, ignore baits and even create false paths leading to an abandoned hole. Thus, a huge number of effective control methods become useless.

Damage to the garden

Despite its small stature and rather harmless appearance, at first glance the forest hamster is very voracious. The daily diet of an adult hamster is about 700 g. In addition, the rodent is very thrifty, storing in its hole a large amount of grain and other food that it needs for proper winter hibernation.

In addition to the daily food and supplies that hamsters make in their home, Karbysh multiplies very quickly, turning garden plantings into a completely deserted area. Hamsters give birth to babies in the spring, but if the weather is favorable, a fertile female is capable of giving birth to 3-4 litters per year, each of which will contain 8-16 babies. Born blind, babies grow and mature quite quickly, turning into full-fledged hamsters.

A wild hamster, Karbysh, in the countryside can cause a lot of problems. Rodents are very voracious.

Since one male is capable of fertilizing several females at once, and the lifespan of one hamster reaches 4 years, the population of animals within one summer cottage grows exponentially, completely destroying not only the harvest and roots of adult plants, but also those that have just hatched from under earth sprouts.

Forest hamsters go into hibernation at the end of October, and wake up with the first thaw in April, when they go looking for tomato, cucumber or flower seedlings in search of food.

With their teeth, they cut off the plant like a razor, preventing it from growing further, and also make their way into cellars and basements located at a depth of 1.5-2 m, where they spoil supplies of vegetables and grain. In addition to destroying root crops, hamsters also drag soil into basements, polluting them and causing inconvenience to the owners.

Effective methods of dealing with hamsters

Hamsters are voracious creatures; the amount of food eaten per day is equal to the weight of the rodent itself, namely 400-500 g.
All methods of fighting hamsters are conventionally divided into two large groups. One group of methods is focused on expelling hamsters, the other on their destruction. Experienced gardeners and gardeners recommend using several control methods at the same time, since this type of rodent is distinguished by its intelligence and ability to recognize traps and poisoned baits, which allows many hamsters to avoid primary poisoning, and for those who have tried it, secondary poisoning.

What kind of animal is this

To understand how to deal with carbysh in the garden, you first need to know what it is.

In fact, this is the colloquial name for the common hamster. Presumably the word “karbysh” was borrowed from Turkic languages. An adult male reaches an average size of 31 cm and weighs about 700 g. The muzzle is elongated, the ears are round, rather short, covered with dark hairs. The tail is thick at the base with hard hairs, gradually becoming thinner towards the end. The paws are short and end in long claws. As befits a hamster, it has cheek pouches for carrying food.

The skin is striking, multi-colored: plain on top, red or brown, light sides, black belly. There are completely black individuals. These are the ones that predominate in Russia.

Leads a nocturnal lifestyle. This is a very agile, cautious and at the same time capable of fighting back animal. All this does not make it easier to fight him, quite the contrary. These rodents are quite aggressive. If the animal is not left with an escape route, it is likely to attack a person.

A female gives birth to about a dozen cubs per season, so if you do not drive away the carbysh, in a few years there will be much more of them, which means that the damage will also increase many times over. You can’t just “wait them out.”

Chemicals intended to kill hamsters

The chemical method of controlling hamsters is through deratization. Deratization is the destruction of rodents using chemicals called rodenticides. Rodenticides can be purchased in specialized stores.

Rodenticide "Clairat"

The most effective chemicals that can cause the death of hamsters after a single dose of poisoned bait include:

• Varat is a chemical preparation whose main purpose is to kill rodents. The drug is a ready-made poisoned bait in the form of granules. The drug is used in the autumn after harvesting, as well as in the spring during the period of lack of food for hamsters.
• Rodenticide “Clairat” is available in granules and is used as a ready-made bait. Destroys almost all types of rodents. Use in dry weather. Due to the high toxicity of the active drug, processing is carried out by special services.
• Rodenticide “Final MB” is a paste-like mass, a ready-made bait. It has a strong effect, a single use is enough to kill a rodent.
• Rodenticide 2nd degree “Rat Death” is a ready-made, poisonous bait in the form of a dough-like mass. Used throughout the year.

Lifestyle

These animals are most ; during the day they hide in a hole. In winter, it hibernates, but not deeply, and periodically wakes up to eat from its reserves.

Comes out in March - April. Males are friendly only to females during the breeding season, the rest of the time they are aggressive towards everyone, including humans .

The size of the enemy is not important for a hamster . They have a solitary lifestyle and protect their territory. They attack “unwanted guests.”

Traditional methods of fighting hamsters

Rodenticide “Rat Death”
Folk methods of fighting hamsters include methods that have been used for several decades. There are 4 methods:

1. Wood ash must be crushed and poured into holes, and also spread along the paths of movement of hamsters. The wood room contains alkali that can corrode hamsters' paws. As soon as the alkali begins to irritate the surface of the paws, rodents lick the ash, which leads to severe irritation and inflammation of the mouth and stomach. Which forces rodents to leave their habitat.
2. Wheat flour and alabaster are mixed in equal quantities and placed near the holes, and a bowl of water is placed next to the dry mixture. The mixture has no specific odor and does not cause suspicion in hamsters. After consuming the dry mixture, hamsters taste the water out of curiosity. After a few minutes, the mixture hardens in the stomach, which is fatal.
3. The wine cork is cut into small pieces and mixed with bread crusts. Pieces of cork and bread are tied together using sunflower oil. Once the mixture enters the hamster's stomach, the pieces of cork swell and become stuck in the intestines. Leads to indigestion and death.
4. Quicklime is mixed with sugar cubes. The resulting mixture is placed in the burrows. After taking the mixture, the stomach receives severe burns, which leads to death within 10-15 minutes.

Mechanical devices

If there is a carbysh hamster on your property, you need to get rid of it in the shortest possible time so that the damage to the garden is minimal. For this you should use special tools. The simplest and at the same time effective way is to set traps. Only they must be secured, otherwise, due to their large size and, accordingly, survivability, the hamster may well escape to its home. The trap is placed near the horizontal entrance to the carbysh’s home.

You can also use various rat traps, as long as they are large. As already mentioned, the device must be secured, for example, with a peg.

Some people use homemade traps. In general, many types of hunting traps are suitable. But the simplest one will probably be this one. You need a box with a tight-fitting lid, to which two rubber bands are attached, and a spacer is placed at the bottom. Be sure to place bait inside. When the karbysh runs inside, he slams the lid behind him. Another effective, but more complex method is hunting snares.

In general, traps are the fastest and most reliable way to get rid of carbysh in the garden.

Comparison of control methods: advantages and disadvantages

Each method has advantages and disadvantages. Before deciding on the choice of method of fighting hamsters, read the table, which shows the main advantages and disadvantages of the methods.

Zoocides against pests

The logical conclusion of our article is products specifically designed to combat furry pests. They are the most effective, although people call them poison and “chemistry”. These are drugs such as Ratobor, Varat, Antikrys, Last Breakfast, Storm, Bros. By the way, some of them are harmless to people and pets, for example, Mole Meter ECO.

By the way, if the listed options do not suit you, opt for another type of industrial means against furry animals - an ultrasonic repeller. Due to its low frequency, the sound produced is heard only by pests. This sound scares them - and they leave. How do you drive them away?

FAQ

“GRAD A-500” is a unique rodent repeller with an effective area of ​​up to 500 sq.m.
Question No. 1. How do ultrasonic repellers work?

Scaring methods are associated mainly with sharp and vibrating sounds, which disorientate and negatively affect the psychosomatic state of rodents.

Question No. 2. If you decide to fight hamsters with chemicals, how to determine the main entrance to the hole?

The vertical entrance to the hole is considered the main one, the rest are considered spare ones. If the entrance is located in an open area and is clearly visible, most likely this recess is a false hole leading to a dead end.

Question No. 3. What poisonous additives are strong and can kill a rodent the first time?

Strongly toxic additives include all types of rodenticides, which contain zinc phosphide and arsenic compounds.

Question No. 4. What chemicals are used to treat hamsters' travel paths?

To treat the paths of movement, rodenticides intended for pollination are used. Not only rodent paths pollinate, but also exits from burrows. This method is effective, since toxic substances enter the lungs and intestines of hamsters in the process of licking fur and paws.

Question No. 5. What are the benefits of long-acting chemicals?

Long-acting poisons contain chemicals such as coumarin, phentolacin, and indodione. They have no taste or smell, and do not cause alertness to the bait, since the substances act slowly, without painful symptoms. After several meals of poisoned food, rodents die suddenly.

Spreading

Mainly settles in the steppe, forest-steppe, and in the south in the forest zone. You can also find karbysh along river valleys and in mountainous areas.

He loves cultivated areas: fields, parks, vegetable gardens, but can also live in buildings, even close to people.

Habitat in Russia:

• off the coast of the Black and Azov Seas;
• from the Smolensk region to the Perm region;
• from the Sverdlovsk region to the Krasnoyarsk Territory;
• in the Minusinsk steppe.

Teeth

Like all species, the field hamster has very sharp teeth. They grow throughout their lives, which is why they need constant grinding. The animal understands this well and is looking for something to chew. This can be either solid food or stone or wood. The enamel on the front incisor teeth is stronger, so grinding down not only reduces the size of the teeth, but also makes them sharper. At home, if it is necessary to grind them off, the hamster gnaws the bars of the cage (if there are no alternatives). In nature, he is not limited by four walls, so he gnaws on everything he comes across. It is no secret how many teeth the field hamster has, exactly the same as other species - 16. Four incisors and 12 molars.

Ultrasonic repellers

For those who are thinking about how to get rid of carbysh using a more humane method, there are repellers. This method does not kill the animal, and also does not entail any risks that exist, for example, when using poisons.

The principle of operation is not complicated: the device emits high-frequency ultrasonic waves that are constantly changing. Rodents, which have more developed hearing than humans, perceive ultrasound. He is unpleasant to them, and they leave the area.

The following models are very popular:

• "Electrocat" In addition to ultrasound, it also produces light flashes that frighten rodents.
• "Grad". Produces ultrasonic and sound waves. In addition, it has a flickering beam of light.
• "Typhoon". Coverage area: more than 200 m. Can operate in sound and silent modes.

Some gardeners recommend burying repellents for greater effect.

This method of resisting the pest looks very promising, but it is not always reliable. It is difficult to say what this is connected with, but sometimes carbysh do not react at all to repellers, although moles and mice disappear.

Also, for those who are looking for ways to fight carbysh in the garden, there is an alternative method that does not require human intervention at all. You need to let a dog or cat into the area, either a rat catcher or an ordinary one. Both animals are very scary for the carbysh, and he will leave the garden on his own. A cat is still preferable, because it will not cause as much damage to the garden as a dog can do.

Karbysh hole

A gardener whose garden this pest has wandered into needs to know how to deal with carbysh. But the rodent spends most of its time in the hole. Therefore, it is necessary to arm yourself with knowledge of how it works.

The common hamster does not always dig housing itself; sometimes it takes it away from other relatively large rodents, for example gophers. The karbysh's burrow is always deep (about 1.5 m), with a complex system of tunnels (about 8 m long). There are at least 2 entrances (usually about 5), but sometimes up to 10, a nesting room, as well as many storage rooms.

Can it be kept at home?

We should not forget that this is a wild animal that can show aggression and bite a person. The bite of a wild hamster can cause up to 30 different diseases, and in the absence of timely measures taken, death. In this regard, it is not worth keeping a rodent in captivity. Many are also interested in: “How to tame a field hamster?” It's not worth even trying. Karbysh cannot be tamed, even if caught as a cub. It is much easier and safer to buy a hamster at a pet store.

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