What Should You Know About Voles?

• They live above ground or burrowing below.
• Sometimes called “meadow mice”, they are stubbier than mice and have shorter tails.
• They are between 4 and 8 inches long, with blunt snouts and rounded heads.
• If you see them, it will be during the hours around dawn and dusk.
• Burrowing is their means of moving about in stealth.
• They hide their burrows with rocks and your decks, if it is built to ground level.
• Their abandoned burrows make homes for other pests.
• They are a favorite food of other predators. They hide in longer grass to escape detection.
• Like mice and rats, they breed rapidly.

How do You Know Whether You Have a Vole Problem?

• You see their tunnel systems near the surface.
• Your plants die, and you discover their roots had been eaten.

Are They Dangerous?

• They hurt  your garden rather than you.

What if You are Overrun with Voles?

• Make sure the problem is voles, not rats, mice, or moles.
• Call us. Hamptons Wildlife Removal will figure out which pest is troubling you.  We will develop a specific mitigation plan to eliminate voles, if we determine they are the problem.