Every gardener and gardener puts a lot of work and care into their plantings. Simultaneously with planting plants, they enter into the fight against agricultural pests. Just the rodents that cause enormous damage to agriculture are hamsters or karbysh. How to deal with them? This is exactly what will be discussed in this article.
Who are the Karbyshi?
Karbysh is an ordinary hamster. It is the largest member of the hamster subfamily. The length of the body of an adult animal can reach 34 cm, the tail is 8 cm. The average body weight of the animal is 700 g.
The animal has a soft and thick pile. The color of the skin is bright and contrasting. Karbysh from above can have a reddish-brown color, and the belly is black. On the sides in front there are two light spots separated by black fur. Light spots can occur on the sides of the animal's head and behind the ears. In nature, there are absolutely black hamsters.
Muzzle karbysha has a moderate length. The tail is wide at the base and tapers towards the end. He's covered in hard andshort hairs. The ears are short, the hand and foot have a wide base. Claws are well defined on the fingers.
The common hamster has a wild and vicious disposition, often turning into aggression. Therefore, karbyshi can bite each other. How to deal with them? A trap is considered the best remedy for these animals. After a hamster bite, lacerations remain on the body, which can be dangerous for both humans and pets. These rodents are the distributors of more than 30 types of deadly diseases for humans.
Habitat
Karbyshi are omnivores. They like to eat greens, cereals, legumes. Do not pass by the bulbs and roots. For the winter, the beast prepares up to 15 kg of reserves. Doesn't sleep in winter. May crawl to the surface at -20°C.
Karbysh likes a rat and can attack people. Does not tolerate summer heat well. Able to die from sunlight. Likes waterways. Hamsters do not live in herds. They dig holes one by one at a certain distance from each other.
The animal lives mainly in the forest-steppe and steppe. Prefers floodplain meadows and wet areas.
Most often the animal settles in cultivated areas, parks, rice fields, gardens, vegetable gardens and forest belts. Settles more on dense soils and less often on loose and sandy lands.
The lifestyle is twilight, nocturnal. The rodent spends the whole day in a hole. The hamster carries supplies for the winter in cheek pouches, where about 46 g of grain is placed. Cereal cropsthe hamster shares in pantries by species. Karbyshi are not afraid of humans and often live near residential buildings. How to deal with them to prevent their reproduction? This question is asked by people whose gardens and orchards have been affected by pests.
Reproduction
All rodents are particularly prolific. Karbysh is no exception. Hamsters breed in March and April. In the season, the female can bring about three broods. Each time 8-15 cubs are born. How to deal with them? Karbyshi without timely control measures will not leave a trace of crops in the garden. Therefore, action must be taken immediately.
What does a karbysh hole look like?
Karbysh digs a deep and complex hole. It reaches about eight meters in length and more than one and a half meters in depth. From time to time settles in holes where ground squirrels used to live. A standard burrow of a common hamster can have up to 5 exits, numerous pantries and a nesting chamber. In the storerooms the animal stores its supplies. When the breeding season passes, the karbysh animal returns to a solitary lifestyle. So how do you get rid of intruders?
Karbyshi in the garden
The hamster causes great harm to garden plots. His activity in the garden begins in the seedling period. At this time, the karbysh (animal), as if with scissors, cuts the sprouts of seedlings of cabbage, pumpkin, cucumber, carrot, onion.
In the summer, the animal destroys the fruits of zucchini, carrots, pumpkins, beets. Lovesrodent onion and garlic. Does not refuse patissons and potatoes. It gnaws tubers and roots from plants. At this time, the pest not only destroys crops, but also stores potatoes, carrots, and seeds for the winter.
Karbysh is very gluttonous, and it causes significant harm in the garden, the garden. Whatever he can't eat, he takes with him. Gardeners are constantly forced to fight him.
Methods of struggle
If a hamster settled on the site, then all possible measures should be taken immediately to combat it. First of all, you can put traps on the animal and fix them properly. Otherwise, the animal will go into the hole along with the trap.
The most popular method of dealing with a hamster is water, which is used to flood the animal's hole. Water in the dwelling of a rodent needs to be poured a lot. Pour liquid until the animal begins to choke and crawls out. This method of pest control has its drawbacks. The hamster's hole has more than one way out. To etch the animal out of the hole, the remaining exits should be closed. The difficulty lies in the fact that the underground passages of the dwelling can stretch for several meters, and the exit can be located on someone else's site.
One of the methods of pest control is poison from rodents. A remedy for karbysh with a poisonous substance is placed next to the animal's hole. From time to time poisonous "feeders" replenish.
In the fight against karbysh, a dog can come to the rescue. She is the enemy of the rodent. A cat is capable of catching an animalPied Piper. She is specially trained in such a hunt and, unlike a dog, will not cause much harm to the garden.
Ultrasonic repeller will help to remove rodents from the area. The device emits specific mechanical and sound waves that are unpleasant for the animals, therefore, having heard them, they leave the site.
If karbysh is wound up in the garden, then all fruit trees should be fenced with metal mesh, as animals can damage the bark, and in some cases the tree is completely destroyed.
Chemical pesticides
If a forest karbysh hamster visited a summer cottage, then you can remove it by using poison from rodents, which should be spread near the dwelling. The most popular chemicals are:
- "Storm". The poison works quickly and effectively. It has a mummifying property. Prevents animal carcass from decomposing and eliminates unpleasant odors.
- Clerat. Causes rodent death within 24 hours. Reduces blood clotting and causes internal bleeding.
- "Kilrat". Acts on the pest for a week. It has a bitter taste, so experts advise mixing the drug with grains, porridge, mashed potatoes and other baits.
- "Warat". Bait in granules. Provides 100% eatability by the animal. Valid for 3-6 days.
- "Mortorat". Mummifying lure. Produced in soft briquettes. Valid for 3-4 days. Contains the active ingredient brodifacoum.
- "Final". Produced inhard briquettes. Enriched with flavoring additives, which is why rodents eat it with pleasure. Has water repellent properties. Suitable for use in wet areas and low temperatures.
- "Rat death". Created on the basis of brodifacoum. Causes bleeding and asthma attacks. The death of a rodent occurs on the 5-8th day.
Poison is laid out near the holes of Karbysh. Bait feeders are replenished from time to time.
Mechanical fixtures
In the fight against pests, mechanical devices will not be superfluous. The trap for karbysh should be taken with an arc, designed for catching small fur-bearing animals.
The charged device is placed at the horizontal entrance to the animal's dwelling. Since the karbysh is able to drag the trap, it should be securely fixed to the ground. Some people fight rodents with traps that look like mousetraps, only larger in size. This trap, like the previous one, should be fixed. To make the animal fall into the trap faster, you can pour water into the hole. In this case, the hamster will jump out and immediately fall into the trap.
Improvised traps are used to capture the animal. For its manufacture, they take a box with a lid that fits snugly. Two rubber bands are attached to the lid. They will press her. Place a spatula or stick under the lid. The bait is placed inside the box. The rodent runs into the box and eats the bait. At this time, the lid closes behind him. Instead of a box, it is more expedient to use a metal cage. Traps and traps are the best remedies forhamsters. With them, the question of how to breed karbysh will be resolved in a short time.
Ultrasonic repellers
Another effective tool to help remove karbysh from the site is a rodent repeller. This method of pest control is the most humane and safe. The device emits high-frequency ultrasonic waves, the frequency of which changes at a rate of 60 times per second. For rodents, the emitted sound becomes unbearable, and they try to move to another territory, without a hostile sound signal. The following devices are especially popular:
- "Typhoon". It can be used on the territory up to 220 m. It operates with a wide sound beam. Works in two modes: silent and sound. The first is used in residential areas, the second is more effective and is used where people do not live.
- "Grad". Works silently. It emits sound and ultrasonic waves simultaneously. There is a built-in flickering beam.
- Electrocat. The rodent repeller acts not only with sound waves, but also with light flashes. There is a special annoying signal that most effectively affects rodents.
Some gardeners bury an ultrasonic device in the ground and turn it on to achieve a better result in the fight against underground pests. According to them, karbyshi leave the garden plot in a short time.
Prevention measures
Undoubtedly, karbysh (how to get rid of the pest, was described above) does more harm thanbenefit. Therefore, if all of the above methods turned out to be ineffective, and the animal decided to return to the site, then gardeners are advised to temporarily refrain from planting so that the animal has nothing to eat.
Another rodent will not be allowed to exist on the site of a dog or cat. They need to be started on a permanent basis, then there will be no memories left from the troubles caused by karbysh.
