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Critter Confused?
You’re not the only
one...
Check out our links below to find out what’s pestering you,
and what you can do about it!
The Crittergetter is not your typical vole control product. It exterminates voles through the use of engine exhaust from a car, truck, tractor, mower, ATV, or nearly any other type of combustion engine, diesel or gasoline. Quite plainly stated: Exhaust Kills. Your problem vole lives inside a burrow. That burrow is a confined space. The Crittergetter will fill that confined space with a toxic gas that will lull your vole to sleep painlessly and permanently... that´s the end of your vole problem.
The Crittergetter is the only proactive vole control product available. When applied properly, the burrow system of the vole is no match for the Crittergetter because its use of high pressure exhaust makes it singularly capable of reaching the farthest reaches of any burrow. Nearly every other product on the market relies on an action from the vole to be effective; the Crittergetter takes the action to these unrelenting pests. Use the Crittergetter for your vole control needs and "bring the business" to your voles, before your voles give the business to you.
Not a vole? Have other critter issues in addition to voles? Not a problem. The Crittergetter is the lone product available where it doesn´t matter what type of critter you need to get rid of… the results are always the same; the Crittergetter turns the entire burrow into a toxic environment, regardless of the critter type.
Concerned about how the Crittergetter may affect your environment? Read The Crittergetter – An Alternative to Poison to find out how the Crittergetter works and why common fertilizers, pesticides, and pest control products are markedly more harmful to your children, your pets, and you.
Our use of engine exhaust for vole extermination is not a new idea. Savvy Farmers and Landowners throughout the U.S. have been successfully using engine exhaust and a far from perfected, inefficient mish-mash of incompatible parts, as an abatement technique for decades. The Crittergetter simply provides a properly constructed tool, made of the appropriately sized parts, to efficiently and effectively use this technique in one easy to use kit.
A note regarding exhaust pipe sizing:
Vehicle exhaust pipes are sized as
they are for a reason. Attempting to reduce an exhaust pipe to a
3/4-inch or 5/8-inch diameter will cause excess backpressure
resulting in valve and catalytic converter damage. If the
automakers could use pipes of these smaller diameters for their
exhaust systems, they would have done so long ago and saved
themselves a great deal of money.
Unlike most poisons, baits, traps, toxic castor oil, and other products used for vole control; the Crittergetter is safe for use around both children and pets.
Vole curious? Scan to the bottom of this page to learn more about these relentless pests. For those interested in learning more about the Crittergetter, pest identification, and much more; the toolbar´s above and to the left provide links to resources and information specific to many types of burrowing animals including sections on damage prevention measures and specific animal habitats. In addition, for homeowners in cities and tight-knit suburbs lacking the access requirements to use the Crittergetter for their vole control needs, we provide links to alternative product manufacturers, alternative product retailers, and other informational websites that will help these individuals get rid of their voles or other burrowing pests.
To order a Crittergetter simply follow the easy
steps below.
Measure your exhaust pipe.
For this application an "Up to 3-inch"
Homeowner Crittergetter or a 3" (7.6 cm) Original
Crittergetter should be ordered.
This is the correct way to measure an odd shaped
tailpipe. A "3-inch Plus" Homeowner Crittergetter or a
4" (10.2 cm) Original Crittergetter should be ordered.
Determine the required length of your Crittergetter by
measuring the distance from your vehicle to the burrow opening or
mound. (For the average person, one large step equals about
3-feet.)
Select a Crittergetter from our product selection
below.
We have two versions of the Crittergetter: The
Original and The Homeowner. The Original Crittergetter hose is
constructed of very heavy gage 3-Ply Polyester Yarns, is tough
enough to be driven over by a car on a rocky surface without
being damaged, and was created with the intent of withstanding
continuous vigorous use. For those who do not require the
industrial strength and durability of the Original, we have the
Homeowner Crittergetter. By forming a union between the Original
Crittergetter hose and our lightweight plastic hose we can offer
a product that is better suited to the majority of our users
needs. Other benefits of the Homeowner Crittergetter as compared
to the Original Crittergetter are as follows:
By using a section of the Original Crittergetter
hose at the point of connection with the tailpipe, we are still
able to maintain the heat resistance of the Original
Crittergetter but remove the bulk and expense of the majority of
the Original Crittergetter hose by substituting it with our
lightweight plastic hose.
The Homeowner Crittergetter is easier to handle
and maneuver than the Original.
Our lightweight plastic hose has greater
flexibility than the Original Crittergetter hose.
50-foot sections of our lightweight hose are
available for the extension of your Crittergetter in length up to
150+ feet or for replacement of a damaged hose. Please see our
replacement/extension units & coupler kits. One coupler is
required per extension.
Our Homeowner Crittergetter is affordable.
100% customer satisfaction is very important to
us - If you are not satisfied with your Crittergetter for any
reason, please return it! See our
Return Policy for details.
Homeowner Crittergetter
Priced From:$29.99
Reasonably priced two day shipping available
The vole is often confused with the mole and gopher due to habitat overlap and similar eating habits - Control methods differ for these three species; many people misidentify their target and often...
The Vole is often called a meadow mouse or field mouse, and it averages the size of a large mouse or small rat. They are found to weigh anywhere from ½ ounce to 3 ounces. The vole has small eyes and ears, the latter being mostly hidden in its fur.
Although it is generally believed that the vole is nocturnal, they...
Voles, like moles, exist in a wide range of living conditions: they are found in geographical elevations ranging from lowland costal areas, to mountains in excess of 12,000 feet amidst a wide array of soil types and climate conditions.
Voles as a species prefer to habituate areas thick in grasses and underbrush where they can create runways and grass tunnels that will keep their travels hidden away from predatory eyes. When tunnels are available, most species of vole will borrow these tunnels and runway systems created by ...
The vole is primarily a herbivore, feeding on roots, leaves, seeds, grasses, fruit, underground fungi, and nearly any type of green plant. The meadow vole is a particularly voracious eater, devouring up to 60% of its bodyweight including insects and the young of other...
The vole is often confused with the mole and gopher due to habitat overlap and similar eating habits - Control methods differ for these three species; many people misidentify their target and often use improper techniques in their abatement efforts.
Some species of vole can be found to inhabit elevations of up to ...
The vole is a very prolific breeder and as a result one may find many of these animals eating anything they can get their little paws on. The vole has been known to cause great damage (at times complete) to crops, orchards, and small plants and trees, especially when they reach high population densities.
Like the mouse, the vole can carry disease that can be transferred to humans through...
Because the vole has explosive population growth potential and a voracious appetite, it is especially important to control the vole's numbers in areas where they can proliferate and cause great harm to humans, plants, and livestock.
Many of these techniques are the same preventative measures you would use for other burrowing critters such as...
Voles are frustrating, especially when combined with your landscaping. What seems to make the damage done by these animals worse is the intelligence displayed by them when attempting to stop them: Voles seam to learn to avoid and overcome traps, they hide and barricade themselves away from danger, they adapt to noise, and they learn to shun baits and poisons. Often adding even more frustration, is the common error of confusing your vole with some other sort of perpetrating animal, which typically causes the use of inappropriate products, and in turn, ineffective treatment. Considering all of these contributing factors, it's a wonder anyone is ever able to gain any sort of control over these animals. Use of the Crittergetter removes much of the contradiction and confusion created due to the differing types of treatment required for each individual critter, and unlike traps, poison baits, and most other pest control methods, the Crittergetter does not rely on any action from the vole or other pest to be effective. By delivering a fast moving, burrow-end reaching, 'non-pest specific' pressurized carbon monoxide gas, the Crittergetter, unlike many other products, will be effective regardless of what type of burrowing pest it comes up against because its quick delivery does not allow any critter the time to hide.
A note regarding critters who are surface
tunneling - surface tunneling is when a tunneling critter travels
around at a shallow depth, slightly raising the ground - creating
a trail that is easily followed. When these animals (Moles,
Voles, and
Gophers)
are engaged in this type of foraging activity the Crittergetters
effectiveness may be diminished due to the shallow nature of
these tunnels allowing the gasses to escape. Have Faith! The
Crittergetter has been used successfully against this activity.
The velocity of the exhaust in the small tunnel is great enough
to keep any loss to a minimum - the path of least resistance is
down the burrow, not pushing through broken soil! However, it may
require a couple of applications using the Crittergetter to
eliminate this critter.
Your results using the Crittergetter and its
immediate effectiveness during use will depend largely on how
established your critter has become. In the situation where a
burrow opening is at the end of a large burrow system persistence
is the key - Reapply if necessary - Once you have eliminated a
long time resident, newcomers will be much easier to control.
More straight forward and easy to understand information
regarding pocket gopher, mole, and vole control can be found at our partner site:
Gopher Guide. Don't forget to check out their honest and direct evaluations of many of the gopher, mole, and vole abatement products available on the market today.
in valve and catalytic converter damage. If the
automakers could use pipes of these smaller diameters for their
exhaust systems, they would have done so long ago and saved
themselves a great deal of money.
