Get Rid of Gophers
You might think California pocket gophers are only a problem during the spring and summer months, but gophers are active year-round in California.
Gophers spend most of their time underground, digging tunnels and causing damage, and they tend to take up residence permanently – once you’ve got them, it can be quite a challenge to get rid of gophers! We may have a Gopher Control Guarantee for your property – ask us for details!
At Smith’s Pest Management, we offer comprehensive gopher elimination services for homes and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay area and the Wine Country.
When you call us, we’ll discuss gopher control options and our pricing structure, so you know what to expect. We’ll visit your home to implement the chosen gopher control plan and follow up as necessary. It may take 3 to 5 visits to successfully trap a gopher. If you choose our annual gopher control program, a licensed technician will stop by every other week to check your gopher traps and re-bait as needed.
If you’re concerned gophers are destroying your lawn and landscape, reach out today! (408) 871-6988
Our Gopher Control Services
Annual Gopher Program
To protect your property from gophers all year round, Smith’s annual gopher program is the best option. For a flat, monthly rate, a technician will service your property every month, checking traps and re-baiting as needed to ensure these critters don’t have the chance to inflict damage to your property.
Commercial Gopher Control
Smith’s also provides grub control services for property owners experiencing mole problems. Moles primarily eat grubs as their food source, so if we eliminate grubs from your lawn, we can make your yard less desirable and drastically reduce the number of moles. Our grub control solution consists of a granular lawn treatment.
Alternative Gopher Control Options
Our Gopher Trapping Process
Smith’s Pest Management receives frequent calls from people who are frustrated with the poor results they’ve gotten from using pest control companies for gopher removal. Getting rid of gophers requires a different set of skills than most pest control companies have – and we’ve learned that traps are much more effective than poison baits. We are able to work with those adverse to the use of toxins around the home, office, and schools, as our services are Healthy Schools Act exempt.
Here’s what we’ll do to get rid of your gopher problem:
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Expose the Gopher Tunnels
The first step in eliminating gophers from your property involves exposing a small portion of the gopher’s underground tunnel. Our pest control technicians will locate the tunnel, exposing a portion of it, and place a USA-made, professional-grade, stainless steel gopher trap inside the tunnel.
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Mark Gopher Trap Location
3
Gopher Removal from Property
A few days after placing the trap, our pest control technician will return to remove the gophers from the traps. If needed, we’ll put more traps out to remove all gophers from your property.
Where We Service
- Fremont
- Hayward
- Oakland
- Pleasanton
- Alameda
- Berkeley
- Livermore
- Dublin
- Piedmont
- Concord
- Danville
- Walnut Creek
- Clayton
- San Ramon
- Lafayette
- Orinda
- Novato
- Mill Valley
- San Rafael
- Stinson Beach
- Greenbrae
- San Anselmo
- Fairfax
- Ross
- Tiburon
- Belvedere
- Larkspur
- Monterey
- Carmel
- Seaside
- Salinas
- San Francisco
- Santa Cruz
- Soquel
- Capitola
- Aptos
- Watsonville
- Bonny Doon
- Corralitos
- Belmont
- Woodside
- San Mateo
- Daly City
- Menlo Park
- Millbrae
- Redwood City
- Foster City
- Half Moon Bay
- Portola Valley
- Hillsborough
- San Carlos
- Atherton
- San Jose
- Gilroy
- Los Altos
- Los Gatos
- Morgan Hill
- Palo Alto
- Mountain View
- Saratoga
- Sunnyvale
- Cupertino
- Sebastopol
- Santa Rosa
- Rohnert Park
- Penngrove
- Petaluma
- Sonoma
- Kenwood
- Glen Ellen
FAQ
You might have a gopher problem if you notice horseshoe or kidney bean-shaped dirt mounds, (moles make raised ridges, and volcano-shaped soil mounds ), dried patches of flat dirt, or plant damage like severed roots and plants disappearing into the ground.
Gophers tend to make several mounds in a small area, so keep an eye out for clusters.
Pricing depends on the size of the infestation and other factors. To get an accurate estimate, give us a call and we’ll provide you with a free, no-obligation quote! The good news is, it’s much cheaper to get rid of the gophers than it is to repair their damage to your yard.
Gophers are plant-eaters and love to snack on your garden and plant roots, which can cause plants to die or topple over.
Their tunneling also damages lawns, driveways, walkways, and flower beds, creating uneven ground and potential tripping hazards. Left unchecked, they can cause major damage fast! Their big soil piles kill the grass beneath them.
Gophers are active all year, but you’ll notice the most activity in spring and fall.
In the winter, they dig deeper underground to stay warm, but they don’t hibernate. They’re still busy building tunnels and foraging. We stay busy trap active gophers all winter long- even in heavy rain.
No, gophers aren’t protected by state or federal law.
However, California has strict regulations on the types of pest control methods you can use, so be sure to check with local guidelines before tackling gophers yourself.
Gophers are early risers and night owls. They prefer the cooler twilight hours, right after dawn and before dusk, to do most of their digging and feeding while avoiding predators and the heat of the day. That being said , there are many times we see the gophers working right in the middle of the day.
Jack J. - Santa Cruz, CA
