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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!
You´ve got chipmunks under your foundation, there´s more chipmunks under your retaining wall, another bunch of chipmunks seem to call the area under your pond home - Yep, the pond no longer holds water - and the car´s been acting up since they discovered select items under the hood, like your air filter, double as a splendid nut cache! Until now you haven´t used any chipmunk control. What used to be a few cute little chipmunks seems to have turned into thousands of the little buggers. Chipmunks are eating everything including parts of both the outside and inside of your house. Chipmunks have raided the garden - this season´s a complete wash. Chipmunks have mowed down your ornamental sunflowers, cosmos, and Matila poppies. They´ve also somehow managed to eject most of your now half eaten flower bulbs from your flower beds. Chipmunks have eaten ALL your figs. Chipmunks have eaten your blueberries and your strawberries, and now they´re casting wanton glances at your fledgling apples. By the way, any idea how they figured out they could climb down the chimney?
You need some serious Chipmunk Control.
Before we discuss our chipmunk control product, let´s get one thing straight about these cute little menaces: chipmunks are rodents just like rats and mice. Chipmunks carry disease just like rats and mice. Chipmunks multiply exponentially, overnight it seems, just like rats and mice. A couple chipmunks in the yard is one thing, having them scurry across your picnic table, frolic on and around the places where your children play, or forage for food and/or nest in your attic or garage is unacceptable, unsanitary, and unsafe - especially when they´ve been found to harbor ticks that carry Lyme disease.
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.
The Crittergetter is not your typical chipmunk control product. It exterminates chipmunks 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 chipmunks live inside burrows. Those burrows are a confined space. The Crittergetter will fill that confined space with a toxic gas that will lull your chipmunks to sleep painlessly and permanently... that´s the end of your chipmunk problem.
The Crittergetter is the only proactive chipmunk control product available. When applied properly, the burrow system of the chipmunk 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 chipmunk to be effective; the Crittergetter takes the action to these foundation destroying pests. Use the Crittergetter for your chipmunk control needs and "bring the business" to your chipmunks, before your chipmunks give the business to you.
Not a chipmunk? Have other critter issues in addition to chipmunks? 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.
Our use of engine exhaust for chipmunk extermination is not a new idea. Homeowners and Landowners throughout the U.S. have been successfully using engine exhaust 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, and other products used for chipmunk control; the Crittergetter is safe for use around both children and pets.
Chipmunk 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 chipmunk 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 chipmunks 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
Unlike the gopher
and mole,
which are primarily underground dwellers, the chipmunk is similar
to the woodchuck
as a surface grazer. It will typically be found...
Eastern chipmunk - found in most areas of eastern North America from North Carolina across the center of the gulf bordering states to Louisana, North to central Ontario and northeast to Nova Scotia.
There are nearly as many preferable habitats for the various types of chipmunk as there are differences between them. Which is easily understood considering they inhabit elevations ranging from sea level to 14,000 feet and their corresponding eco-systems. One habitat characteristic that seems to be common ...
The typical chipmunk diet will consist of the grains, fruits, nuts, seeds, plants, and mushrooms specific to its living habitat. However, many chipmunks have also been known to eat insects and some may consume small or young animals and even young birds, lizards, and...
Most male chipmunks have nothing to do with the raising of young chipmunks.
Most chipmunks are "restless" hibernators: those who hibernate will awake on mild winter or spring days. Others, who reside at lower elevations where food is plentiful year round and the weather is mild, typically do not hibernate.
The chipmunk is not considered to be the source of any sort of significant personal or agricultural damage. Trouble with these animals will usually arise if they create a burrow near or under a structure or through sporadic "digging up" of landscaping...
Preventative measures should always be taken to protect new crops, vegetable gardens, and plants that are placed into a chipmunk habitat. Similar to the woodchuck, the chipmunk is primarily a surface forager, however...
Chipmunks 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: Chipmunks 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 chipmunk 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 chipmunk 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.
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.
