Rodents annually cause irreparable damage to agriculture. This applies not only to products grown for industrial purposes, but also to country dacha plots.
Yellow pestrus is one of these pests. Although she considered a rare guest, brings a lot of trouble, so it is important to be able to distinguish it from other types of rodents, to know how to fight.
Piedly yellow: photo and description of the appearance
Yellow pestrushka is a small animal of the hamster family. Externally similar to a mouse, but larger. The body is elongated, slightly knocked down, long 10.5-21 cm.
The tail is quite fluffy, short, up to 2 cm. The skin color is monophonic, sandy-yellow, and the abdomen is whitish. The ears are small, rounded, the tips are slightly peeped from the fur.
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Distribution and reproduction
Rare animal. Distributed in the semi-desert areas of Kazakhstan. Found in Mongolia, sandy areas of North-West China, on the border with Russia. Settles on clay plots, solontsah.
Propagated 2-3 for 10-12 months. In litter there are up to 8 cubswhich quickly become independent and after 4 weeks can themselves produce new offspring.
Before the beginning of the last century, the pied bird had a high population, after which the numbers began to decrease for unknown reasons.
It is listed in the Red Book, but no measures were taken to restore the number.
Lifestyle
Pestrus is daytime. Settles colonial settlements in deep holes representing a huge system of moves with 4-6 holes to the surface. Lives at a depth of 45-50 cm.
Most of the time lives in burrowsgetting out to the surface for food. It feeds on herbaceous plants (especially prefers white wormwood), shrubs, roots, invertebrate insects. Does not fall into hibernation.
Harm to a man-farmer
Yellow speckled in the places where crops are grown is not so common. This is due not only to a decrease in the population, but also to its habitat.
She settles mainly in sandy areas, solontsah.
But, colonies can settle near the summer cottages. In addition, many have adapted their territory for growing different crops.
Wheat, maize, beets, beans, and others are grown well on cultivated sodic complexes.
In winter, rodents do not hibernate., and therefore represent a danger to the harvest. They eat grain in the hangars and poison it, spoil the vegetables in the cellars.
On sites gnaw the roots of shrubs and plants. Make numerous moves underground and exits out, which means spoil the flowers and crops.
They gnaw the roots of vegetables, dragged peas, beans, and millet into holes.
Ways to fight and protect
Consider the most popular ways to fight and protect the site from "intruders".
Traps and traps
The placement of traps and traps is the most common way of fighting. The disadvantage is that a large number of animals will not be able to catch.
Need to regularly check traps, to change the bait, to be able to properly arrange them on the site, to clean the caught animals in a timely manner and properly dispose of them in compliance with sanitary standards.
In addition, you need to be able to properly use the traps in order not to get injured.
Chemicals
Poison - effective remedy, but when using great care should be taken. It is simply impossible to scatter bait so treated with poison on the plot and in the house, because it will become dangerous for pets and small children.
Observe the places where rodents appear and place the poison bait in these places.
By types of poisons can be divided into:
- Potent, from which the rodent will die immediately. Effective in exposure, but dangerous to pets.
- Weak toxic substances are safer, but rodents will have to be etched several times.
In addition, you need to remember that the body of rodents is well adapted to a particular toxic substance, therefore, from time to time it needs to be changed.
Electronic Scarers
Modern devices give a good result in the fight against pestlets. They are silent, comfortable, safe. The effect becomes noticeable immediately, and after 4-6 weeks of continuous use of the device from rodents, you can get rid of almost completely.
Attention! When buying a device to the buyer, it is important to pay attention to the length (distance) of the emitted wave. If any universal apparatus can be suitable for a room, for a large area they will need several.
Biological method
Many summer residents bring cats homehoping to get rid of pestlets. The method is really good, but only if the animal likes to catch mice.
Therefore, having got a cat, you cannot be 100% sure of the security of the plot and the house.
Yellow pestro is not a frequent visitor (like voles, for example), but they represent severe hazard to plants and harvested. It is important to learn to distinguish this animal, to know how to deal with it, in order to protect the house and the site from irreparable damage.
