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Arizona, California, Utah Offices.

California counties and cities we are available to trap or train you to trap your own gophers are: Alameda County, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Union City, Alpine County, Amador County, Amador, Ione, Jackson, Plymouth, Sutter Creek, Butte County, Biggs, Chico, Gridley, Oroville, Paradise, Calaveras County, Angels Camp, Colusa County, Colusa, Williams, Contra Costa County, Antioch, Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, Del Norte County, Crescent City, El Dorado County, Placerville, South Lake Tahoe, Fresno County, Clovis, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Fowler, Fresno, Huron, Kerman, Kingsburg, Mendota, Orange Cove, Parlier, Reedley, Sanger, Selma, Glenn County, Orland, Willows, Humboldt County, Arcata, Blue Lake, Eureka, Ferndale, Fortuna, Rio Dell, Trinidad, Imperial County, Brawley, Calexico, Calipatria, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial, Westmorland, Inyo County, Bishop, Kern County, Arvin, Bakersfield, California City, Delano, Maricopa, Mcfarland, Ridgecrest, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Wasco, Kings County, Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford, Lemoore, Lake County, Clearlake, Lakeport, Lassen County, Susanville, Los Angeles County, Agoura Hills, Alhambra, Arcadia, Artesia, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bellflower, Bell Gardens, Beverly Hills, Bradbury, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, Cerritos, Claremont, Commerce, Compton, Covina, Cudahy, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Downey, Duarte, El Monte, El Segundo, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Hidden Hills, Huntington Park, Industry, Inglewood, Irwindale, La Canada Flintridge, La Habra Heights, Lakewood, La Mirada, Lancaster, La Puente, La Verne, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Maywood, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Norwalk, Palmdale, Palos Verdes Estates, Paramount, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, South El Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena, Temple City, Torrance, Vernon, Walnut, West Covina, West Hollywood, Westlake Village, Whittier, Madera County, Chowchilla, Madera, Marin County, Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, Tiburon, Mariposa County, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg, Point Arena, Ukiah, Willits, Merced County, Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, Livingston, Los Banos, Merced, Modoc County, Alturas, Mono, Mammoth Lakes, Monterey County, Carmel-By-The-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Gonzales, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, Soledad, Napa County, American Canyon, Calistoga, Napa, St Helena, Yountville, Nevada County, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Truckee, Orange County, Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Dana Point, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, La Habra, Lake Forest, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda, Placer County, Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, Roseville, Plumas County, Portola, Riverside County, Banning, Beaumont, Blythe, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Coachella, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Eastvale, Hemet, Indian Wells, Indio, Jurupa Valley, Lake Elsinore, La Quinta, Menifee, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, San Jacinto, Temecula, Wildomar, Sacramento County, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Isleton, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, San Benito County, Hollister, San Juan Bautista, San Bernardino County, Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big Bear Lake, Chino, Chino Hills, Colton, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Highland, Loma Linda, Montclair, Needles, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley, San Diego County, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, Vista, San Francisco City & County, San Francisco, San Joaquin County, Escalon, Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, Tracy, San Luis Obispo County, Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, El Paso De Robles, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo County, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Pacifica, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Woodside, Santa Barbara County, Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Solvang, Santa Clara County, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz County, Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Watsonville, Shasta County, Anderson, Redding, Shasta Lake, Sierra County, Loyalton, Siskiyou County, Dorris, Dunsmuir, Etna, Fort Jones, Montague, Mount Shasta, Tulelake, Weed, Yreka, Solano County, Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville, Vallejo, Sonoma County, Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Windsor, Stanislaus County, Ceres, Hughson, Modesto, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Riverbank, Turlock, Waterford, Sutter County, Live Oak, Yuba City, Tehama County, Corning. Red Bluff, Tehama, Trinity County, Tulare County, Dinuba, Exeter, Farmersville, Lindsay, Porterville, Tulare, Visalia, Woodlake, Tuolumne County, Sonora, Ventura County, Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, San Buenaventura, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Yolo County, Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, Woodland, Yuba County, Marysville, Wheatland.

In Utah, we service Salt Lake City, North Salt Lake, Alpine, Alta, American Fork, Beaver, bluffdale, Bountiful, Brigham City, Brighton, Cottonwood Heights, Cottonwood Heights City, Delta, Draper, Eagle Mountain, Herriman, Hildale, Hill Air Force Base, Hill AFB, Kaysville, Kanab, Layton, Lehi, Midvale, Murray, N SLC, SL,UT, Nephi, North Ogdon, Ogden, Orem, Park City, Pleasant Grove, Provo, Riverton, Roy, South Salt Lake, Sandy, South Jordan North Jordon, South Ogden, South SLC, Spanish Fork, Sundance, West Bountiful, West Valley City, West Valley, and we do provide personal training for those outer lying areas.

In Arizona, Awatukee, Anthem, Apache Junction, Casa Grande, Cave Creek, Central Phoenix, Chandler, Chandler Heights, Coolidge, El Mirage, Eleven Mile Corner, Eloy, Florence, Fort McDowell, Fountain Hills, Gilbert, Glendale, Glendale Luke Air Force Base, Gold Canyon, Goodyear, Guadalupe, Higley, Laveen, Litchfield Park, Luke Air force Base, Marana, Maricopa, Mesa, New River, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, North Phoenix, South Phoenix, West Phoenix, East Phoenix, Dreamy Draw, Queen Creek, Queen Valley, San Tan Valley, San Tan Heights, San Tan, Scottsdale, North Scottsdale, South Scottsdale, Sun City, Sun City West, Sun Lakes, Superstition, Superstition Mountain, Tempe, Tolleson, Toltec, Tonopah, Wickenburg, Youngtown and we provide training for those in the outer laying areas. All others throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico or anywhere else in the world that has pocket gophers and needs training or assistance, we are happy to help you.

If you are interested in becoming part of our team, please contact us today! We need trappers everywhere and are always actively searching for hard working individuals.

For the Deaf and HOH, we are happy to assist in ASL. Include your TTY # and we will be happy to contact you.

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The Gopher Getters specialized in Pocket Gophers. We know their habits, breeding and birthing cycles, even tunnel designs. When hiring a professional to eliminate your gopher problem, be sure to call us for a quick response and excellent service.

Pocket Gophers:

Stocky and muscular rodents that vary in color and size, have fur-lined pokets on both sides of it's cheeks, used to move food and other objects. Long wiskers and a tail that is covered in a thinner fur. The tail is long. Sharp claws enable the gophers to tunnel through the toughest soils, pushing rocks, pavement and concrete. Their front incisors are continually growing and must be maintained or will break off. They file their teeth on concrete, metal and rocks. Their teeth can easily cut through wiring, PVC, drip irrigation lines, wood, barriers, skin and bones. The gopher will forage above ground, pulling the plants below for food storage and nesting materials. Gophers can easily run above ground, as well as below. They can easily climb up wire fencing and planter boxes. They're tunnels are extensive and the dirt mounds they leave, are backfilled extensively to keep predators and water from entering their tunnels, which will expand for major distances, as the generations expand from the den. Gophers will tunnel and den at great depths, travel underneath freeways, homes, basements and pools. Levees, damns, ditches, lakes, fields and pools can be destroyed easily by gophers, especially when water is being introduced into the tunnel system.

Ground Squirrels:

Ground Squirrels are NOT gophers. A Ground Squirrel is a Ground Squirrel. The most obvious is that they have a very short stub of a tail, they have small nails, and lack the major digging claws of a gopher. They have large dark almond shaped eyes, with thick ears at the corners. They have a chirping warning system, as they lay and play above ground. They make short tunnels/burrows, that have a food storage area and a den/nest. They also mass produce and are trapped above ground, using rat traps with a bait, of your own choosing. We make our own specific type that is non-toxic. These rodents will eat anything, litterally, including their own. Often, you will see a few on the side of the road. Personally, I think they convince the dumbest of the group to see who can cross the road, only to be hit and kiled, sothey can then eat him. These are disgusting rodents and I am surprised that so many homeowners feed them, then complain that they're plants are being killed off. There are several varieties, so I'm not going to post any photos, I'll let you research those for your own area.

Prairie Dogs:

Prairie Dogs are in an entirely different class. These are massive compared to gophers! They are also burrowers, and like the Ground Squirrel, leave the opening to the burrow open. They also rely on the verbal and auditory barking and chirping like the Ground Squirrel to warn of predators.

Voles:

Voles are tiny, like field mice. Use mouse traps for these. They will often take over the vacant tunnel systems, and make for an excellent food source for Burrowing Owls.

Moles:

I can't beleive that I am writing this because everyone should know the difference, but moles are an entirely different thing. The Mole Rat is the closest thing to a Gopher, without the thick fur. Moles in general have a long or starfish/tentacle mouth, eat grubs, etc. They tunnel very close to the surface and will leave the trail on the surface. You use an entirely different trap for moles and be careful, those things can take a finger or two off.

A great place to search for images so you can tell the difference is online but if in doubt, send me a photo and I'll let you know. Now if I don't know, I'll tell you, and then I'll go and find out.


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