Pocket Gopher Control
Pocket gophers are a major nuisance across Alberta, especially in rural properties, acreages, farms, and large landscaped areas. These burrowing rodents can cause extensive underground damage, kill lawns and gardens, and create hazardous mounds that disrupt equipment and pose tripping risks. Their tunneling can spread rapidly, making early intervention essential. If you’re dealing with pocket gopher activity, call the region’s leading rodent control specialists—S.O.S Pest and Wildlife Control. Our integrated pest management systems give us the leading edge on the competition. More affordable, efficient, and successful, we are the most reliable pocket gopher removal company in the region.
Pocket Gopher Assessment Process
A pocket gopher inspection begins with a full evaluation of your lawn, fields, garden beds, and surrounding soil conditions. We look for fresh mounds, active tunnel systems, soil displacement patterns, root damage, and signs of ongoing burrowing. Because pocket gophers create extensive underground networks, we also assess how far the tunnels have spread and whether multiple colonies may be present.
Our assessment identifies the level of activity, the size of the infestation, and the areas most at risk for continued damage. Once the inspection is complete, we provide a clear quote outlining the recommended control plan. Pricing is competitive within the local market and reflects our commitment to efficient, effective rodent management.
Pocket Gopher Removal Services
Our pocket gopher control program uses targeted, proven methods designed to eliminate active colonies quickly and safely. Depending on the severity of the infestation, this may include trapping, baiting, tunnel disruption, and habitat modification to prevent re establishment.
We focus on stopping ongoing tunneling activity, protecting lawns and gardens, and preventing further underground damage. Once the initial control phase is complete, we monitor the property to ensure the colony has been fully eliminated. Our goal is to restore your landscape and prevent future destruction.
Pocket Gopher Prevention Tactics
After the active gophers have been controlled, we implement long term prevention strategies to reduce the likelihood of new colonies forming. Prevention focuses on reducing attractants, reinforcing vulnerable areas, and maintaining soil conditions that discourage burrowing.
Common prevention steps include:
- Collapsing and filling old tunnels to prevent reuse
- Improving soil compaction in high risk areas
- Protecting gardens and root systems with underground barriers
- Removing excessive vegetation that attracts gophers
- Monitoring for early signs of new mounds
- Maintaining healthy turf to reduce weak, easy to burrow zones
Because pocket gophers can spread rapidly across a property, our follow up visits include a re inspection to ensure the infestation has not returned.