Critter Control - How to get rid of chipmunks without a cat or lots of poison?

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Any suggestions?

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Few here

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I'd prefer to not get a cat as I'm allergic and I don't think the cat would really eliminate the problem.

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here is where you are wrong. That cat would frick those chipmunks up with prejudice.

get a few snakes

An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

Teach them how to sing.

Find holes in the ground.. Pour a gallon or so of High Octane ... Light it... Continue to next hole

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That cat would frick those chipmunks up with prejudice.

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In trying to deal with normal(at least as "normal" as they can be) "cat people" - I constantly have to remind them - the only differences between domesticated cats and the great cats (lions, tigers) are:

Size

Coloration

Ability to roar

All the rest - the killer instinct, and the incredible ability to kill in proportion to its size - are the same.

In fact, the only member of the feline genus that has significant structural differences, is the highly specialized cheetah. Virtually all the rest have only cosmetic differences (plus, the aforementioned ability to roar in some of the larger species).

So, yeah, with prejudice and the quickness. They've done those "Kitty Cam" research projects which verify that so-called domestic cats whose owners let them out at night for extended periods are bringing the pain to birds, snakes, rodents all over their neighborhoods.

And, in most cases, being that domesticated cats from middle class homes are very well fed - it is not for food, but for practice "just in case" something happens to their human staff...