[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[marlene at kenyonzoo.com]

Marlene
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marlene at kenyonzoo.com

To try to get rid of some gophers in my yard, my pest control contractor put strychnine deep down in the holes. The gophers continued to dig in those holes and make new ones. I have seen 2-4 dead birds a day and my 3 pound dog was poisoned twice (probably from eating the dead birds) and almost died. This has been going on for about a month now and I finally saw a dead gopher 3 days ago. I'm still seeing dead birds and am afraid to bring the dogs back to my house.

Do you know how I can get rid of the poison from my yard? It rained a lot right after it was put down, then rained again a couple days ago, plus I've been watering the heck out of it (only solution given by pest control company). Most of the holes come up in grass, a few in the rock area around my pool. 

Also, my pest control guy didn't know what he was putting down on my yard (had an old package of gopher bait with the writing scratched off) and has done nothing to try to fix this problem. Is there a licensing board for pest control companies? I want to check and see if he has the porper lisencing for this type of work.

Thanks!!
Marlene