That sounds like a good solution for those who live in areas where weasels and possibly mink still exist. I'm pretty sure those animals are long gone from my suburban area after the waves of development from the 1960s through the first part of this decade. I did, however, have similar success getting woodchucks to move on by pouring a little bit of gasoline or kerosene down their hole though an old piece of garden hose shoved as far into the burrow as it would go. While NOT environmentally friendly (I know, the shame of it, groundwater contamination and all), it did work. They would leave and not come back.

cute story...it almost sounds like a commercial..reminds me of the windex blackbird and cat commercials of a few years back. My daughter lives in a townhouse..with a tiny tiny fenced in patio...I think it is like 16 ft by 28 or something to that nature...not a yard really...a plot..a chipmonk got in under her fence, and took up housing in a living plant wall that her dad built her....he would taunt her when she watered that wall..runing out and griping at her....then when they went in..he would climb up on the outside window sill and tease the dogs thru the glass endlessly.....revenge I think for wetting his house. They nicknamed him chip...he was not really friendly, just arnery....he resided with them in his "condo" for just one summer. As entertaining as he was, they were glad when he was gone...they didnt like the dog taunting which resulted in much barking...nor the startled factor when he would pop out of nowhere to gripe at them.

Yes, the tunneling is a real pain. I have one living under a rosebush right now. The holes can damage roots and kill plants. They also come into the veggie garden and make off with whole cherry tomatoes. This is actually better than them chewing bits off the bigger ones and wasting them. I often see tomato seeds and skins scattered along the stone wall where they like to live. I usually find I have enough tomatoes to "share" but hopefully I won't change my mind this year- seems like a bumper crop of chipmunks. I haven't noticed damage to other crops I grow (mainly herbs and peppers).

I just put mine in a bucket laying on it's side. They love peanut butter! I swear one year a chipmonk would sit right on my fence and taunt me..that thing ate more produce than I did that year...don't have that problem anymore! My neighbors feed them..so I have to be quiet about it, bucket helps with that, too..they're nice people, don't want to start a war..but the rodents have got to go!