Glider! Thanks for your response. I don't know the law here in California and what rules there are to use guns in the middle of Los Angeles. I am sure my neighbors wouldn't be too happy knowing I am shooting a gun in my back yard. Also, these woolly rodents are protected by law. I think tree squirrels are protected, but not ground. How the hell do you tell the difference? Rat, rat, or rat? All the same problem in my book
I have tried everything: chili powder, commercial chemicals, animal urine, human urine, large rat traps (not a good idea as it doesn't kill them), live traps (not easy to get rid of them afterwards), slings shot, blow darts, everything.
I wonder if bow and arrow would work?
Somehow I think they raid my plants just to annoy me. There ARE no nuts in my pots so there is no reason for them to dig.