Re: Woodchuck under trailer
- From: Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 23:56:19 -0400
On 16 May 2006 20:32:19 -0700, sriddles@xxxxxxx yodeled:
dnr wrote:
"Stormin Mormon> wrote
I've been filling chuck holes. Last couple days, I've filled three
tunnels under my trailer skirting. Two holes in the ground behind the
trailer.
Today there is a new hole. About 4 inch diameter. I ran the garden
hose into the hole, and turned on for about five minutes. No signs of
filling up. So, it must be a pretty big cavern.
Being in a trailer park, it's not legal to shoot. I called the park
office, and now I'm on the list to use the Havahart trap. They trap
and release.
Have checked out several web pages. They suggest coyote or fox urine
(and have some for sale) or various types of trap. All for sale.
Any cheap and easy answers come to mind?
Here is a typical picture I found on the web:
http://www.nps.gov/acad/flow/pix/woodchuck.jpg
They are *so* cute. They look like a cross between a beaver and a wombat.
No way could I kill one... heck, I can't even kill the odd fieldmouse that
turns up at our place (neither can the cats, apparantly)
Yowie
I'm w/you, Yowie...but we are not male, and the critters are not under *our*
home! Chris wants to get rid of them and their digging and I don't blame
him.
All I could think of is - not urine from anybody/thing - but why don't you
try
filling those holes w/quick-dry cement mix.....can't make for friendly
habitat
for these rat-like critters? Then again, I dunno, having never seen one -
big-city urban upbringing. However, my RB father, native of middle-Tenn.
(75 miles south of Nashville...you readin', Eldredge?) used to sing-song
this
little ditty (there's more but I can't remember it) to me when I was little:
"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood?" - say it real fast, LOL......little levity here, Chris will probably
not
be amused.....
I'm also glad they're not killing them....but....I don't think I've
ever seen a woodchuck. Is it like a gopher? If so, is there a colony of
them? Seems like it would be hard to trap them all. Or are they more
like chipmunks? (I *have* seen them at Yellowstone. Thought it was cute
until about 100 converged on us, then they began to look more like
rodents)
Sherry
Good luck with that, anyway.
Sherry
Woodchucks=groundhogs. They're members of the marmot family. Check
out Punxsutawney Phil. ;)
There was for many years a groundhog in the Central Park Zoo named
Gladys. She was friendly, and walked around the zoo freely sometimes.
She was absolutely spherical. She looked like a brown furry beach
ball with buck teeth. ;)
Theresa
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