Re: Woodchuck under trailer
- From: "Magic Mood JeepŠ" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 09:40:02 -0400
Kreisleriana wrote:
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
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com
Make Levees, Not War
They are also known as whistle-pigs. Think of that tunnelling character
from the Winnie The Pooh cartoons (from Disney), who has a whislte-lisp.
.
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