Andrew, They are group animals. If you have one, and a food source, you will soon have more. They will burrow your entire yard is left alone., any crawl space under your house will represent safe haven for their den exits.
Being ground animals, they collect the usual accumulation of things like ticks and fleas, while their tunnels will weaken the substructure of your foundation. When it rains, those tunnels provide a path for water which then will soften the soil compaction under your foundations.. then crack them as they shift... Or.. you could call your local PETA people and ask them to come feed and pet them for you.. your choice... Trap, and eliminate, would be the prudent choice, in my opinion. On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > What should I bait the trap with? > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > And they drive pretty good for quadrupeds. > > > > Dan > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > On Mar 17, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > They will tear up the entire garden to get one bite from every plant. > > Best to either trap it and move it, or effect a more permanent solution. > > They like burrowing up under buildings too, esp near a good food supply, > > and can tear up your foundation. And they breed like, well, groundhogs. > > > > > > --R > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 3/17/15 2:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > >> A large ground hog was spotted sunning him/herself on the patio just > > >> outside my dining room sliding door. This is my first exposure to > such > > an > > >> animal. What should I do? Will it dig up my foundation? Burrow > under > > the > > >> deck? Eat all the earthworms? WTF. I have a haveaheart trap but > don't > > >> know what to bait it with. > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> > > > https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > > https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
