I called my Grandpa over and he's on his way over with his groundhog trap. I promise it's the humane kind. We'll fill the trap with apples, and once the groundhog is captured we'll transport it to the creek on the backside of his 200 acres where it can live a nice happy life without eating everything in our fall gardens. If this was the spring or summer time we'd probably have to watch for another one to appear because the male and female share the same den during the breeding season. I'm assuming this guy is probably a male because he's not hibernating yet. Even though our temperatures have been pretty mild for this time of the year, most groundhogs start hibernating in October. Some males will only hibernate for 3 months though while the females normally hibernate during the entire cold season. This guy will still have time to dig a new winter burrow before it gets too cold.
Fuzzy Wuzzy In The House
We've got a new friend who came out to play this morning! I was looking out the kitchen window as I was fixing breakfast, and underneath my clothesline I spotted a big fat fuzzy wuzzy...aka a groundhog! We see them around here a lot, and I love watching them run around, but living on a farm with groundhogs can be a problem. They'll eat our gardens. I couldn't get really close to take a good photo, but I was able to get one itty bitty photo from far away.
I called my Grandpa over and he's on his way over with his groundhog trap. I promise it's the humane kind. We'll fill the trap with apples, and once the groundhog is captured we'll transport it to the creek on the backside of his 200 acres where it can live a nice happy life without eating everything in our fall gardens. If this was the spring or summer time we'd probably have to watch for another one to appear because the male and female share the same den during the breeding season. I'm assuming this guy is probably a male because he's not hibernating yet. Even though our temperatures have been pretty mild for this time of the year, most groundhogs start hibernating in October. Some males will only hibernate for 3 months though while the females normally hibernate during the entire cold season. This guy will still have time to dig a new winter burrow before it gets too cold.
I called my Grandpa over and he's on his way over with his groundhog trap. I promise it's the humane kind. We'll fill the trap with apples, and once the groundhog is captured we'll transport it to the creek on the backside of his 200 acres where it can live a nice happy life without eating everything in our fall gardens. If this was the spring or summer time we'd probably have to watch for another one to appear because the male and female share the same den during the breeding season. I'm assuming this guy is probably a male because he's not hibernating yet. Even though our temperatures have been pretty mild for this time of the year, most groundhogs start hibernating in October. Some males will only hibernate for 3 months though while the females normally hibernate during the entire cold season. This guy will still have time to dig a new winter burrow before it gets too cold.
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