Groundhog in the yard

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband just found a groundhog waddling through our front yard. Are we able to capture and trap it and give it to the County or do I call pest control? Husband thinks we should kill it, it may attack the children.

Have you ever heard on a groundhog attacking humans before?

Did you not watch caddy shack?!

That was a gopher. Completely different.

Then go watch Groundhog Day. Another Bill Murray classic and more entertaining than this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely harmless. Groundhogs do not attack anything or anyone. They eat grass and may go after a vegetable garden so use fencing and netting on your garden, but otherwise leave it be. If you try to call authorities about it, they will probably laugh at you.

Not true. Groundhogs dig tunnels under house and can cause damage to foundation.

https://www.midatlanticwildlifecontrol.com/how-a-groundhog-can-damage-your-property/#:~:text=Digging%20Trenches,crack%20and%20crumble%20over%20time.

If this is the case, there are many natural repellents that can easily convince them to move along. I believe the stories of groundhog attacks have been greatly exaggerated. They will not eat your children.

Groundhogs are nocturnal and seeing one in daylight is certainly a good possibility that it could have rabies. Your stupid is catching so don't infect your children!

Insane. The only time I even see groundhogs are in the daytime eating along the side of highways.

[Anonymous]

I feel like people may not know the differences between various forms of eastern suburban wildlife. For those who are new in town, here is a brief rundown of some of the smaller mammals you might see. (I assume everyone knows what rabbits and squirrels look like.)

For reference, a groundhog, gopher, and woodchuck are the same thing. It is a diurnal (awake during the daytime) herbivore that is a pest in the garden, but otherwise harmless. It looks like this:



A possum or opossum is a nocturnal marsupial that is ugly, mean, and prone to playing dead if it's cornered. It resembles a giant rat. Stay away, but they are rarely out during the day. (It is not the same as the Australian possum.)



A raccoon is a nocturnal omnivore with rings on its tail, black patches around the eyes, and opposable thumbs which make them very crafty at finding sources of food. They can be mean but generally keep far from humans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband just found a groundhog waddling through our front yard. Are we able to capture and trap it and give it to the County or do I call pest control? Husband thinks we should kill it, it may attack the children.

Have you ever heard on a groundhog attacking humans before?

Did you not watch caddy shack?!

That was a gopher. Completely different.

Then go watch Groundhog Day. Another Bill Murray classic and more entertaining than this thread.

OMG! Groundhogs, gophers, and woodchucks are all the same thing! There's an even longer list that someone posted a few pages ago but these are the terms you will see the most. They all refer to exactly the same animal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband just found a groundhog waddling through our front yard. Are we able to capture and trap it and give it to the County or do I call pest control? Husband thinks we should kill it, it may attack the children.

Have you ever heard on a groundhog attacking humans before?

Did you not watch caddy shack?!

That was a gopher. Completely different.

Then go watch Groundhog Day. Another Bill Murray classic and more entertaining than this thread.

OMG! Groundhogs, gophers, and woodchucks are all the same thing! There's an even longer list that someone posted a few pages ago but these are the terms you will see the most. They all refer to exactly the same animal.

Groundhogs and gophers aren't in the same family. One is a ground squirrel, the other is a borrowing rodent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband just found a groundhog waddling through our front yard. Are we able to capture and trap it and give it to the County or do I call pest control? Husband thinks we should kill it, it may attack the children.

Have you ever heard on a groundhog attacking humans before?

Did you not watch caddy shack?!

That was a gopher. Completely different.

Then go watch Groundhog Day. Another Bill Murray classic and more entertaining than this thread.

OMG! Groundhogs, gophers, and woodchucks are all the same thing! There's an even longer list that someone posted a few pages ago but these are the terms you will see the most. They all refer to exactly the same animal.

Groundhogs and gophers aren't in the same family. One is a ground squirrel, the other is a borrowing rodent.

Huh. I'll concede. I always thought they were the same.

[Anonymous]

My father used to shoot them with a bee bee gun.
But we grew up in the country. Also, that’s dangerous and I can’t believe he had that gun in our home 🥺

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely harmless. Groundhogs do not attack anything or anyone. They eat grass and may go after a vegetable garden so use fencing and netting on your garden, but otherwise leave it be. If you try to call authorities about it, they will probably laugh at you.

Not true. Groundhogs dig tunnels under house and can cause damage to foundation.

https://www.midatlanticwildlifecontrol.com/how-a-groundhog-can-damage-your-property/#:~:text=Digging%20Trenches,crack%20and%20crumble%20over%20time.

If this is the case, there are many natural repellents that can easily convince them to move along. I believe the stories of groundhog attacks have been greatly exaggerated. They will not eat your children.

Groundhogs are nocturnal and seeing one in daylight is certainly a good possibility that it could have rabies. Your stupid is catching so don't infect your children!

Groundhogs are diurnal, NOT nocturnal. And as rodents, they are much less likely to be rabies carriers.

Bats, raccoons and foxes are the animals most likely to carry rabies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely harmless. Groundhogs do not attack anything or anyone. They eat grass and may go after a vegetable garden so use fencing and netting on your garden, but otherwise leave it be. If you try to call authorities about it, they will probably laugh at you.

Not true. Groundhogs dig tunnels under house and can cause damage to foundation.

https://www.midatlanticwildlifecontrol.com/how-a-groundhog-can-damage-your-property/#:~:text=Digging%20Trenches,crack%20and%20crumble%20over%20time.

If this is the case, there are many natural repellents that can easily convince them to move along. I believe the stories of groundhog attacks have been greatly exaggerated. They will not eat your children.

Groundhogs are nocturnal and seeing one in daylight is certainly a good possibility that it could have rabies. Your stupid is catching so don't infect your children!

Groundhogs are diurnal. I love how people spout nonsense so confidently.

Because she’s a complete moron. 20 seconds on Wikipedia could’ve spared her looking like a complete dumbass, but no…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely harmless. Groundhogs do not attack anything or anyone. They eat grass and may go after a vegetable garden so use fencing and netting on your garden, but otherwise leave it be. If you try to call authorities about it, they will probably laugh at you.

Not true. Groundhogs dig tunnels under house and can cause damage to foundation.

https://www.midatlanticwildlifecontrol.com/how-a-groundhog-can-damage-your-property/#:~:text=Digging%20Trenches,crack%20and%20crumble%20over%20time.

If this is the case, there are many natural repellents that can easily convince them to move along. I believe the stories of groundhog attacks have been greatly exaggerated. They will not eat your children.

Groundhogs are nocturnal and seeing one in daylight is certainly a good possibility that it could have rabies. Your stupid is catching so don't infect your children!

I can tell you right now, you don’t know sh!t about a groundhog.


City people….. SMH.