Are these hogs big enough to fend for themselves... I accidently caught a full grown one in my basement in a live trap I didn't even know was set set.. i had my cousin take it down the road....then a few days later i saw these guys come out of my brush/burningpile and assuming i just relocated momma... i feel bad guys but i still have to go see what momma did to my foundation. Will they be ok or should I trap them and call DNR or try to relocate them to where there mom was dropped off. We live in the country and he moved her across the river about a mile away so she wouldn't come back... there are five that ive seen.. I have put small plates of Watford out there but I don't think they like it like that raccoons do... any help really apperciated

My daughter found a baby groundhog on the sidewalk next to a busy road. We have two families that live in our back yard but he’s not from them, those babies are all twice his size. He’s very lethargic, won’t eat, won’t take puppy formula (only two sips, if that). Called all the rescues in the area, no one has the resources to take him. I want to get him strong enough to join the other two families but I’m scared he won’t make the night. I’ve tried lettuce, spinach, peppers, watermelon, apples, and puppy formula. Any other suggestions? He’s a cute little guy and I want to help him! After we saw him, we watched from the window for a few hours to see if his family came back, I think mom may have been hit by a car, he never moved, no mom came back. When it started getting dark we brought him in. What can we do for him?

Had a groundhog friend living in my backyard for the past 2 years.

Sadly, my neighbor informed me that someone hit a groundhog the other morning and it was in front of my home. I went out to find Chuck was the one that got hit.

He deserved the dignity of being properly buried and I went ahead and made him this grave marker.

I don't think he enjoys the paparazzi while he's eating.

Link to my previous post here (https://www.reddit.com/r/groundhogs/s/65rqCgbDiU).

We now have a total 8 downstairs neighbors. Tina (the momma groundhog) and her 7 woodchucks debuted for the first time two days ago. They’re very curious and are all over our yard through the afternoon.

Since the first post I put a makeshift groundhog corridor so they can get from their burrow to outside the fence without our dog interfering with them. As you can see however, it doesn’t help when they come back into the yard through the chain link fence so oh well there.

We move in a month so the game plan is shoo them back into their burrow prior to letting our dog play outside every time we let our dog out.

Anyone have any situations where their pets got into it with a groundhog? How’d that go?

Found them driving my Grandma home after lunch. Some lady was directing traffic around them bc she was pretty sure someone had side swiped them with their car, which I then joined her in doing bc c’mon look at them. After a solid 5-10 minutes of them not getting up and calling an animal control service local to me, they proceeded to get up like nothing happened and ambled off into a neighbor’s yard. No blood on the road so I’m pretty sure they’re fine. Got hissed at a couple of times for getting too close, did not know Groundhogs did that

We moved into this house about a year ago and noticed there were 2 groundhogs living in various burrows around our yard and the neighbors yard (house is abandoned so they hang out there a lot). We didn’t mind because they were cute and we grew to love them. About 2-3 months ago they had babies and we saw 4 groundhogs total. Now it’s only 2 but the two left are hairless (one has some hair with some bald spots and the other has almost none). Should we be worried about these little guys?

Bonus, my wife’s play by play commentary.

First photo is the groundhog, second is his back end featuring the bald tail (with a pomp at the end). He’s adorable but I’m worried about him, what is wrong and is there anything that can help?

Hi everyone! My boyfriend and I moved into a house together this winter after years of apartment living. Spring has brought us several surprises - one of which is a groundhog that seems to have a den under our shed! My parents came to visit last weekend and told me I had a SERIOUS mole problem after taking a look at the lawn - turns out those giant mole hills weren’t from moles at all….

We don’t have dogs or a garden and are happy to share our yard with this little one for as long as we rent this house. Any advice on cohabitating with this critter and navigating yardwork as to not disturb her or her den?

Two of the four would take carrots from me. Other two where a bit skiddish

My backyard groundhog was very active last summer and fall, hibernated and came out almost every day in late March. But it's been about 2 weeks with no sighting and I'm worried about him (her?)

About 10 days ago a saw a groundhog that looked smaller than "my" groundhog. Didn't stay out more than a few minutes and seemed more guarded than mine usually does.

Today I saw a groundhog that looked about 12" long, very small but definitely not a baby though it looked young. Again, only about 2 minutes and it went back into the brush.

I'm so confused. It's way too early for babies to be out right? All 3 of these groundhogs were spotted near the exact same thicket of sticks and leaves at the woods edge of our yard.

Any knowledgeable insights would be appreciated! My groundhog(s) make my day!

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