What do you know about Groundhogs? Have any Groundhog experiences?
By kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13387)
United States
July 21, 2007 6:30pm CST
Does anyone know what groundhogs eat? Do you know anything about their behaviors or history? Ever since I put up my birdfeeder in my backyard, he has been out in our backyards more often. Yesterday he was eating whatever bird food was on the ground. I did not know they ate bird food. My one neighbor said that the groundhog and one my neighbors cats became friends and ran off in the woods together and came back together.
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@Polly1 (12644)
• United States
22 Jul 07
I think they are so cute, we have some that come in the yard too. I live in the city and we still have raccoons, possums, and groundhogs. I think they eat whatever they can find, I have never know them to destructive like raccoons can be. I always enjoy seeing them running around.
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
22 Jul 07
I just checked out my profile. I love that cube that you made. How did you do that? I think the groundhog is cute as well and he was pretty big. Before having my bird feeder I did not see him very much but now I see him almost every day.
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@joey_matthews (8354)
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24 Jul 07
Groundhogs?
Are they as we call 'em here "hedgehogs", you know sonic ;)okay, maybe not just searched.
Never seen 'em, I'm not even sure we have them over here.
~Joey
Kudos!
P.s I left it in because nothing to feel ashamed about :)
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
5 May 08
Here is a picture of a groundhog that visits mine and my neighbors backyards. Usually they eat peoples flowers or plants but this one seems to like the birdfood that falls from my birdfeeder. It is a cute little guy and supposedly we have another one a few houses up the road.
@oscarbartoni (2581)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Hedge hogs are a different animal altogether. Hedgehogs are insect eating mammals whereas the groundhog or woodchuck are plant eating (( mean vacuum cleaners of plants) rodents. They can dig a hole in soil that would break most shovels, I know because I broke a few shovels trying to dig them out of the garden.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
22 Jul 07
I am embarrassed to say this; but, I know absolutely, positively nothing about groundhogs. The only thing I know about groundhogs is that everyone makes a fuss over them come February 2 .."groundhog's day" and place all their trust in the creature's indirect prediction of an early or late spring. That's all I know..I will learn some more though, when I read your replies;)
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
23 Jul 07
I know they eat tomatoes and the leaves off of my cucumber plants. They have a feast in my garden every year. They also eat pears. The neighbors have a pear tree next door and you can watch them sit out there eating them off of the ground.
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@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
22 Jul 07
I didn't know they had groundhogs in delaware.I was really surprised to hear they were eating bird seed. I hope he isn't trying to take it from the bird feeder itself!
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@oscarbartoni (2581)
• United States
22 Jul 07
Ground hogs or woodchucks are vegetarians that will eat moat any plants. They dig tunnels underground and the tunnels can be 30 foot or more long with several z"rooms" that they use for different things. (If you have a vegetable garden around then you may as well kiss it good by because it will be eaten to the ground. This rodent is like a vacuum cleaner with legs as far as greens goes.
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
25 Jul 07
Awwww, that is just so cute!!! I bet the have the best relationship ever. I don't really know much about them at all but I think your story is just cute.
