8 gopher mounds popped up

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I sympathize... we have ground hogs. They are like gophers only they are the size of cats.

I trapped and relocated 5 of them to the wild this summer and one was too wiley to be caught. He sits up on the hill in our backyard and thumbs his nose at me every morning now. We travel too much or I would definitely have a dog!

I think this litle guy is kind of cute

[cheryl20772 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cheryl20772]

yeah... bigfrank...that's partly why he's still up there. Did you know ground hogs are related to squirrels? They graze on clover and love fruit and vegetables. When I was catching, them the best bait was apples and cucumbers.

Moles are different buggers. They eat grubs. Best way to be rid of moles is to kill all the grubs hiding under the grass eating the roots. The moles will relocate looking for grubs someplace else.

Sorry don't know about pocket gophers. Are they the same as chipmunks?

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Nope, pocket gophers are underground and push up mounds of dirt. Striped gopher would most resemble a chipmunk. When they crawl, they are very low to the ground where a chippy doesn't drop down. The striped will stop, then stand up to see what is going on.

My front trap has caught 1 striped and 2 moles. Nothing this morning.
No new mounds yesterday, will check again today. Maybe they moved on already or the poison did the job already.

We had a ground hog couple years ago. The poor dog went nuts when it the ground hog would sit on the front steps and the dog would watch it through the window.

Another time we had a possum under the deck. That was interesting getting the dog away from that critter.

Oh, and neighbor is going to put up the final section of the fence.

[Kay H Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kay H]

I think this litle guy is kind of cute

He looks like a beaver. Is it a groundhog?

[cheryl20772 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cheryl20772]

He looks like a beaver. Is it a groundhog?

Yes, he's a groundhog. They have short brushy tails, while beavers have long flat tails. Here's the mother with one of the babies last Spring. She had 5 that I counted. This isn't the best picture, but these are shy creatures and I had to take it through a window with a screen on it. They were eating the clover.