Hi
No groundhogs here in South central MS.....Never saw one before. Are
groundhogs the same animal as prarire dogs?
Thanks
Pete/MS/Z8
No, different animal. A groundhog is a large solitary rodent, a
little bit smaller than a raccoon, about the size of a cat. They
have a very large appetite, but are otherwise sort of cute. When I
see one I throw my cat out the door and tell her to go get it. They
are larger than anything she's ever killed, but her presence
disconcerts them, and they usually move along.
My father has had good luck excluding them from his garden with an
electric fence. It's actually a regular chicken-wire fence with two
electric wires, one at the top to discourage climbing, and one close
to the ground to discourage digging.