All Wildlife Removal Service of New Jersey
can get rid of problem Groundhogs...
can get rid of problem Groundhogs...
| Many times homeowners think they see the same groundhog living in their yard for years. Suddenly the homeowner is shocked - why has that same groundhog become so much more brazen THIS year? Or they can't believe it - that same groundhog had babies this year! Well, the homeowner will also be surprised to learn... while all groundhogs do in fact LOOK THE SAME, they are not THE SAME GROUNDHOG year after year. |
As it turns out, groundhogs are on the bottom of the food chain and they have
a very short life span. The average lifetime of a groundhog is only one and a
half years. So when you have groundhogs living in your yard, you have to
remember that it’s not “the one groundhog," as many homeowners tend to
say. And getting rid of "the one groundhog” will not solve your problem.
The groundhog is an animal that hibernates through the winter. Depending on
the weather, they will come out of hibernation around the middle of March.
Roughly 35% percent of groundhogs that go into hibernation do not make it
through winter.
Groundhogs are herbivors (plant eaters) and are not generally aggressive
animals. However, they will defend themselves if a human gets between them
and their home. Groundhogs protect themselves by running down into their
burrow. If that hole is blocked by a predator or unknowing person, the
groundhog will produce a nasty bite if they feel that is what's necessary.
Homeowners should also be wary of momma groundhogs. Like an good
mother, the momma groundhog will do whatever she needs to do to protect
her babies. Litters of 2 - 9 babies are born around the end of March or early
April, although they will not venture out of the den for up to 6 weeks.
On average, one groundhog will excavate approximately 700 pounds of dirt in
the creation of one den - and a single groundhog may have 4 or 5 dens spread
over their territory! Over time and left to their own devices, groundhogs will
cause tremendous damage to yards and household structures. They live under
sheds, decks and their support columns, freestanding garages, sidewalks, slabs
(such as those that hold air conditioning units), and along fence lines. They
will undermine these structures with their continuous burrowing and
excavation of dirt. At All Wildlife Removal Service we had one instance of a
groundhog burrowing up against the foundation of a house leaving such a bad
pitch that when it rained, water would enter the groundhog's hole and leak
down the basement walls!
In wintertime when groundhogs are inactive, there dens are attractive to other
nuisance for other ground-dwellers, such as skunks. It is common for a skunk
to enter a groundhog hole and make side-tunnels, therefore causing a yard to
have a dual occupancy of both groundhogs and skunks.
Tunnels under grass can cause injury to both humans and animals such as
horses and cattle. Unfortunate injuries to animals often result in the need to
end their lives. Public areas such as college campuses and school fields run
the risk of entering a litigious situations if someone is injured due to poor
ground upkeep.
There are two ways to handle a groundhog problem. The first to simply
capture (trap and remove) the nuisance groundhogs that are living under your
structure. However, with a trapping/removal-only program we will only
provide a 3-day warranty against other animals getting in because, as we
mentioned before, a quiet groundhog den is an attractive place for occupancy
by many other animals including new groundhogs.
At All Wildlife Removal Service, we believe that setting traps alone is not a
sufficient solution. In fact, it is a waste of your money!! You will not stop
groundhogs from making your yard or garden their home. As you get rid of
one groundhog, another will just move in! (Similarly, if you have a groundhog
tunneling in your backyard that lives under your neighbor's shed, having us
come out to capture that animal is - that's right - a waste of your money. As
long as there is a den under the neighbor's shed and direct access to that den,
another animal will come along to inhabit it.)
Which leads us to the second, and infinitely more effective, way to get rid of
groundogs living under your deck or shed. An exclusion on that structure (in
conjunction with a trapping and removal program) will prevent future animals
from gaining access. In an exclusion, a trench is dug around the structure
below the ground,
then wire is attached to the bottom of the structure and led down into the
ground in an L-fashion, so that the wire looks like a book laying on its side.
The trench is then back-filled, leaving your structure with a permanent barrier
to keep groundhogs, skunks, and other ground-dwelling animals out - for
good! In the case of a proper exclusion, we offer our full 1-year written
warranty against new animals gaining access under the structure.
a very short life span. The average lifetime of a groundhog is only one and a
half years. So when you have groundhogs living in your yard, you have to
remember that it’s not “the one groundhog," as many homeowners tend to
say. And getting rid of "the one groundhog” will not solve your problem.
The groundhog is an animal that hibernates through the winter. Depending on
the weather, they will come out of hibernation around the middle of March.
Roughly 35% percent of groundhogs that go into hibernation do not make it
through winter.
Groundhogs are herbivors (plant eaters) and are not generally aggressive
animals. However, they will defend themselves if a human gets between them
and their home. Groundhogs protect themselves by running down into their
burrow. If that hole is blocked by a predator or unknowing person, the
groundhog will produce a nasty bite if they feel that is what's necessary.
Homeowners should also be wary of momma groundhogs. Like an good
mother, the momma groundhog will do whatever she needs to do to protect
her babies. Litters of 2 - 9 babies are born around the end of March or early
April, although they will not venture out of the den for up to 6 weeks.
On average, one groundhog will excavate approximately 700 pounds of dirt in
the creation of one den - and a single groundhog may have 4 or 5 dens spread
over their territory! Over time and left to their own devices, groundhogs will
cause tremendous damage to yards and household structures. They live under
sheds, decks and their support columns, freestanding garages, sidewalks, slabs
(such as those that hold air conditioning units), and along fence lines. They
will undermine these structures with their continuous burrowing and
excavation of dirt. At All Wildlife Removal Service we had one instance of a
groundhog burrowing up against the foundation of a house leaving such a bad
pitch that when it rained, water would enter the groundhog's hole and leak
down the basement walls!
In wintertime when groundhogs are inactive, there dens are attractive to other
nuisance for other ground-dwellers, such as skunks. It is common for a skunk
to enter a groundhog hole and make side-tunnels, therefore causing a yard to
have a dual occupancy of both groundhogs and skunks.
Tunnels under grass can cause injury to both humans and animals such as
horses and cattle. Unfortunate injuries to animals often result in the need to
end their lives. Public areas such as college campuses and school fields run
the risk of entering a litigious situations if someone is injured due to poor
ground upkeep.
There are two ways to handle a groundhog problem. The first to simply
capture (trap and remove) the nuisance groundhogs that are living under your
structure. However, with a trapping/removal-only program we will only
provide a 3-day warranty against other animals getting in because, as we
mentioned before, a quiet groundhog den is an attractive place for occupancy
by many other animals including new groundhogs.
At All Wildlife Removal Service, we believe that setting traps alone is not a
sufficient solution. In fact, it is a waste of your money!! You will not stop
groundhogs from making your yard or garden their home. As you get rid of
one groundhog, another will just move in! (Similarly, if you have a groundhog
tunneling in your backyard that lives under your neighbor's shed, having us
come out to capture that animal is - that's right - a waste of your money. As
long as there is a den under the neighbor's shed and direct access to that den,
another animal will come along to inhabit it.)
Which leads us to the second, and infinitely more effective, way to get rid of
groundogs living under your deck or shed. An exclusion on that structure (in
conjunction with a trapping and removal program) will prevent future animals
from gaining access. In an exclusion, a trench is dug around the structure
below the ground,
then wire is attached to the bottom of the structure and led down into the
ground in an L-fashion, so that the wire looks like a book laying on its side.
The trench is then back-filled, leaving your structure with a permanent barrier
to keep groundhogs, skunks, and other ground-dwelling animals out - for
good! In the case of a proper exclusion, we offer our full 1-year written
warranty against new animals gaining access under the structure.
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