Posted by john in la on November 05, 2023 at 23:52:36 from (47.7.115.164):
In Reply to: 12 groundhog holes ! posted by olgentdc on November 05, 2023 at 18:44:12:
While I am not one to advocate a slow death by starvation.
Ground hogs are starting to hibernate this time of the year. Reason you have not seen any since it turned cold. The way they survive the winter is with a very low heart rate and living off body fat. A big reason trying to suffocate them by filling in the hole or putting things like gasoline or propane down the hole have limited success this time of the year.
What you need to do is give it a few weeks to let the cold set in and then find a way to wake it up. It will be to weak to forage for food and the increased heart rate of being awake will cause it to burn excessive fat. It will not survive the winter as it will starve to death.
How you wake it up is on you but I would try flooding the hole with a water hose stuck down below the frost line.
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