Kassia -
You are kidding, right?! We did NOTHING to scare him away!!!????
ARGH!
Maybe you should move the trap closer to the brush in the woods where his burrow most likely is. Bait the trap with watermelon rind and leave it alone for a few days. He needs to feel comfortable with the contraption and hungry enough to go in for the tempting treat.
Hopefully he'll fall for it over the weekend.
Deb
ID this horrible creature please!!!!
elsie
Sep 14, 2007
Kassia, when I had the groundhogs they were dining on my tomatoes. When I got the trap I put a ripe tomato in it and put it right next the garden. The tomatoes are in a raised bed. I caught two groundhogs in about a week. I haven't had any more groundhogs since last summer. Knock on wood.
Debi, no kidding... he was there and came close to the trap... but silly me forgot to put the tomato inside!!!! then of course when I came around he run away....
NO t-shirts for him! or he will be nice and cozy and spend the winter around again... no... he needs to go away!!!!
Kassia - Hire Victor.....Now!
A friend for Kassia!! Eleanor
Maybe Kass needs one of them in the garden. They are territorial so maybe he'll see the plush one and leave.
Eleanor! Your desk is much too neat and clean!
And I see your Clematis is on the screen!
I just cleaned it off. You know the saying - cluttered desk, cluttered mind; empty desk, empty .....!!!!! A while ago I had papers all over the place and my empty mind couldn't stand it and I had to find a place for them!! Eleanor
ok... lol!!!!!
very nice....
but look at this... the one and only !!!!!! Woody!!!!
He sure does have a guilty look on his face!!! Congrats, Kass!!!! I hope he's going to someplace where he'll be happy.....like the Hudson River area.....
Sure it's the same one Kass? Could be his cousin.
neddless to say I have no idea when he got in the trap... I was gardening all day... and cut the grass and so on... I was picking tomatoes and kept hearing some thing... never believed you could be successful using a trap would work without bait!!!!! Woody is not very bright!!!
well, my entire family didn't help... they all wanted me to release Woody... and the stupid thing looked cute... so all I could do was to cry... and I kept thinking was his little eyes... and he was not agitated or afraid... very cute... so I called Debi and she and her husband came and took Woody to another place so he found another home...
my neighboor told me that he would have killed him for me.. I could not even think of it... I can't kill anything... all I can think of it was Lilly's eyes and the litlle turtles I love so much...
maybe if he was hissing and was all looking mean I would feel different... I don't know... I just was so sad...
but Debi and her husband came and now he has a new home!!! and I am not crying anymore!!!
well, to be honest I think there is another one , bigger than this one... so the trap is back out there waiting for the next one...
Good - all worked out then. As for your non-killing promise, I'm sure the JB's will be happy to hear that.
that doesn't not apply to bugs.... specially not to JB.... by all means!!!!
Too late! You said 'anything'.
well, I lied then.... I WILL KILL JB... they eat my roses.... if Woody had eaten any roses I think I would have not cried!!!!
Kassia -maybe the other woodchuck you saw was my plush woodchuck. I got him at the gift shop at the National Zoo when DD #1 and I went to DC last May. When I saw him I just had to have him in honor of my woodchuck family. All DD #1 could say was, "you're going to spend money on a stuffed woodchuck - you gotta be kidding me!! I ain't gonna carry the *^%#@ thing!! You bought it - You carry it!!!" Eleanor
Kassia - such terrific news to start the day!
Eleanor - so glad you came home with your woodchuck.
Kassia - how could I forget to congratulate you!! I feel like an idiot! Well, Most of the time I am one so that explains it - anyone who buys a stuffed woodchuck!! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!! Congratulations!!! Does that make up for my lack of whatever you call it?? Eleanor
LOL.... oh you guys... this is so funny... now that is the end of summer and the tomatoes are going to finish Woody is gone... oh well... can't forget his eyes... I am such a softee!!!
this morning I saw a wild turkey in the back yard!!!! what is this??? my mom told me ... see you get rid of one and now another one comes is... oh brother!!!! does wild turkeys eat roses???
I don't think so - but they are good with gravy and stuffing.
Funny!
good... so she can stay around...
When we lived in central PA, we had a terrible problem with woodchucks in our pasture. We were always worried about our horses and cattle injuring their legs in the holes. My dog Bruce, a big Boxer, finally caught his first woodchuck, which twisted around and bit Bruce on his tongue, a bloody mess that required a visit to the vet. From that day forward, Bruce, was looking for revenge! He became very adept at stalking woodchucks in our pasture, when they were grazing away from their holes, then making a final 20 yard dash, catching them, and shaking them until he broke their spines. He made a major dent in the woodchuck population.
I'll bet you they are supposed to be lilly-of-the-valley and forget-me-nots.
TY ! Ebay type this number in search. 250166276034 davesgarden.com got a plug also ;-)
Here is the link http://stores.ebay.com/The-Schicken-Nest
This message was edited Sep 17, 2007 12:42 PM
Kassia - I would have been just like you where elimination of Woody was concerned....so glad you were able to relocate him!!! Good endings are nice! Hope you don't actually have another one!!!
no news about any other relatives yet!!!!!
Kassia -
The woodchuck was so cute in person. he looks demonic in your pic - red eyes and all!
Hopefully you've scared off his realtives for the rest of the year at least!
Deb
ah.... the other one came in today... not as close as the other one but there is another one... bigger than that...
Kassia - you could make a movie out of this!
I kind of expected that.
Kassia needs music to equal Jaws.
I saw Woody #2 this morning... and it's as big as the #1... so according to my sister there is another one that is way bigger and has a floppy belly... oh dear, it's probably an entire family...
I also saw a cute deer last night... and she just stared at me... I could not believe how close she was .... this one is bold!!! didn't even run away!!! so I kind of exited quickly .... it could have been a mad deer after all!!!! maybe she was friends with woody #1~~~
Mad Deer!!! Oh My.........The animal kingdom is not cutting you much slack, Kass!!! Are you sure Woody1 didn't find his way back to your house??? I've known lots of cats who could do that!
Oh my !.....Just wrote my first Thread here at the Northeast Garden Forum( just joined 2 days ago), I wrote it before I checked back here on the adventures of "Woody".....I´m really sorry to hear you have a "Woody #2" and also possibly a "Mad Deer" lol....makes VERY entertaining reading however!
Keep us posted, I´ll look forward to it!
Kecia a/k/a WatchMGrow
Welcome to DG and the Forum, Kecia. Have fun!