Helped save a life today; UPDATE Pg 2 Post 29

[DJFyrewolf36]

Good for you for saving this little guy. Definately a youngin, Ive seen Groundhogs that looked to be about 40 lbs
I hope he/she is ok! Keep us posted!

[ramanth]

Awww!! Good for you!!

I was on my way to my parents when I saw a dead raccoon and three babies milling in and out of the road around her.

So I gathered them up and called the local wildlife rehab and they told me to put them back where I found them and that they'd get along on their own.



Guess if they are not injured, they don't take them.

[lizbud]

Awww!! Good for you!!

I was on my way to my parents when I saw a dead raccoon and three babies milling in and out of the road around her.

So I gathered them up and called the local wildlife rehab and they told me to put them back where I found them and that they'd get along on their own.



Guess if they are not injured, they don't take them.

Sounds like the janitor of the wildlife rehab is answering their phone again.

The dead momma is sure not going to come back to life on her own. I hope
the babies were old enough to survive on their own.

[Muddy4paws]

wow!!


I've never seen one before! they sounds pretty wild too lol! Trust you to go into action without thinking :P Thats the rescuerer in you!

I'm glad you managed to catch him! I dont think I would of been able to lol

[Cataholic]

I can't believe how many people haven't ever seen a woodchuck before!!! Don't you know the diddy, "how much wood can a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"

Up date us, please!!

[pitc9]

What a wonderful thing for you to do!

I hope you get an update from them!

[Freedom]

Just phoned for a report.

Dr Chan checked him over on Friday. No fractures, no injuries that she could find. They fed him and let him loose and . . .

he RAN like the dickens into the woods!

I am happy for him, and relieved he didn't decide to RUN while loose in my car!

[Kirsten]

Glad to hear he's fine! He's probably happy to be back in the woods.

Well, hope he knows that you saved his life! LOL

Kirsten

[Medusa]

When I was trapping ferals to alter and release, I trapped groundhogs several times, by accident, of course. One groundhog came up on my porch every day and ate the cat chow out of the bowl right next to the cats. He sure was a mess, all scarred up so I named him Scarface. Yodie loved him and would jump on his back while he ate, not to attack him, just because I think she liked sitting there and Scarface didn't seem to mind. When I went back to the old house for the last time before moving here, Scarface was trapped again. A vet tech from my old vet's office rescued anything and she told me that if I could trap him that she would take him. So I took him in to the vet's office but she was off that day and the new vet who had just bought the practice wouldn't allow me to leave Scarface there. So I released him back to my old house. I would often drive over there to see if I could see him again but the new owner converted the house into an office building, so I think Scarface moved on.

I'm so glad that you trapped him and that he checked out ok. My late senior friend Helen told me that groundhogs make great house pets. I had to take her word on that one. LOL Their teeth are a little too sharp for my tastes and when they get angry, they snap those little suckers loudly! Groundhogs were getting into fights all the time where I lived. As long as they behaved, I allowed them to feed right along w/the cats but if they fought w/each other or on the rare occasion that they lunged at me, they were outa here! One got up on its hind legs and snapped its teeth at me because I protected a little kitten that it lunged at, so I took a broom and shooed it away. When I read that you had it in the car w/you, I thought how lucky you were that it was fairly tame. Good job, girl! Don't be surprised if skunks are next. A skunk slept in one of the shelters that I had set up for the cats and he fed alongside the cats, too, and never once sprayed. Ah, the things we do for critters, huh?

[cmayer31]

Awesome! I'm glad the little guy checked out all right and was able to make it back out in the world. He's lucky you came along to help him out!

I also can't help but think... How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck can't chuck wood?

[Freedom]

cmayer:

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck COULD chuck wood?

If a woodchuck COULD chuck wood, he'd chuck all the wood that a woodchuck COULD! --
If a woodchuck COULD chuck wood.

[CathyBogart]

What a cutie pie! I'm glad you found him.

[jazzcat]

Aww, what a cute critter. You were very brave to save him.

There used to be a groundhog/woodchuck that would come into my neighbors backyard and play with the kid's basketball. He would roll it around in the grass. Sure wished I'd had a video camera back then.

[Randi]

You're a hero!! So glad you got him to a vet to be checked out. I hope he's OK and will be put back where he belongs - far from any roads!

[Barbara]

I'm very impressed by what you did! Hope this guy is ok. And thanks for showing what a woodchuck is. Never heard of them before