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?
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