last night we brought you the story of a
Cheektowaga woman who was frustrated
over living next door to a property
being overrun by groundhogs the story
has garnered a huge response tonight
News 4's George Richert has advice for
anyone dealing with their own groundhog
problem neighbors say the former
orphanage on William Street near Kennedy
Road in Cheektowaga is crawling with the
little critters but woodchucks can be
anywhere if the conditions are right we
need to look at why the woodchucks are
there SPCA wildlife administrator Joel
Thomas says if you have a woodchuck
problem try changing the environment
clear away as much clutter tall grass
and weeds as you can these are the types
of areas that Harbor area wildlife of
all species because it's cover and
wildlife is looking for food cover and
safety fences can also keep woodchucks
out but offense is only as good as its
weakest link you got to make sure they
can't get underneath oftentimes a
permanent barrier of galvanized mesh to
take away that bottom gap all the way
around the backyard in the past we've
followed trapper tom on a few calls he
recommends putting used kitty litter in
the woodchuck hole or mink oil which you
can buy online woodchucks fear the smell
of both only licensed trappers like him
can move woodchucks for you but others
may just take their place anyone that
thinks they're gonna solve a nuisance
wildlife problem by trapping they have a
new hobby it's called trap and stuff and
moving it around and it won't solve the
problem
nature is gonna do what its gonna do now
if you want to try using a bottle of
mink gland we have a link on wivb.com of
where you can buy it now I told you
earlier my husband and I are having the
same problem and someone was going to
charge us 400 dollars to try and remove
them but there was no guarantee they
wouldn't come back is there a season
that you can shoot them woodchucks are
in season all year round hunters can
shoot and kill woodchucks all year round
but you can't do it in Cheektowaga you
can't do it in the populated suburbs
that's why the SPCA recommends just
trying to change the environment take
away their cover take away the weeds
where they like to hang the most the
clovers right they love clover all right
thank you so much useful information for
everybody