# How do I build a groundhog house?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-build-a-groundhog-house/840909>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-build-a-groundhog-house/840909 "2019-09-27T12:19:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-build-a-groundhog-house/840909/21 "2019-09-28T14:29:50Z")

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> [@Si\_Amigo](#):
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> Could you not just fabricate some structure out of wood that simulates the base of the POD? Al it would have to do is simulate the same coverage area and have openings to the ground below like the pod? It could even be sort of deck like and you could put some chairs and plants on top of it to help it blend in better to the landscape than the Pod.

This is an excellent idea, actually. And we’ve also been planning on getting chickens at some point, so we _could_ put the coop there…

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-build-a-groundhog-house/840909/22 "2019-09-28T14:30:55Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Buy 3 or 4 traps, both capture and kill types, put out rodent poison, try to alternately flood his tunnels and smoke bomb them. Doing the above will guarantee he lives a long and comfortable life.

😃

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-build-a-groundhog-house/840909/23 "2019-09-28T14:35:30Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> It _should_ be “Toadspittle Phil”

+1

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-build-a-groundhog-house/840909/24 "2019-09-28T14:36:35Z")

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> [@Alpha\_Twit](#):
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> How much would it cost you to keep the POD until a week or two after spring thaw? That would be the best thing you could do for your furry squatter.

Too much, unfortunately.

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