The Woodchuck Mammals 
- hole in one side large enough for the woodchuck to 
enter should be provided for a nest, and it should be 
filled with dried grass. 
FOOD 
Fresh clover and grass are the woodchuck’s favorite 
food. Melon rinds, sweet apples, peaches, almost 
any vegetables and roots, especially carrots, will be 
greedily eaten. Sweet milk may be given occasion- 
ally. Fresh water should be kept always accessible. 
CARE 
The cage should be kept clean, and the grass in the 
nest box changed often; since the woodchuck is a 
hibernating animal it should be fed plentifully in the 
fall, and be given a cold place to stay in the winter. 
However, it should not be kept in a place where the 
thermometer drops below freezing. The object of 
giving food plentifully in August and September is 
to allow the animal to put on sufficient fat to last 
during its winter sieep. If kept constantly in a warm 
place, it will have drowsy spells, but will take food 
occasionally. 
REFERENCES 
AMERICAN ANIMALS, Stone and Cram. 
“A Woodland Codger,’”’ Witp NeicuBors, Ernest Ingersoll. 
FamILiaR WILD Animats, W. J. Lottridge. 
SQUIRRELS AND OTHER Fur Bearers, John Burroughs. 
Witp ANIMALS THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD Know, Rogers. 
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