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What Animals Eat Chipmunks? Natural Predators [Racoons, Owls]

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Chipmunks are adorable little animals and I can sit and watch them scamper for hours on end.  Of course, humans are not the only species that enjoys the sight of chipmunks.  There are many species of animals that look at chipmunks as tasty treats and a great meal.  Chipmunks play several vital roles in the ecosystem and serving as a food source for other animals is one of them.

Have you ever wondered what animals eat chipmunks?

Chipmunks are eaten by predatory mammals (foxes, wolves, coyotes), aerial predators (hawks, owls) and some species are actively hunted by snakes. Chipmunks have developed a communication system that helps them warn each other about the presence of a predator and whether the treat is on the ground or in the air.

Let’s look at each class of predator in more detail.

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What Do Chipmunks Eat? What Food Do They Like?

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Chipmunks are some of the cutest animals around as long as you are not trying to keep them out of your garden! I have fun feeding the little guys and seeing how far they can stretch out those adorable cheeks.

Chipmunks will eat a wide variety of foods but they have their favorites and one of them is pretty strange!  There are also a few foods that they tend to avoid as well as some foods that you should never feed them.

What Do Chipmunks Eat

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What To Feed A Baby Chipmunk: A Complete Care Guide

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Feeding a baby chipmunk, especially a newborn, is a delicate, time consuming and complicated job.  In fact, caring for a newborn requires much more than simply feeding it and actually requires you to act like a Mother chipmunk.  You are going to need to keep the animal warm and calm, help it poop and monitor its stool to make sure that you are not overfeeding.

This article will show you everything you need to know to take care of a baby chipmunk.

What to Feed a baby chipmunk

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[Surprise!] How Many Chipmunks Live In A Burrow?

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Have you ever stumbled across a chipmunk’s burrow system? Given how extensive these things can be, you probably assumed that chipmunks follow some kind of joint family structure where they live together in their burrows. At least that’s what I thought until a quick search on chipmunks and their living habits told me otherwise.

How Many Chipmunks Live In A Burrow

Some of the results of my search were ambiguous at best, but here’s what I found out when I dug into the question, “How many chipmunks live in a burrow?”

Research indicates that, except for when a mother is raising her babies, only one chipmunk lives in a burrow.

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Do Chipmunks Bury Nuts? They Have Serious Nut Storage Game!!

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When I was growing up in Kentucky I always had a ton of fun watching the chipmunks grabbing bird seed that had spilled from the feeders.  These little guys are the smallest member of the squirrel family and share a lot of behaviors with their larger cousins, the grey and red squirrels.

Tree squirrels do not hibernate to get through the winter and instead rely upon stored food to get through the winter.  However, most chipmunks perform a modified form of hibernation which made me wonder if they go through the trouble of storing up winter food caches.

So, the question of the day is, “Do chipmunks bury nuts?”

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Do Chipmunks Bite? Yes, They Do…And It Hurts!!

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Chipmunks are cute, furry and completely harmless. Or at least they are until you pose a threat to them. In that case, a chipmunk will bite you hard and flee off to its burrow as quick as its little paws take it.  Read on to find out why do chipmunks bite and what health risks their act of aggression means for you.

Do Chipmunks Bite

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How To Catch A Chipmunk In Your House

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Have you got a chipmunk running loose in your house?  Personally, I think the little guys are cute as heck but I wouldn’t want them running around in my home unsupervised.  The last thing I want is for them to start digging burrows in my sofa!

Chipmunks may occasionally find their way into homes and you should know how to catch a chipmunk in your house without making it look like there was a tornado.  So, what should you do if there is a stray chipmunk hiding in your house?

How To Catch A Chipmunk

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How to Get Rid of Chipmunks: A Three Step Strategy

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Let’s get this straight―chipmunks aren’t a danger to humans.  The five-inch long furballs don’t have a single aggressive bone in their body. However, they do tend to cause lots of destruction and chaos when left loose. From chewed wires, uprooted plants, stolen berries to empty bird feeders―chipmunks can make a gardeners life miserable.  Plus, their droppings, leftover food, and constant burrowing can make a big mess.

Therefore, if you have a significant population of these guys tearing up your property, it becomes inevitable for you to start finding out ways to get rid of chipmunks. In our experience, the best strategy is to come up with a proper plan. You need to take steps that combine preventative measures and repellents to keep the cute rodents at bay.

How To Get Rid Of Chipmunks

So what’s the plan? Here’s what you have to do to get rid of chipmunks:

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Pet Chipmunks: A Few Things You Ought To Know!

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The maxim that you should never judge a book by its cover holds true when it comes to the contrary appearance and nature of chipmunks.
Just look at this cute, innocent, little rodent – who wouldn’t want to cuddle it!  As much as their appearance and behavior may be heartwarming, chipmunks are wild creatures that unless already tamed, right after their birth. just might respond to touching with a bite!

This doesn’t mean that chipmunks can’t be kept at home as pets. It’s just that you need to devote a lot of time, patience, and space for them. If you’re willing to commit, you’ll love living with these adorable creatures. Before you buy one though, you should look up your state laws and local ordinances because in some regions, it’s illegal to keep chipmunks as pets.

Apart from that, you need to know a few things about these rodents before you bring them home.

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