My ground hog (wild) was so cute, with her mouth full of new cut grass. We didn`t know where she was headed. O.K. we found out later when it got cold and snowy out. And then came spring.!! She had made her home under our wrap-a-round porch. Must have been nice to have a warm furnace pipe to sleep by. So sad to say, for some reason she passed away near the furnace pipe and did we have a sticking mess to live in for months. Yes she had an openning to come and go, but we were told a ground hog wants 2 openings, one to go in and one to go out. she must have planned on making an other one but couldn`t get it done.