TL;DR: Who is digging these holes?
In the past 3 days a lot of small holes like this have been popping up near a large tree in my backyard. My dad and I have been assuming it's chipmunks but now my dad is worried that the tunnels (presumably) connecting the holes could be weakening the tree. There are a few other chipmunk tunnel systems near our house but he hasn't cared until they threatened the tree. He now says that he will stop "coddling" the chipmunks. This worries me as I don't know what he might do.
Do you guys know if possibly there's some other culprit or if I can get the chipmunks to burrow somewhere else? I have a few more pictures to share aswell.
Here are some of the more worrying holes that are dug directly under/beside the roots. It would be bad news if this tree fell on my house.
Here is the only evidence that anyone has even been in these holes since I haven't seen a single soul entering or exiting. It's about half as long as a chipmunk so if it belongs to one they must be taking some serious shits.
Finally this would be the best fallguy for the chipmunks since he is constantly trying to get into my house and already have animosity towards him.
>>2151822
stab him, it's not too hard
Shows dominance too
>>2151819
This is what ground squirrel/chipmunk burrow holes look like. Yours appear bigger, but they may just be dug out.
That tree is the least of your worries. While these satanic little rodents can be very destructive, it would take a monumental effort to undermine that tree enough to make it fall over. Now your house is another story. They can and will burrow under your foundation and can cause serious damage in a short amount of time.
Because they are preoccupied with gathering nuts they can be easily trapped. I suggest the "chipmunkinator". It traps chipmunks and red squirrel as well. Either way you need to do something soon, before your foundation collapses.
>>2151821
Little fuckers.
