At night, they dig into the entrance hoping to surprise the sleeping prairie dogs. Prairie dogs in the wild live 3 to 5 years, because of all the predators. Man has hunted and poisoned them. They also eat grasshoppers, cutworms, bug and beetles. The Young Baby prairie dogs are born with no hair.
Pups stay in the burrows for about six or seven weeks.
Some species of prairie dogs are endangered or threatened. The black-footed ferret, Burrowing Owl, and Prairie Rattlesnake are endangered because they rely on the prairie dog for food and shelter. St. Timothy School Regina, Sk. This page has been accessed 7533 times.