Food is cut into small pieces and stored in the fur lined cheek pouches for transportation. Pocket gophers do not drink water, apparently getting sufficient moisture from the vegetable matter. … Their tunnels also provide a storage system for water when snow melts into the burrows.

Do gophers need water?

Habitat. A gopher needs dirt, an area of ground in which to build a home, mostly ruderal plant species to eat, and an area that is not inundated with water to survive. Gophers breathe air like we do, and if the soil is soaked with water, no oxygen will be present and they will suffocate.

What do gophers eat and drink?

Gophers feed on the roots and underground stems of grass, flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and trees. The best bait for gophers is fresh and succulent portions of vegetable roots and stems, or any part of their agricultural favorite plant, alfalfa.