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The badgers are at it again, digging up and ruing my lawn ! i've tried just about every so called "detterent" to get rid of them, but nothing seems to work.
Just wondering, i saw a friend of mine using a laser light on an extension he was building, would one of those left switched on through the light deter them ??? anyone tried this ?
Just wondering, i saw a friend of mine using a laser light on an extension he was building, would one of those left switched on through the light deter them ??? anyone tried this ?
EXKAY120 said:
Yep, tried that, in all 4 corners of the garden, no good...last thing i read was to try Jayes fluid, there supposed to hate the smell, so i soaked rags and left it around the garden, but back they come :-(
Maybe the Badgers have COVID and have lost their sense of smell?Do they come every night? very anti social but you could get a gas gun bird scarer and set that up for a couple of nights?
They come just about every night, also go into the also go into the houses nearby.
Regards the gas gun, it depends on how noisy they are i guess ? i live in a really quiet area so if it makes a loud noise will keep us all awake around here ! thats why i thought of the laser beam, but dont want to lay out around £60 plus for something thats not going to scare them away.
Regards the gas gun, it depends on how noisy they are i guess ? i live in a really quiet area so if it makes a loud noise will keep us all awake around here ! thats why i thought of the laser beam, but dont want to lay out around £60 plus for something thats not going to scare them away.
normalbloke said:
I love badgers, they just don’t give a flying f*ck! We are lucky enough to have them visit, but they leave the lawn alone!
Yeah they are ridiculously tough, we have lots of them around here (well lots of dead ones on the road, which normally means there are even more live ones) and the damage they do to cars is wild if you hit one!They are also really really vicious too, I am sure other people have seen the vid of one kicking the crap out of a fox that thought it might share the food left out for it.
OP, might be worth asking the neighbours if anyone is feeding them and if so telling them to stop?
jimmyjimjim said:
MK1RS Bruce said:
Lotobear said:
Get a pair of lurchers
Ignoring the fact that its illegal, I don't think I would put my money on a Lurcher over a badger. Badgers are like the Chuck Norris of the animal world.MK1RS Bruce said:
Ignoring the fact that its illegal, I don't think I would put my money on a Lurcher over a badger. Badgers are like the Chuck Norris of the animal world.
Tongue in cheek comment of course but having observed my friend's pair of lurchers at a badger (by chance, when out on a walk) yes he did put up a strong fight but sadly came off worst in the end. It's true however that they are incredibly resilient and feisty characters and punch well above their weight. I certainly would not fancy my terriers against them and my Lakeland in particular is a fiesty little bugger.(for avoidance of doubt I am not condoning setting dogs against badgers, the incident I referenced was a chance encounter and what I alluded to was that the presence of a lurcher or two at home may well discourage garden visits by our bristly friends)
I once had the enormous pleasure to find a very small baby badger at the side of the road(next to a dead adult badger), well I could not leave it there in live traffic I am not that much of a heart less b
d so I stopped and went to pick the thing up.
Bearing in mind this thing was only slightly bigger than my hand it still came at me and savagely attacked the bottoms of my trousers.
After capturing the savage beast I placed it in a small day bag in the cab of the truck I was in at the time, and it decided to eat its way out so I had to hold it in the bag with my hand as it tried to remove my fingers.
The end of this long and to me very amusing tale is that she is now living with an animal rescue charity in Nuneaton and is used by them to help educate school kids about British wildlife.
Part of me wishes I had kept her as I think walking a badger on a lead around the village would lend an air of eccentricity.
I fking love badgers me
d so I stopped and went to pick the thing up.Bearing in mind this thing was only slightly bigger than my hand it still came at me and savagely attacked the bottoms of my trousers.
After capturing the savage beast I placed it in a small day bag in the cab of the truck I was in at the time, and it decided to eat its way out so I had to hold it in the bag with my hand as it tried to remove my fingers.
The end of this long and to me very amusing tale is that she is now living with an animal rescue charity in Nuneaton and is used by them to help educate school kids about British wildlife.
Part of me wishes I had kept her as I think walking a badger on a lead around the village would lend an air of eccentricity.
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