How do you get rid of badgers?
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For what it's worth, I tried naphthalene (old fashioned) moth balls in the already dug cess pits, and also fenugreek leaves. The latter smell so strongly I though they might confuse the creature's navigation system. They ignored the fenugreek and simply chucked the moth balls down the lawn and dug new crappers. Popular beliefs say that whilst they may well be short sighted, they are certainly determined. Fences are fitted with little top-hung gates about a foot square to allow the habitual transits of Brock and his chums. There's a clear dent in my front lawn where they habitually trek across it en route to the field next door. Recently we have had a period of relief from the hole digging and none has shown moving across the lawn on my trail camera or CCTV so I wonder of the horseless carriages passing on the road have been on a killing spree. 
On the other hand, a magnificent turd appeared in a hole in my back lawn last week...
On the other hand, a magnificent turd appeared in a hole in my back lawn last week...
kev b said:
We had to apply to the Courts to have our badgers evicted, they can be very destructive in the wrong place, certainly wouldn't fancy them in the back garden.
When they first moved in decades ago we had to keep quiet as badgers were so rare at the time, not wanting visits from "undesirables".
Nowadays there are badgers everywhere and its rare to drive at night without seeing at least one, how times change.
Are you getting badgers mixed up with travellers?When they first moved in decades ago we had to keep quiet as badgers were so rare at the time, not wanting visits from "undesirables".
Nowadays there are badgers everywhere and its rare to drive at night without seeing at least one, how times change.
Japveesix said:
Busa mav said:
Grandad Gaz said:
I would consider it a privilege to have them in my garden!
Then you obviously haven't had to deal with them before .Get some peanuts and a torch and let you kid watch wild badgers in your garden in the evening, awesome.
I have no intention of harming them. That said, once you've seen the mess that badgers can make of a chicken coup or even a newborn lamb they no longer seem quite so cuddly.
Smiled at the responses to my badger eviction post.
You need a licence to move badgers on, its illegal to interfere with a badger sett without one, the contractors were able to get a licence when we had a bridge that neede repair.
I did not mean travellers either, they are a lot more difficult to expel than badgers and make a great deal more mess, badgers crap in the same place everyday and don't light fires. Never had a badger steal tractor batteries either.
You need a licence to move badgers on, its illegal to interfere with a badger sett without one, the contractors were able to get a licence when we had a bridge that neede repair.
I did not mean travellers either, they are a lot more difficult to expel than badgers and make a great deal more mess, badgers crap in the same place everyday and don't light fires. Never had a badger steal tractor batteries either.
Limited success with, erm, marking my territory. If anyone is planning to do that, I think you need to pee into a suitable vessel throughout the day and then line the entire perimeter of the affected area at dusk! Fortunately we don't have an especially large garden and I drink a lot of tea...
It's not fully solved the problem, though. The b
ds are everywhere.
It's not fully solved the problem, though. The b
ds are everywhere.We’ve had issues with badgers since we moved in nearly three years ago. They dig up the lawn looking for their next meal.
We knew where they were coming in so blocked up the gaps, but needed to use paving slabs and bricks as they could shift wooden sections without batting an eyelid.
Thought we’d solved it until a few weeks back when I was woken at around 4am but a badger attacking our side gate; repeatedly head butting the gate, I thought it was someone bartering our garage at first!
He’d managed to push his way under the back fence but where it had sprung back he was unable to get out again, so essentially trapped in our garden. After he’d worked his way through the lawn, he’d realised his predicament and found his most likely escape was through a locked gate. I thoroughly enjoyed flicking that gate open at 4:30am in my boxers, whilst holding a broom to fight him off if he gave me any trouble!
I’ve since firmed up where he came in and had no early morning wake ups since.
We knew where they were coming in so blocked up the gaps, but needed to use paving slabs and bricks as they could shift wooden sections without batting an eyelid.
Thought we’d solved it until a few weeks back when I was woken at around 4am but a badger attacking our side gate; repeatedly head butting the gate, I thought it was someone bartering our garage at first!
He’d managed to push his way under the back fence but where it had sprung back he was unable to get out again, so essentially trapped in our garden. After he’d worked his way through the lawn, he’d realised his predicament and found his most likely escape was through a locked gate. I thoroughly enjoyed flicking that gate open at 4:30am in my boxers, whilst holding a broom to fight him off if he gave me any trouble!
I’ve since firmed up where he came in and had no early morning wake ups since.
Burrito said:
We’ve had issues with badgers since we moved in nearly three years ago. They dig up the lawn looking for their next meal.
We knew where they were coming in so blocked up the gaps, but needed to use paving slabs and bricks as they could shift wooden sections without batting an eyelid.
Thought we’d solved it until a few weeks back when I was woken at around 4am but a badger attacking our side gate; repeatedly head butting the gate, I thought it was someone bartering our garage at first!
He’d managed to push his way under the back fence but where it had sprung back he was unable to get out again, so essentially trapped in our garden. After he’d worked his way through the lawn, he’d realised his predicament and found his most likely escape was through a locked gate. I thoroughly enjoyed flicking that gate open at 4:30am in my boxers, whilst holding a broom to fight him off if he gave me any trouble!
I’ve since firmed up where he came in and had no early morning wake ups since.
Not sure I'd be so charitable if I actually found one of them. Still, they're pretty substantial animals, you would need more than a broom.We knew where they were coming in so blocked up the gaps, but needed to use paving slabs and bricks as they could shift wooden sections without batting an eyelid.
Thought we’d solved it until a few weeks back when I was woken at around 4am but a badger attacking our side gate; repeatedly head butting the gate, I thought it was someone bartering our garage at first!
He’d managed to push his way under the back fence but where it had sprung back he was unable to get out again, so essentially trapped in our garden. After he’d worked his way through the lawn, he’d realised his predicament and found his most likely escape was through a locked gate. I thoroughly enjoyed flicking that gate open at 4:30am in my boxers, whilst holding a broom to fight him off if he gave me any trouble!
I’ve since firmed up where he came in and had no early morning wake ups since.
HOGEPH said:
Beati Dogu said:
SantaBarbara said:
Buy camel dung from a Zoo. That should intimidate the badgers
The natural predator of badgers. Clever. I like it.People think the WWF logo is a Panda but it's actually a drawing of the last known Desert Badger before they became extinct, as a terrible reminder of their loss to the world.
The pee along the fence line seems to work for me; topped up fairly regularly! Luckily it's only the grille at the bottom of the 5 bar gate they were pushing through so not a large area to "water".
Only once had 1 still in the garden when I let the dogs out for their last pee of the evening. Badger was at the bottom of the garden eating windfall apples and I hadn't seen it. Dogs chased it round the garden and cornered it against the fence; luckily the badger decided to dig a hasty escape under the fence as they can make a terrible mess of a dog, but try telling a wound up terrier that! Escape hole blocked up with a paving slab to prevent re-entry and no more Brock.
Compare today's attitudes to them to a feature I saw recently in one of Reading's papers. An article from the 70s showing workmen pouring diesel down the holes of a large sett to move them on from land marked for development! How many terabytes of outrage would there be if they did that now and had the local paper take snaps and write an article!?
Only once had 1 still in the garden when I let the dogs out for their last pee of the evening. Badger was at the bottom of the garden eating windfall apples and I hadn't seen it. Dogs chased it round the garden and cornered it against the fence; luckily the badger decided to dig a hasty escape under the fence as they can make a terrible mess of a dog, but try telling a wound up terrier that! Escape hole blocked up with a paving slab to prevent re-entry and no more Brock.
Compare today's attitudes to them to a feature I saw recently in one of Reading's papers. An article from the 70s showing workmen pouring diesel down the holes of a large sett to move them on from land marked for development! How many terabytes of outrage would there be if they did that now and had the local paper take snaps and write an article!?
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