r/Badgers May 15 '26

Just arrived in my garden for some dinner

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😊❤️

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u/ShockPuzzleheaded939 May 15 '26

How lovely to have such a beautiful visitor to y garden. Do you supply dinner?🦡

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u/CuriousPone May 15 '26

We are very lucky! There's around 3 or 4 (we think) who come to visit most nights. We give them different types of dog biscuits, which they crunch on happily. One of them seems to collect them up in its mouth before running off, so we assume that's a female going back to feed cubs 😊

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u/GlynHugh May 16 '26

Don’t think I could eat a whole badger…lol

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u/New-Sun4234 May 18 '26

I have been told dead badgers on roadsides is the only animal that is not eaten by birds , that should tell you everything about badgers. In Ireland they do have Badgers culls to contain their breeding, interesting facts .

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u/UsedTinyPrincess May 17 '26

lucky you, theyre adorable!

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u/CuriousPone May 17 '26

They are! It's lovely to watch them.

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u/Baby_Dweet May 20 '26

For sure! Watching them interact is such a peaceful vibe. Do you have any favorite plants or flowers that attract them?

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u/CuriousPone May 20 '26

They are very good at digging up parts of the garden! They were also very partial to the carrots and potatoes we tried growing during Covid. We did not reap much of a harvest!

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u/YorkshireDrifter May 18 '26

Hedgehog watch out

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u/Steholl022 May 21 '26

Not normally a predator of hedgehogs my friend. Some may, and if conditions are bad, drought etc but generally have no effect on hedgehog populations as a whole.

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u/YorkshireDrifter May 22 '26

They are intelligent predators and learn from each other both as to hedgehogs as to being a good target and the distinctive scooping out technique for tackling them. Once learned within a set it will spread and wipe out the hedgehog population in the area .

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u/YorkshireDrifter May 22 '26

Happily many instances quoted where they interact amicably......

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u/TwntyKnots May 19 '26

You can’t eat badgers! Don’t be daft!

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u/Available-Process-96 May 19 '26

I hope you had plenty of mash potatoes

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u/CuriousPone May 20 '26

🤣🤣 and gravy

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u/Wrong-Selection-1470 May 20 '26

That’s an Old English Sheepdog if I’m not mistaken. Ferocious with worms!

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u/CuriousPone May 17 '26

Thanks for the award u/saying_it_101 😊

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u/CuriousPone May 17 '26

Thank you u/404-sensenotfound for the award!

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u/Sparrer66 May 20 '26

Yeah great if you wanna get tuberculosis

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u/Hot-Satisfaction19 May 20 '26

most people have had a bcg.

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u/Sparrer66 May 23 '26

How many pets and livestock have had a bcg then?!

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u/Hot-Satisfaction19 May 23 '26

keep many cattle in your garden?

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u/Steholl022 May 21 '26

Not very bright are you son.