rcmh Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Need some advice as badgers are taking over. Getting badgers breaking the fence to come into the garden and then digging up all over the grass. Any advice? Or know anybody that could help in the Somerset area? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedwickedmotox Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Jeyes fluid on hessaian sacks around there runs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Jeyes fluid on hessaian sacks around there runs! I heard somewhere that Jeyes fluid is toxic to cats. Does anyone know if it is toxic to badgers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy130 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Jeyes fluid is toxic to everything, try one of the ultra sonic deterers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxtav Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Watch what you do as where there are badgers there is almost always people keeping an eye on them. They know the laws around badger protection inside out and phone the police at the smallest hint the law has been broken. Used to work at a station where there was a badger set near to where they were building houses and the badger watchers were on the phone nearly every day about something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Either sturdy fencing sunk into the ground, or sonic cat repellants will do the trick probly need two pending on garden size ,as i have found out. Billys have sensitive hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Pleasantly surprised to see this thread still open and attracting only sensible advice so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Badgers are protected - not sacred. If you are suffering damage to your property try speaking to your local DEFRA Dept. If you get a load of waffle - you may be speaking to a hugger - then write which tends to concentrate anyone's mind as it forces a reply and one copy ends up with you and another on a file. I'm not saying anything will be done but if no one knows there's a problem, then most definitely nothing will. If you write, photo's are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 You will find that badgers will make quick work of almost anything you can think of burying exception being steel piles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcmh Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks for all the good ideas. Looks like an underground version of the Berlin wall is the only solution!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 You're not far off they can go through heavy grade mesh like a knife through butter. Had to pile through some badger setts a few years back to keep the integrity of a flood bank they had destroyed. The paperwork and redtape involved was ridiculous considering the damage the were doing to the flood defence putting people at risk of flooding. I'm pretty sure we are almost to the point that if you walked in the house and found one on the couch you would be the one turfed to the street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 And if the Badger has a pet Bat well you would be as well moving house just sign it over to the badger trust cos you wont be able to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamekeeper1960 Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Why not just put a good electric fence around it, Job done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 And if the Badger has a pet Bat well you would be as well moving house just sign it over to the badger trust cos you wont be able to sell it. and if the bat has a pet newt....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 and if the bat has a pet newt....................... and the newt has a pet white clawed crayfish lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) An old timer that I know swears by soaked tennis ball in creosote down every hole of the set. Apparently they soon leave to more manageable areas. Edited September 19, 2012 by lee-kinsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 An old timer that I know swears by soaked tennis ball in creosote down every hole of the set. Apparently they soon leave to more manageable areas. Totally ilegal you could and would be prosecuted for Interfering with a Badger sette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 hang diesel soaked rags over his entry points so he has to force his way throu .he wont come back they hate the taste of diesel lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Totally ilegal you could and would be prosecuted for Interfering with a Badger sette. Jog on vulpicide, I couldn't be prosecuted for anything since I was sharing what I heard. And since your the billy police why did you bother contributing and why are you being discriminitive towards my post when there are several who have suggested interfering with a badger set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 you are aloud to deter badgers but not to interfear with a sett . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 As Ex-President Nixon of the U.S.A. would have said.................. "Nuke 'Em"! Only joking. I'm quite interested in the answers to this post as I have had several people with the same problem (Badgers digging up their gardens and lawns) asking what they could legally do about the problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1979 Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 pet dog running loose in your garden would detter them surely??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulpicide Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I'm not the billy police I spend a lot of time and effort helping people who have been accused of contravening the badger act. Succsesfully most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 but you wouldn't be if they'd been chucking creosote down holes, best deterrent is actually people don't bother putting your dog out you don't want an altercation between the two, just get out in the garden more chuck up a security light etc and go out and make a noise each time it goes off and the badger will soon clear off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) And what qualifies at interfering with a set? As I understand it if you knowingly approach the territory of a set or interfering with the natural activity of badgers in a way that it would cause them to feel distressed in any way then it's illegal, therefore you can't do any of the things suggested to deter badgers. Edited September 25, 2012 by lee-kinsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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