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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: ambermoon on March 13, 2007, 21:58:41
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Help, the badgers love my onions ! Last year whenever my onions reached a promising size and we were waiting another week or so for them to mature, the badger would get there first , dig them up and have them for his tea. He would eat the tops off and spit the rest out. I am going to buy him some toothpast for his onion breath. Any tips on how to keep the badgers off our plot { legally,as we are animal lovers). :) ???
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Badgers - as you will probably know are protected and it is illegal to block their tracks! We get them in our suburban office garden - doing all sorts of damage.
They are after worms and scavenge scraps etc. I asked a local zookeeper what would work and he said lion poo! So if any of your neighbours keeps lions you could try that!
I had thought of trying moth balls - they smell pretty gross and I doubt any animal, with their extra special scenting skills, would like it!
Also, once, when I had a plot on a farm I had trouble with rabbits and I used something that smelt of fox - totally disgusting - but it sure stopped persistent rabbits and badgers are quite clean living animals so I doubt they would like the smell! I think it is called Renardine. You will get it in farmers type stores.
Seriously, it would be interesting to hear any other possible remedies.
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