BADGERS, FOXES, SQUIRRELS – CAUSING ME PROBLEMS
People seem to oooh, and aaah when they see badgers, foxes and squirrels. Words like cute, cuddly, amusing, charming etc pop into their heads. They think how wonderful it is to have wildlife so close to them, especially in a suburban garden like ours.
I used to be one of them, but not now, now I am just annoyed by them.
A badger (or badgers, I’m not sure) has broken, very noisily over several nights, through the wooden fence between us and one side neighbour, and has also dug under the fence to the neighbour’s garden which runs along the end of ours. The fence panel will have to be repaired, or replaced.
Foxes (and I know there are lots of them because I’ve seen them) have dug lots of holes in our flowerbeds and over the years several shrubs, and small trees, have been damaged by their digging and I noticed a new area of the garden was attacked last night. They are also very noisy – calling, fighting and playing in the late evening, and even during the night.
Squirrels have, up until now, confined themselves to eating from the bird feeders, which is very amusing to watch I admit, but now they have taken to digging little holes in the grass.
So no, I am not a fan of any of them any more.
Badger (Photo credit: Tatterdemalion!)
Fox (Photo credit: jans canon)
squirrel eating from bird feeder (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Ah yes, I can totally relate! At our property back in Australia we had a problem with kangaroos, which are an animal that people who don’t encounter every day are in awe of. They were nibbling on all our produce so we built a kangaroo-proof fence and just have all the produce inside that area now. It worked a treat.
I may have to resort to some kind of fencing – it will have to be very high though, to stop the foxes scrambling over it!
You haven’t put me off. I love them
It’s taken me many years to come to this decision – but enough is enough!
Not much to squirrels, & fox is stringy, but badgers are delicious. Just sayin.
Hee hee Ron.
Oh no I don’t ooh or aah at all. Poor you!!
And they’ve been at it again, last night. Grrrrr.
My hubby says squirrels are big rats with tails. Unfortunately the animals don’t have enough food to eat in their natural environment so they have come looking for it.
I think you are probably right, and it doesn’t help that some people near our house put out food specifically for the foxes.
I’m sure they don’t see themselves as problems at all!
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I hadn’t thought about it that way!
Anyone for moles?
Oh goodness! I hadn’t thought about them. They must be a huge nuisance too.
Interesting how people have different animal problems in different parts of the world. We have problems with deer. They love eating my flowers and they deform our shrubs in the winter. We pick our plants according to whether deer like them.
Glad we don’t have deer! I try to pick my plants according to whether slugs and snails like them!
there is a house along my dog walking route that actually has put a plate attached to a tree for the squirrels…. seriously??? do they not realize that these little rodents carry more diseases than mice?
Some people just can’t see past their cuteness!
Be careful with those badgers…they are mean suckers!
They are very destructive, so I guess they must be strong and determined. I’ll be staying well away if I see one!
You cannot convince me…I LOVE CRITTERS!
They are nice, but NOT IN MY GARDEN!
Yes, they are cute, but can be a nuisance.
They certainly can!
It’s the same here only it’s wallabies, hares and bandicoots.
Somehow they sound more exciting! But I bet you don’t think that…
It’s all relative isn’t it! Watching a squirrel in the birdfeeder sounds lovely to me.
I can cope with the squirrel on the birdfeeder because it’s so funny, but the holes in the grass are a different matter altogether!
The bandicoots leave little holes everywhere in the grass – they’re searching for their favourite food which is lawn beetle grubs. So we figure if they’re going to eat the grubs and our lawn doesn’t die we can put up with little holes everywhere.
I suppose if the bandicoots are doing you a favour it might be worth putting up with them!
Oh dear! Hope you find some good solutions.
Well, not having to contend with their damage in my garden, I’m afraid I’ll still have to go Awww and Cute, Etc.
I’d be the same, if they weren’t doing what they are doing!
city folks just don’t know any better…..but they were there first!