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What do badgers eat in the garden?

But being omnivorous, badgers are also partial to small mammals like mice, rats and rabbits, plus amphibians like frogs and toads. Feed your garden badgers things like wet cat or dog food, fruit, raw peanuts or brazil nuts, mealworms, or specially-formulated badger food like Wild Things.Click to see full answer. People also ask, should I feed badgers in my garden?Food placed for other animals and birds, particularly peanuts, will attract badgers. To avoid this, food should only be placed in the garden during daylight and not left out overnight. What will badgers eat in my garden? Badgers are omnivorous and will eat many things.Subsequently, question is, do badgers eat cats? Firstly, badgers are opportunistic feeders. Badgers are also very keen to eat carrion (i.e. dead meat), and will often succeed in taking meals from other species like small dogs, cats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, hedgehogs and foxes. Moreover, how do I stop badgers coming into my garden? You can keep badgers out of your whole garden or just some areas of the garden and lawns by building smooth faced walls without footholds or strong timber or preferably wire fencing. Possibly the best way to deter badgers from getting into your gardens is to use an electric fence.Will Jeyes fluid deter Badgers?It has come to our attention that some people may be using Jeyes Fluid, a strong smelling concentrated disinfectant, to try to deter badgers from using their setts or entering gardens. It would amount to ‘obstruction’ of the sett – an offence under section 3 of the Protection Of Badgers Act 1992 as amended.

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Update: 2024-08-05