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Yorko Administrator Posts: 34,156 Mood: Y	Foxy Apr 29, 2016 20:11:19 GMT Berry McPaper-cuts and Frazz like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on Apr 29, 2016 20:11:19 GMT www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/meet-real-life-fantastic-mr-7861286 Meet the real life 'Fantastic Mr Fox' who is inseparable from the four-legged friends he nursed back to health

Deleted Posts: 0	Foxy May 2, 2016 17:54:24 GMT Yorko, Berry McPaper-cuts, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 17:54:24 GMT Awww, I like foxes. We often have one in our garden. Attachment Deleted

Nellie Full Member Posts: 31,057	Foxy May 2, 2016 19:19:17 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nellie on May 2, 2016 19:19:17 GMT I don't mind foxes either - not keen on the poo all over the place though...... We've just discovered we have badgers here. Might have to re-think the garden now!
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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 27,067 Mood: FP Swim	Foxy May 2, 2016 19:42:53 GMT Nellie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on May 2, 2016 19:42:53 GMT That's fabulous Nellie - although they can be aggressive can't they.
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Foxy May 2, 2016 20:14:51 GMT Nellie likes this

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Is there a set in your garden Nellie?

They will come for food eventually and you will be able to watch them at night. Beautiful creatures, I don't know if you remember my pictures of Mr Digby, he just thought he was a dog. There has been a family of foxes here for years, we usually see cubs around come May/June. They have never been any problem to residents.

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I think there must be one Frazz. We had a fencing bloke round to give us a quote before our hols and he said there was evidence of an underground burrow but we assumed it was the foxes. We know they can live underground as we had some under the garage thingy at the end of our old garden.

We haven't seen any badgers yet but our neighbour said that last week they found one trying to flatten our side gate!

My brother has loads of them and they have completely destroyed an area of his garden - he's surrendered it to them now LOL

The babies are cute though.

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Deleted Posts: 0	Foxy May 2, 2016 21:20:18 GMT Nellie and Frazz like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 21:20:18 GMT We heard some banging and thumping one night and thought it was someone trying to kick down our neighbours side gate. Turned out to be badgers, they were very persistent and very strong!

Yorko Administrator Posts: 34,156 Mood: Y	Foxy May 2, 2016 21:25:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on May 2, 2016 21:25:24 GMT May 2, 2016 21:17:42 GMT Nellie said: they found one trying to flatten our side gate! How fooking big are they

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Foxy May 2, 2016 21:30:44 GMT Yorko and Frazz like this

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Big buggers, Y

"They grow to around 90 centimetres (35 in) in length including tail. The European badger is one of the largest; the American badger, the hog badger and the honey badger are generally a little smaller and lighter. The stink badgers are smaller still, and the ferret badgers are the smallest of all. They weigh around 9–11 kg (20–24 lb) on average, with some Eurasian badgers weighing in at around 18 kg (40 lb)."

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Yorko Administrator Posts: 34,156 Mood: Y	Foxy May 2, 2016 21:32:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Yorko on May 2, 2016 21:32:46 GMT May 2, 2016 21:30:44 GMT Nellie said: The stink badgers I don't like the sound of them ^^^^

Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 27,067 Mood: FP Swim	Foxy May 2, 2016 21:52:41 GMT Nellie, Frazz, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on May 2, 2016 21:52:41 GMT I've been sold on badgers since "The Wind In The Willows"- love to see them on the nature programs. Johnnie Kingdom built a sett that you could see right into and a family moved in.
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Mr Digby

Badgers had to be moved from housing building site in late winter. Unfortunately the sow had given birth to three cubs, two survived and I raised Mr Digby until he was about 4 months old. He then went to a local Field Centre in the Surrey hills where the lovely man in the photo cared for him until he died some 12 years later. He lived with other badgers and was very popular with school children.

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Nellie Full Member Posts: 31,057	Foxy May 3, 2016 9:52:20 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nellie on May 3, 2016 9:52:20 GMT How gorgeous, Frazz.
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Berry McPaper-cuts Full Member Posts: 27,067 Mood: FP Swim	Foxy May 3, 2016 9:56:16 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on May 3, 2016 9:56:16 GMT Well done Frazz. Did you have to wake up to feed him when he was tiny?
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They were only a few hours old, he weighed just 6 ounces. I had to feed him every 2-3 hours day and night for a while, and he had to come with me wherever I went for a few weeks, including where I worked at the time. He use to travel in a box on my motorbike and was kept out of site of management in the loo lol!

I learned a lot about feeding babies! I didn't realise I would need sterilise his bottle and we nearly lost him to gastro enteritis. It was a joy having him and broke my heart when he went, but it wasn't practical having an adult badger! My dog loved too.

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