Badgers

[MrsP]

I was reading something the other day that said badgers can make great pets if you rear them in the home from babies. It was a US website I googled when I was bored at work.

I'm quite sure they're endangered in the UK so it wouldn't be possible to have one, but I can't be the only person who thinks it would be great to rear a badger from a baby?

Don't worry, I have no plans to go and steal a baby from its sett, but I would just love to have one!

[Emmaj]

hee hee are you sure ya not gonna go on a midnight prowl now MsP


i totally agree they are fantastic animals and have often wondered like you what they would be like as pets if reared from babies

but like you i will carry on wondering...........or join ya on your midnight prowl (joke) lol

[Marinam2]

Arent they a bit like foxes?? I've heard that they dont make for good pets and can become very fiesty and aggressive once fully mature. They do make for good rearing studies and are relatively hardy but once they are fully grown revert to how they should behave in the wild.

Marina

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by Marinam2

Arent they a bit like foxes?? I've heard that they dont make for good pets and can become very fiesty and aggressive once fully mature. They do make for good rearing studies and are relatively hardy but once they are fully grown revert to how they should behave in the wild.

Marina

yeah i had heard that too thats why i only ever wondered on the matter an never took it further lol


they are gorgas animals but dangerous too they are very strong and powerful with a nasty bite

[MrsP]

I've also read that they can be strong and aggressive. I was thinking, as we have a lot of space, that we could re-create a badger sett environment and allow a reared baby to go back to the wild but within our garden!

Not that I can, but it's one of those things I like to think about now and again! Imagine the wealth of study you could do if you lived in the same environment as a badger family.

[Emmaj]

imagine the hours you would spen at the window an in te garden

[Marinam2]

Originally Posted by MrsP

allow a reared baby to go back to the wild but within our garden!

It's a very selfish way to think.

Marina

[Esarosa]

Originally Posted by Marinam2

It's a very selfish way to think.

Marina

Hmm not really, what I think (or presume) MrsP meant...was that a badger who had gone into a rescue, but had become to acclimatised to humans to be released, or couldn't be released into the wild for whatever reason...So it would still have a wild environment, and a better life probably than it would otherwise? Might be wrong though.

[MrsP]

I wasn't being selfish, just thinking about creating a natural environment for a family of badgers. We have a massive garden, not your normal back yard. i just think if it were possible it would be fascinating. What if I created a perfect environment and a family of badgers moved in without me doing anything? That wouldn't be selfish, that would be giving us a valuable opportunity to watch them from home.

Like I said earlier, I'm not actually planning to go and steal a wild badger, they're endangered in the UK anyway. Just thought it would be an interesting discussion!

[Marinam2]

I said that because you inititated this conversation by saying you would go and rear a baby badger.

Marina