Badgers sharing Bury?

[gollum 1]

i contacted defra today & got put through to there wild life unit. i spoke to a bloke called Arnold Tucker & asked him about the situation if a badger set was close to a warren as discussed above.

 

Thanks for going to the trouble Richie. I for one will not be putting my ferts anywhere near a badgers set. Even if the law is a bit ambiguous I am certain of 1 thing. I wouldn't intentionally risk my ferrets life under any circumstances.

 

Cheers mate

 

G

[liamdelaney 2,587]

Hi folks, I have a conundrum.

Is it possible that rabbits will live alongside of Badgers? When I say alongside of I mean within 20 feet or so!

 

I am pretty convinced that the bury I am talking about has Badgers next door! There are numerous piles of dung around (see pic) and straw bedding outside a couple of BIG holes. But also there are numerous smaller holes with piles of fresh rabbit dung and scrapes. This bury is quite large, 15 - 20 holes and I am sure it holds rabbits in numbers but I am equally sure there are Badgers either in the Bury or so close as to make little difference. I have seen clear Badger tracks in the immediate vicinity and some of the dung is also definitely not rabbit.

 

I am resisting putting my ferrets anywhere near it as I do not know how ferrets and Badgers get on ?

I know they are the same family....but most families I know like a good scrap at christmas, weddings etc and I dont want to find out the hard way that the same applies to my little ferts! My instinct tells me its a bad idea to try here.

 

Can anyone advise me about this?

 

Thanks.

 

G

yes they will foxes will even share earths with badgers as i found out many years ago

[Guest bigredbusa]

one chomp and it will be over , apart from my fertcross , 1st generation bull ferret , game as you like and has been known to take the big fellas (pre ban of course) . lol