What type of food do badgers eat

Badgers can live for up to 14 years. They can breed at any time of the year and choose months when temperature and food availability are optimal. Females give birth to litters of up to six cubs. If you are very lucky - at night, wandering through the garden, foraging for food. Also in woods and on grassland. Martin Harper Blog. How nature can help protect our homes Following the floods this winter, watch how one area is using nature as a natural protector.

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Arne Heathland home to more than species. Get out, get busy and get wild! Research suggests that unpredictable supplementary feeding is beneficial e. Avoid any interaction between dogs and hedgehogs. Sadly dog bites frequently cause injury or death to hedgehogs. Feeding badgers: Use wet cat or dog food, or specialist badger food.

Provide some fruits, such as apples, plums or pears, and nuts, such as unsalted peanuts or brazils. Leave out root vegetables like carrots, along with some cooked potato. Want to help? Adopt a hedgehog. John Bridges. Feed when foxes and badgers are most in need. Winter, for example, or particularly dry spells when things like insects and earthworms are harder to reach in the hard ground. Clean bowls and feeding utensils regularly to avoid the spread of disease. Providing excessive amounts of food could also cause foxes to become overconfident.

Put out food that foxes can take away and cache. Offer something they can eat on the spot to discourage them from digging up gardens. Your neighbours might not be as pleased to see these bushy-tailed visitors as you.

Try to make the animals tame or hand-feed them. Leave out the food then watch from a discreet distance. Encourage foxes and badgers to come to your back door or into your house to be fed. They may try this at other homes and get into trouble. Wildlife guides Download our handy wildlife guides and find out what to see each season, how to garden for wildlife and much more.

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