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Badger Problem

A badger broke into my house the other night. I tried to chase it out but it managed to battle it way to the first floor and has now taken over it. I now occupy the ground floor and the badger the first floor of my 3 bedroom semi.

Tried calling the RCPCA but they don’t believe me; it’s making my life a misery. Came home last night to discover that it raided my fridge and eat the Finders Crispy ‘3 cheese’ pancake that I had saved for tea. It’s doing my head in, should I shoot it?

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  • haynick
    haynick Posts: 521 Forumite
    Shoot it and eat it in place of your crispy pancakes.

    Why not charge it rent and make some money.
  • Ivory_Tinkler
    Ivory_Tinkler Posts: 1,089 Forumite
    I'd say it's done you a favour by eating that pancake!
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    Maybe it heard about the mass badger cull that we're about to have here and did a runner.
    Mind you, I doubt it'll stay long - there's barely any filling or nutrients in a crispy pancake.
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    I googled 'What do badgers eat?' Turns out that they'll 'eat almost anything'. That accounts for the crispy pancake then.

    Do you actually own a gun?
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • Paulos77
    Paulos77 Posts: 693 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Ring the RSPCA again, tell them you rang earlier about a badger in your house but now you dont need them as you've solved the problem by shooting it.. They will soon be over ;)
    Comping again
  • Monkey_Joe
    Monkey_Joe Posts: 117 Forumite
    No I dont own a gun. However, I plan to buy one. I will put it on my interest free credit card and then "stooze" at a later date.
  • Best get some more pancakes in, just in case ratty, mole and Mr.Toad, turn up ;)
  • can you throw a blanket over it and scoop it up or something.
  • Takoda
    Takoda Posts: 1,846 Forumite
    So it ate a frozen Findus Crispy pancake???

    Or did it put the oven on and heat it up?

    My suggestion - put another crispy pancake right at the back of the fridge and hide. When Brock comes down for his snack and goes in the freezer push the door closed with a long handled brush.

    Job's a good 'un!
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