Comments on: Critter Problems (again) http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again Art, Animals, and the Creative Experience Sun, 20 May 2012 11:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Angela Finney http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5243 Angela Finney Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:38:44 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5243 We have plenty of problems with the racoons. Thank goodness we do not have badgers! I hate what opposumms can do to chickens (which I never would have suspected them to be predators, until living in the country) and also I hate the groundhogs digging under the barn. Have live trapped all of these. I used to drive them far away, but my friend shoots them. I recently got involved with a wildlife rescue (in the big city, 40 miles away!) that will take most animals if rabies not a concern, so I may try them in the future when I need to remove a critter that is crossing the boundaries and threatening the other critters who lilve here. Angela We have plenty of problems with the racoons. Thank goodness we do not have badgers! I hate what opposumms can do to chickens (which I never would have suspected them to be predators, until living in the country) and also I hate the groundhogs digging under the barn. Have live trapped all of these. I used to drive them far away, but my friend shoots them. I recently got involved with a wildlife rescue (in the big city, 40 miles away!) that will take most animals if rabies not a concern, so I may try them in the future when I need to remove a critter that is crossing the boundaries and threatening the other critters who lilve here. Angela

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5169 MonaMajorowicz Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:41:03 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5169 Yup, yours is definitely more cuddly looking. I seen a national geographic show once where, while it didn't actually fight a bear, it didn't back away either. Eventually the bear ambled away. Here's a link of info from a wildlife park where I used to work. In it, it talks about Badgers killing animals the size of a horse. http://www.bearcountryusa.com/animals/animal_info.php?id=3 Also here's a photo of an american badger looking less than cuddly. http://www.bearcountryusa.com/upload/animals_photos/badger_pic.jpg Yup, yours is definitely more cuddly looking.

I seen a national geographic show once where, while it didn’t actually fight a bear, it didn’t back away either. Eventually the bear ambled away.

Here’s a link of info from a wildlife park where I used to work. In it, it talks about Badgers killing animals the size of a horse.

http://www.bearcountryusa.com/animals/animal_info.php?id=3

Also here’s a photo of an american badger looking less than cuddly.

http://www.bearcountryusa.com/upload/animals_photos/badger_pic.jpg

]]> By: Melanie Phillips http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5165 Melanie Phillips Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:20:45 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5165 You should have seen our faces when we read that badgers will take on a grizzly, for a moment there we thought..ehh?...and then we realised that your badgers cant be the same as ours! Heres a link to a picture of the uk variety http://www.ravingbadgers.co.uk/Euro-Badger.jpg they are cute, they still have big teeth : ) but they wouldn't attack you thank goodness! m xx You should have seen our faces when we read that badgers will take on a grizzly, for a moment there we thought..ehh?…and then we realised that your badgers cant be the same as ours! Heres a link to a picture of the uk variety http://www.ravingbadgers.co.uk/Euro-Badger.jpg they are cute, they still have big teeth : ) but they wouldn’t attack you thank goodness! m xx

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5125 MonaMajorowicz Sun, 31 May 2009 19:49:51 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5125 I suppose they are cute (not cuddly though.) When we first moved to the farm I enjoyed seeing the racoons and often they had babies. But they are far and away the most obnoxious with their opposable thumbs. All the better to strangle chicken, pull the waterer plugs out (and toss them) and in general be a pain. I walk almost everyday in the country. I see skunks, badgers, coyotes, racoons and oppossums quite often. Weasels and fox much less so. In general if you don't harass them they pretty much leave you alone. Badgers are the only critters that evoke actual fear from me. (I give them a very wide berth) Not sure what they are like over there, but here they are fierce. Will take on a grizzly bear with little provocation.We had to kill one once. It decided to den up right next to the house. Mike had to dig it up with the tractor. So now that I painted such a bummer of a mental picture, I must say that I love living in the country and all it's wildlife. Just as long as they don't try to kill me or my critters. I suppose they are cute (not cuddly though.) When we first moved to the farm I enjoyed seeing the racoons and often they had babies. But they are far and away the most obnoxious with their opposable thumbs. All the better to strangle chicken, pull the waterer plugs out (and toss them) and in general be a pain.

I walk almost everyday in the country. I see skunks, badgers, coyotes, racoons and oppossums quite often. Weasels and fox much less so. In general if you don’t harass them they pretty much leave you alone. Badgers are the only critters that evoke actual fear from me. (I give them a very wide berth) Not sure what they are like over there, but here they are fierce. Will take on a grizzly bear with little provocation.We had to kill one once. It decided to den up right next to the house. Mike had to dig it up with the tractor.

So now that I painted such a bummer of a mental picture, I must say that I love living in the country and all it’s wildlife. Just as long as they don’t try to kill me or my critters.

]]> By: Melanie Phillips http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5069 Melanie Phillips Sat, 30 May 2009 05:20:18 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/critter-problems-again#comment-5069 wow racoons and skunks! I have never seen either in real life but have seen them on tv. Its funny how they can make these creatures out to be so cute and cuddly, when in actual fact they probably aren't! We do have badgers over here though but they are protected, although farmers here very much dislike them.... : ) I hope that your cats start to gain weight once the raccoon has gone. mel x wow racoons and skunks! I have never seen either in real life but have seen them on tv. Its funny how they can make these creatures out to be so cute and cuddly, when in actual fact they probably aren’t! We do have badgers over here though but they are protected, although farmers here very much dislike them…. : ) I hope that your cats start to gain weight once the raccoon has gone. mel x

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