Wild Badger Sneaks Into Home, Impersonates Family Cat

[Dr. Who]

A bold badger briefly replaced a family’s pet cat after the wild animal reportedly snuck into a home through a cat door last week, ate the feline’s food and took a nap in the cat bed.

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“He had gotten in through the cat flap and had eaten all the cat food before going for a sleep on the cat bed,” she recalled in a post on the SSPCA’s website. “He didn’t seem too happy when I tried to move him but I was able to slide the cat bed round and it was then that the badger noticed the back door was open so [he] made a run for it!”

Though the badger may have played the cat’s role to a T, the SPCA advised people to proceed with caution if they spot such animals.

“Like all wild animals badgers can be aggressive when injured or cornered so we would advise not to go near or touch them without giving us a call first,” said Scottish SPCA chief superintendent, Mike Flynn.

Fortunately, he said badgers breaking into homes is “highly unusual.”
http://www.scottishspca.org/newsroom/latest-news/badger-discovered-having-a-cat-nap-in-linlithgow-house/ …

[Captain Obvious]

[Dr. Who]

The badger looks sooo comfortable.

[MisterVeritis]

We have raccoons who come in. They head straight for the catfood. They leave when they are done.

[Dr. Who]

We have raccoons who come in. They head straight for the catfood. They leave when they are done.

I've had racoons walk in the back sliding door, when it was left open for the dog and not yet closed. Once it was a mother and her three 'kittens'. Fortunately, in each case the dog had gone upstairs or it would have been 'farging' war!

[MisterVeritis]

I've had racoons walk in the back sliding door, when it was left open for the dog and not yet closed. Once it was a mother and her three 'kittens'. Fortunately, in each case the dog had gone upstairs or it would have been 'farging' war!

We had one we called Mama. She showed her three kits where we keep the cat food. We had 20 that came by twice a day. Now there are four.

[Dr. Who]

We had one we called Mama. She showed her three kits where we keep the cat food. We had 20 that came by twice a day. Now there are four.

You must go through a lot of cat food!

[resister]

We have raccoons who come in. They head straight for the catfood. They leave when they are done.

I trapped one in my friends backyard. I transported it via bike trailer and released it,

[Standing Wolf]

Some of the badgers in the U.K. are HUGE - nothing at all like the relatively small ones we have in the U.S. And there are people who are badger fans and take care of badger colonies just like folks over here - and over there - care for feral cat colonies.

[resister]

Some of the badgers in the U.K. are HUGE - nothing at all like the relatively small ones we have in the U.S. And there are people who are badger fans and take care of badger colonies just like folks over here - and over there - care for feral cat colonies.

More power to em! Hope they got their shots!

I was not spooked but honored to see that bobcat pass so close to me!