Question from Trevor 2/2/99: Do badgers have a problem, in the wild, with nails?
• Answer: Hi Trevor, thanks for the question. Not really, although badger claws, especially front, grow very quickly and are very hard they wear down rapidly due to their constant digging habits, which involves shifting compacted clay, stones and abrasive soils. A badger’s teeth may not fair so well though. Due to their diet of earthworms, which have soil within them, a badger’s teeth can wear down rapidly, particularly if their territory has abrasive soils. Taking this into account I often use teeth-wear as a means of aging a badger. Back to Index [42] Question from Theo 5/2/99: I often have badgers visiting my garden, which was great until now. My son wants a tortoise as a pet and I am concerned that the badgers will attack the tortoise. I have a garden fence and I thought that I might try and make some barricade to stop the badgers getting in. Is this a problem? Would a badger attack a tortoise? Could I make some blockade? If badgers don’t like lettuce, could I leave some out so the