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My kids' dad fed them badger

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Loulamummy · 15/11/2018 23:46

I'm not joking. We are separated and he sees them for the day once every few weeks. Last week he took them for the day in London and when I picked them up they told me, very casually, that Daddy had given them badger with rice for lunch. He had sent me a picture a few days earlier of a dead badger so it is totally plausible, and given that he has been homeless for the last couple of years and often 'lives off the land' I am certain he would not think twice about eating a badger. He told the kids that he steamed the meat for 4hrs but now i'm really worried about the whole TB thing. They seem fine but not sure if I should get them checked out. Any words of wisdom?

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Davros · 17/11/2018 14:02

I popped to Budgens but all the squirrel has gone! I'll check in the week to see if they've restocked. There's a fat cheeky one in my garden I could offer them

QuackPorridgeBacon · 17/11/2018 13:20

The ex probably charges his phone in librarys etc like all the other phone owning people do

I own a phone and I've never charged it at a library

When I was homeless I charged mine at a market cafe. I would leave it plugged in and wander about talking to people.

BabySharkDooDooDooDoo · 17/11/2018 10:48

What a thread 😂😂

AhoyDelBoy · 17/11/2018 09:04

That bunny Envy

longestlurkerever · 17/11/2018 08:53

Presumably that rabbit had already been killed for meat though?

Pywife2 · 17/11/2018 08:32

My friend had a toy monkey that was made from a real monkey. Yes, somebody killed a monkey then used the fur to create a monkey-shaped thing to give to a child to play with. It was a grotesque looking item at that. I don't know if it was a factor in her becoming a lifelong vegan. I hate that attitude to the natural world - roadkill is a bit different, though.

MountainPeakGeek · 17/11/2018 08:26

And I say that as someone who has reluctantly eaten squirrel and beaver in neighbour's stews surrounded by Canadian rednecks. But these were freshly hunted, relatively healthy critters at least - not potentially poisoned or rancid corpses they stumbled across!!

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 17/11/2018 08:25

Jesus, that rabbit!

Is there a bunny wandering round Hampshire with a fake ear and tail as well?

MountainPeakGeek · 17/11/2018 08:21

My two boys would definitely try badger, given half a chance.

But surely that'd be a badger that had been freshly killed, not a random, bloated carcass that someone had stumbled across with no idea of how/why it died. That's just grim...

usernamealreadytaken · 17/11/2018 07:53

^
Absolutely. Different is okay; isn't that what we're trying to teach our children? If OP is happy with contact and doesn't see any danger, just a bit of stuff that's unusual to some others, then we should probably trust her judgment. She's (and exH) raising lovely kids who will have a myriad of unusual experiences to shape their growth, and that's not a bad thing in this sterile age.

My two boys would definitely try badger, given half a chance.

TanginaBarrons · 17/11/2018 06:57

Cannot understand why people are being so precious about the rabbit. It's really cool and I bet its lovely and soft.

Those calling the ex a psychopath should really have a think about how we treat people on the margins of society. It all smacks a bit of "burn the witch". I haven't seen anything to suggest that the (totally awesome and sensible) op thinks that her eccentric ex is a danger to the kids, and actually he seems to really really love them and to want to care for them within his limited means. He reminds me a bit of the dad in Danny Champion of the World (I may be projecting a little 😂).

IceBearRocks · 17/11/2018 06:39

I'm sure they are omnivores too!!!

Badgers love mashed potatoe!!!!

ItsalmostSummer · 17/11/2018 05:38

No sorry it looks photoshopped - the rabbit.

sashh · 17/11/2018 05:32

I'm another one who thinks steaming for 4 hours is not the right way to cook most meat. I have, however, been known to cook fish or chicken in a steamer. If you wrap it in foil with herbs and seasoing it cooks along with whatever veg you are cooking.

I often put a piece of salmon on top of rice in the rice cooker.

I'm not sure how you would steam on a camp fire, 4 hours is a long timme to keep topping up water.

ColdNeverBotheredMeAnyway · 17/11/2018 02:46

That rabbit deserves a whole thread to itself.

1forAll74 · 17/11/2018 02:07

I wonder if it was Mr Badger,or Mrs Badger that got eaten. Hopefully Mr Badger,, as Mrs Badger would have some toddler badgers in her Sett to look after.

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Jux · 17/11/2018 00:33

Oh, I love the bunny, I'd have wanted one too when I was a child. If

Josiebloggs · 17/11/2018 00:28

That rabbit is going to give me nightmares 😱😱😱
What sort of person would find it okay to let their child have that.
Please burn it and buy her a new one.
The rabbit concerns me far more than the badger for some reason.

Davros · 17/11/2018 00:15

I had a lucky rabbit's foot in the 70s and a tail. Kept it for years, might still be in the house somewhere. I hope it's not like the monkey's paw.....

EmilyRosiEl · 17/11/2018 00:14

Hi Loula,

That bunny ear will definitely be covered in pathogenic (illness causing) bacteria. Could you just buy your DD a replacement version without the dead animal parts?

everybodypuuuuulllll · 17/11/2018 00:11

But then I’ve been a vegetarian for 25 years.

Me too.

But still - there really isn't a lot of difference is there? If people are OK with a rabbits foot, or a leather jacket - why not a rabbit's ear? There's no difference really except culture - is there?

VisitorsEntrance · 17/11/2018 00:03

Killing a rabbit to eat for dinner, and giving your child some the left overs to play with - no different to a "lucky" rabbit's foot except it's not culturally something we do usually.

Nope. That is still odd. Lucky rabbit feet were odd. But then I’ve been a vegetarian for 25 years. Perhaps meat eaters give their children giblets or chicken skin to play with, but I doubt it.

Bitchywaitress · 16/11/2018 23:51

Classics
That is all

Willow1992 · 16/11/2018 23:43

Shock I think I would have to name that 'Frankenstein's Rabbit' or similar.