How to keep foxes out of the garden

tanith · 16 December 2007 at 10:51PM

Any suggestions on keeping foxes out of an urban garden where my daughter keeps her pet rabbits.. they are safely shut up in wooden cages but recently a fox bit its way through a friends rabbit cage and killed her rabbit... now one has gotten into my daughters garden and is doing its best to get at the rabbits... she has put a heavy blanket and all her bicycles in front of them as an emergency measure but this isn't ideal of course.... hopefully they will be ok till tomorrow when she can think of something else... meantime will anything deter them? apart from a rotteweiler..:eek: She already has a six foot wall with trellis on top but they obviously just climb over...

anyone?

wishiwasarichgirl · 16 December 2007 at 10:52PM

shotgun?

suki1964 · 17 December 2007 at 12:33AM

http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/6-living/public-health/factsheets/foxes-deterrents.html

alison99_2 · 17 December 2007 at 7:45AM

http://www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk/BradshawsSite/pages/product/product.asp?prod=DVSCAR&affiliatecode=bphrooks&cookie%5Ftest=1
This is the only thing I found that works and believe me I've tried everything. I've only linked to this one as an example, I bought mine on ebay a lot cheaper last year. Good luck.

ianian99 · 17 December 2007 at 7:48AM

wishiwasarichgirl wrote: »

shotgun?

lol that was my first thought

tanith · 17 December 2007 at 9:43AM

Thanks everyone some useful suggestions I will look into them , don't think the Shotgun theory will go down well in 'these here parts' but I am sure its a way out in the countryside....

Thanks for the input...

suki1964 · 17 December 2007 at 8:29PM

One other thing, if you happen to live by a zoo, pop along and ask for some lion or tigers urine or dung, sprinkle around the perimeter fences, apparently it works well and zoos are quite used to requests

orlao · 17 December 2007 at 9:55PM

tanith wrote: »

apart from a rotteweiler..:eek: ?

My local foxes just sit and look at my rottie:D he goes charging up the garden at them and they won't move.......so he has to pretend it was really next doors cat that he was chasing ( he doesn't run away from him either!)

the_devil_made_me_do_it · 19 December 2007 at 12:43AM

wishiwasarichgirl wrote: »

shotgun?

:eek: :mad: not the brightest spark.

mumhug · 19 December 2007 at 12:24PM

Hi my uncle keeps pigeons and lost a few to foxes he swears by urinating inn the garden once a week.Sounds horrible in know but it may work.

emjem_3 · 19 December 2007 at 12:32PM

Yep, agree with mumhug. We keep chickens so are always on the look out for Mr. Fox.

Get the man of the house to urinate around the perimeter of your garden (or be discrete and decant!)

How to keep foxes out of the garden

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