Foxes

karenw

Not sure if this is the right place please feel free to move.... anyway here goes...

I have foxes nesting in my back garden not exactly sure where but they leave a trail that leads to some bushes in my back garden so i presume thats where they nest, now almost every day in the early hours i see them walk through my back garden and across to the local farm where i presume they are hunting for the farmers animals they make a terrible screeching noise which is very frightening.

I am thinking of purchasing one of these below has anyone tried this and if so did it work

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pulliptears

The screeching is their way of calling the cubs usually, plus they call for a mate around December/January time. I'm lucky enough to have them in my garden and I have spent many happy years feeding them, watching the cubs grow and raise their own families. I had 7 babies one year who all delighted in playing in my garden, usually with cushions from neighbours patio furniture lol

Personally, I wouldn't be without my little family.

karenw

Oh no i don't like the look of them they look vicious plus a friend of mine was once biten by a fox so i just want rid of them asap :eek:

pulliptears

karenw wrote: »

Oh no i don't like the look of them they look vicious plus a friend of mine was once biten by a fox so i just want rid of them asap :eek:

Lol, they aren't vicious, they are much more frightened of you than you are of them I promise. I'm guessing the one who bit your friend was probably injured as that's quite a rare occurrence.

karenw

I'm not a big fan of any animals tbh and i live opposite a farm :rotfl:

pulliptears

karenw wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of any animals tbh and i live opposite a farm :rotfl:

Lol Karen

Mine are all city foxes, I live by a large playing field and small wood so its a great environment for them. They have suffered over the last 2 years after the council introduced wheelie bins. That's when I started to leave the scraps out for them at night.

I guess if I lived out in the country having foxes would just be the norm, but I feel quite honoured they choose to come to me in the middle of a city.

In terms of the deterrents, I have no idea if they work or not I'm afraid. I assume they work in a similar way to the cat deterrents?

breezerockz

i agree the noises can be scary til you get used to them, :eek:
i live in the middle of nowhere, so it was a shock when i first heard the noise.i love having them around farm, and am glad of them eating the too many bunnies in the horses field.
they are doing a good job.
they probably don't like the look of you either:rotfl:

Mutter_2

pulliptears wrote: »

The screeching is their way of calling the cubs usually, plus they call for a mate around December/January time. I'm lucky enough to have them in my garden and I have spent many happy years feeding them, watching the cubs grow and raise their own families. I had 7 babies one year who all delighted in playing in my garden, usually with cushions from neighbours patio furniture lol

Personally, I wouldn't be without my little family.

That's lovely. I saw my first live Badger this week, despite many years of living in the countyside. Long may your family of Foxes remain. The only harm is the smell. Wafpt. don't let your dogs anywhere near it.

lowis

i live in the Cit of London, a stone's throw from St. Paul's cathedral, when i go running late at night i often see foxes running across the steps at St.Paul's, or across the square at Smithfield market, or generally hanging around in the city streets. we also have a family of them living in our communal gardens.

i have no idea of the deterrant works though, sorry x

Hectors_House

karenw wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of any animals tbh and i live opposite a farm :rotfl:

I remember seeing a programme a couple of years ago that showed you how hard foxes find it to survive.

If left to hunt for rabbit they practically starve.

Urban foxes are probably doing quite well out of all the bowls of cat food left out for hedgehogs these days.

My partner puts out meal scraps and bread for our local fox and now has one coming into the hallway to pick up his bay of goodies.

Although the fox has surprised Andy in the kitchen making himself a cuppa a couple of times it hasn't acted in any way aggressive.

Unless you have poultry to protect I don't see any harm in letting them be.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

They're just as likely going after the mice and rats in the farmer's outbuildings. I personally prefer the foxes. And I have seen them chased and beaten up by a three legged cat that was blind in one eye and weighed less than a bag of sugar.

I dated an Ghanian guy once upon a time, who was terrified of them, but he thought they were the same animals as the ones he had grown up with. Once he saw them up close, he thought they were great as they were so placid. He never really got over his horror of snakes (so I had to rescue him from a slow worm once), but I figured he had already done really well with the foxes.