Foxes in my Garden

Annieuk75

Help!! How do I keep foxes out of my garden? We are having a nightmare, they poo everywhere and it is really hard as I have to check everyday before I can let the kids out. I have heard mixed reviews about the sonic deterrents. Any ideas? Thanks

UncleZen

Block up the holes in the fence(s) where they get in.

tanith

Blocking up access to start with but foxes can easily jump up over a 6' fence or gate.. do you have animals in you back garden? rabbits , guinea pigs? that would attract them or the smell of food in your bins or black bags..if so lock them away in a shed..
My daughter had a problem with them after her caged rabbits but she solved it by getting her partner to pee around the perimeter of the garden , sounds disgusting but it worked... make sure he does it at night when the neighbours can't see..lol

Leif

tanith wrote: »

Blocking up access to start with but foxes can easily jump up over a 6' fence or gate.. do you have animals in you back garden? rabbits , guinea pigs? that would attract them or the smell of food in your bins or black bags..if so lock them away in a shed..
My daughter had a problem with them after her caged rabbits but she solved it by getting her partner to pee around the perimeter of the garden , sounds disgusting but it worked... make sure he does it at night when the neighbours can't see..lol

It might be eaier to pee into a watering can, then apply the pee to the garden perimeter? I am sure it beats wandering about a garden with ones bits hanging out, and avoids a potential visit from the local constabulary.

crazyguy

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evoke

I have had this problem since I moved to my new house. There was a massive pond which i've had filled in. Foxes cannot easily be blocked from getting into your garden - I have seen them clamber up and over 6' fnecing panels with ease and also squeeze through the tightest gaps.

They are basically searching for food. In my case they must have detected the smell of fish in my ex-pond and they spent several weeks digging holes and making a mess all over my garden.

Eventually this has died down as they have figured out that there is no food in my garden for them.

You need to establish what in your garden could constitute the presence of food - do you leave rubbish sacks out or have pets that are in your garden during the day?

If you eliminate any presence of potential food then the foxes will eventually go away.

kmmr

I'm Australian, and we normally encourage wildlife in the garden. Possums and lizards and things. So when I moved to London I thought I would feed the foxes... I have since been told that is the very wrong thing to do!

Cue some annoyed neighbours, and I have been hiding from them since.

evoke

Just ressurecting this thread as i've now got rid of the foxes with an additional measure.

Firstly I bought four of those sonic fox repellent devices. They use a PIR sensor to detect cats/dogs/fixes and emit an ultrasonic squeal for 25 seconds. Whilst they work okay, they have two major disadvantages:: they cost around £50 each and eat up 6 AA batteries each within a month! Anyway, I had these dotted around my garden and they dramatically reduced the foxes entering my garden.

Just a couple of weeks ago I decided on a more drastic action. I bought a box of carpet gripper rods from my local carpet shop and nailed these into the top of my rear and side garden fences. These were the two fences that the foxes used every day to enter and exit my garden.

Now i've not had a single fox in my garden. The spikes on the gripper rods are not going to kill the fox, they'll just cause it a degree of discomfort so they don'y bother climbing the fences anymore.

That appears to be the cheapest long-term solution that I have found so far. My panel fnecing is 6' high so there's no danger to children and the spikes on the carpet gripper rods are only a few millimetres in length.

Francesanne

kmmr wrote: »

I'm Australian, and we normally encourage wildlife in the garden. Possums and lizards and things. So when I moved to London I thought I would feed the foxes... I have since been told that is the very wrong thing to do!

Cue some annoyed neighbours, and I have been hiding from them since.

My old mum use to feed them too. They caused no problems to neighbours cats or dogs but cubs use to cause havoc to her lilies when they were playing & it looked like a war zone.