Dead Fox in my garden - Uggh

usignuolo

Been away for few weeks and returned to find dead decomposing fox behind the compost bin at the end of the garden. Ugh.

Phoned council who said they charge £75 to remove dead animals. And could not do it before Wednesday next week. No concessions for age or income.

Managed to find local waste disposal firm who will come round today and charge £70 but what if I was pensioner and/or on low income?

tim_n

Dig a hole, bury it.

I dug one up a few years ago on my allotment (left by a previous owner) in a tesco bag. Its skull adorns my shed eves.

Beans did really well in that corner...

COOLTRIKERCHICK

If you can not dig a hole and move the fox yourself, I am sure if you ask on of the neighbours they would do it for you

valk_scot

Find the nearest skint looking lad hanging around your road end and offer him £25 to scrape it up into a couple of thick bin bags, tie them tight and shove the bags in one of the big black refuse bins that adorn our streets these days.

Failing that, if you really are in such poor health or too elderly to DIY, ask a kind neighbour for assistance.

Low income? Do it yourself. Rubber gloves and strong rubbish sacks wouldn't come to more than a fiver tbh.

usignuolo

I am not that squeamish but it is decomposing badly and smells badly and is covered in fleas. I have been away for a couple of weeks and it is behind the compost bin at the end of the garden which is probably why I did not notice it before. I do not want to touch it. My neighbours are an elderly couple in their late 80s.

My real point is not my own case but what people do if they are not in a position to pay £70 to have it removed or to bury it.

annie123

usignuolo wrote: »

My real point is not my own case but what people do if they are not in a position to pay £70 to have it removed or to bury it.

If none of the above answer your question, then leaving it to decompose naturally would be the answer. It would stop smelling eventually.
There must be thousands of dead foxes here in London lying all over the place, or there'd be more foxes than people here.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

annie123 wrote: »

If none of the above answer your question, then leaving it to decompose naturally would be the answer. It would stop smelling eventually.
There must be thousands of dead foxes here in London lying all over the place, or there'd be more foxes than people here.

I was going to suggest that, but i was going to suggest covering it with earth....

ukjoel

Freecycle - Free dead fox. Beyond eating but still good for a pair of gloves. Buyer to collect...

Leif

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I was going to suggest that, but i was going to suggest covering it with earth....

I was going to suggest that too. Even if you have to buy some compost/earth, it would be much less than £70.

olly300

usignuolo wrote: »

My real point is not my own case but what people do if they are not in a position to pay £70 to have it removed or to bury it.

1. Do it yourself - I had to remove a decomposing squirrel from my shed a couple of years back. I put on a long sleeve top and some thick gloves, wrapped it up in loads of bags, put it in the boot of my car and deposited it at the tip.

2. Ask someone on your street - it's worth knowing more than your immediate neighbours to help you. If you are lucky some kind person, normally male, will feel sorry for how useless you are and help you out for free.

3. Or as the others suggested let it rot down naturally.

cootambear

bury the stinky f00000er

with the same spade you use to dig the hole you can scrape the carcass in, then hose away the bits left over

put some strong smellies on your top lip to mask the stench