Fox scaring my cats

Alisha2008

My cats have a catflap at the front door and they go out to do their business whenever they want. But apparently a fox has started visiting our front garden every night, and not only has made a complete mess of it by digging holes, but it scares the cats and they'be been peeing inside the house!

Is there anything I can do to scare the fox??? I don't know why this has started happening now, we've lived 2 years in this house and it has never happened before...

antw23uk

You need to scare the life out of the fox. Basically by waiting up and throwing water over it from an upstairs window, rushing out from the side of the house shouting at it .. Anything to make it think your property really isnt worth the hassle of visiting.

And you will need to be consistent as well

MickMack

How do you know its a fox, have you seen it?

Mankysteve

My rents have a fox den behind there fence, never bothered any of our cats past and present. Are you sure its not another cat?

Otherwise as the first op said.

Alisha2008

No cat can dig those holes, there's also fox poo. (my neighbour saw it and said it was easy to distinguish).

I think it comes in the middle of the night, so I can't be awake and waiting for it..

valk_scot

I'd get a litter tray for a start......

Alisha2008

Yes, the litter tray is "working" since Monday! But it's not ideal as there's no space for it inside my house...

Mankysteve

Alisha2008 wrote: »

No cat can dig those holes, there's also fox poo. (my neighbour saw it and said it was easy to distinguish).

I think it comes in the middle of the night, so I can't be awake and waiting for it..

I'm not saying you haven't got a fox, what I'm saying is are you usre the fox the problem.

~Chameleon~

Get your hubby to pee around the front the garden. It will deter the fox.

Pink_elephants_n_lemonade

Do you have a bird table by any chance, or do you leave food out for your cats? At my old house, we had a problem with foxes (more so the day before rubbish day). They used to run up & down the street during the day & come into the garden, looking for food (we had a bird table). They never harmed my cats. I think the foxes were more scared of my cats

Fire_Fox

Keep the cats in at night and let them out in the day, make space for litter trays, I live in a flat and have two. Definitely be sure there is no food for the fox in or around your garden, everything in dustbins.