Foxes

shads1973

Landlord or tenant problem/challenge to resolve? In rented place, seems 5 cubs have popped their head up from under the decking in the garden (garden is same as when moved in)

Even have photos, cute little things but as it's a very small space not appropriate to leave them. Landlord's initial response is a pest controller has told her the cubs will leave/die within 2 weeks so just leave them? Have fox-a-gon who deal with the foxes humanely booked in for fri but looks like will have to cancel them

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GBNI

Get them dealt with humanely. It's cruel to leave them to die if the mother has abandoned them.

shads1973

GBNI wrote: »

Get them dealt with humanely. It's cruel to leave them to die if the mother has abandoned them.

I dont disagree. Hence I went to fox-a-gon as they seem to care for the animals welfare and also help with preventive measures for future. Was more a case of who foots the bill in such a scenario

POPPYOSCAR

Have you tried the RSPCA?

shads1973

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Have you tried the RSPCA?

Dont believe they'd get involved in healthy urban cubs in someone's back garden?

POPPYOSCAR

They came out to me for hedgehogs abandoned by their mother and took them away.

Have you asked them for any advice?

If they are in danger of dying in a couple of weeks, I think they will be interested.

shads1973

Yeah good point. But the adult (vixen) fox has been spotted in the garden so I dont believe they're at risk as such

Conrad

Tens of millions of humans have commandeered all the habitat over to thier own needs and as such are a pest to nature.

shads1973

Yes I agree agree agree. Im asking a company to come and humanely make the garden unattractive to foxes. They dont plan on harming or catching the cubs, alas my kids dont seem to want to go out there and its too small a space to share.

All I really wanted to know was who should foot the bill for this service

martinsurrey

shads1973 wrote: »

Yes I agree agree agree. Im asking a company to come and humanely make the garden unattractive to foxes. They dont plan on harming or catching the cubs, alas my kids dont seem to want to go out there and its too small a space to share.

All I really wanted to know was who should foot the bill for this service

you, it’s not an essential service, so not the landlords responsibility to pay.

olly300

Foxes aren't classed as vermin so the landlord has no legal duty to get them removed for you.

So if you don't want them around you need to pay for the pest controller to remove them.

Once the foxes are removed then your landlord would have a duty to repair any damage the foxes have caused. However they can do the repair in a reasonable timescale which means as it's not inside the house they can wait until the decking falls down.

Also if you remove a fox another one takes it's place within a year simply because you obviously live in a place that is idea for foxes.

Your best bet is to work out where the food sources for the foxes are and remove them, or campaign in your area for your council to give the residents the appropriate bins etc. The less food around the less likely you are to have another fox that moves in that is a vixen.

Edited to say: Foxes are very good at digging under garden fences. So even if a fox decides not to live in your garden it doesn't mean they won't visit it to breed, play or simply to sit and scream.