Foxes

POPPYOSCAR

I think this will be down to you and not the landlord and you will need his permission to carry out any work that you do in this regard.

If the children are reluctant to go in the garden I would still get advice from the RSPCA they just might be able to help, worth a try anyway.

shads1973

Can only but ask them. But all their information on the website gives advice on how to deal with them, and only mention of contacting them is if a fox is injured

LittleMax

If they are healthy cubs and the vixen is still around are they really in danger or is this just a case of you don't want them in the garden. In which case I can't see that this is landlord's responsibility to pay for.

shads1973

LittleMax wrote: »

If they are healthy cubs and the vixen is still around are they really in danger or is this just a case of you don't want them in the garden. In which case I can't see that this is landlord's responsibility to pay for.

Thanks, that seems to have answered it in a logically manner. Its a real small garden, not sure the neighbours are too impressed with 5 cubs running around (especially as one breeds and keeps racing pigeons)

wannahouse

please don't hurt them though!!!
we live in the country, and a place we want to buy has a fox den with a HUGE fox! they breed them big here...
the locals said best way to get rid of them is to pee all over the garden, as the scent scare them off, so i'll send the boys out to do that! they'll have great fun!

mapcr77

wannahouse wrote: »

please don't hurt them though!!!

I second that! It is not the foxes fault that we humans have taken over their habitat, as some else has mentioned.

They grow up quickly and it is in their instinct to move away, so in a few months they'll be gone. Then you can take preventative measures to deter them from returning.

shads1973

olly300 wrote: »

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.

Thanks for the informative response, think I missed it earlier. Fox-a-gon were recommened by the Fox Project, which seems to be the go to place for many councils and other websites. Having spoken to them what was good about their approach was it was more about making an area fox proof as possible and not really about the foxes themselves (which them being animal lovers they said they would never hurt)

Their response was based on blocking holes (meshing), scents and other preventive measures. I think based on peoples feedback, the best I can ask the landlord is maybe half the cost, as the design on the garden is prone for animals to easily get under the decking and will always be a possible problem.

Appreciate everyones feedback

shads1973

wannahouse wrote: »

please don't hurt them though!!!
we live in the country, and a place we want to buy has a fox den with a HUGE fox! they breed them big here...
the locals said best way to get rid of them is to pee all over the garden, as the scent scare them off, so i'll send the boys out to do that! they'll have great fun!

Yes I've heard about the pee and other scents to possibly use. But this at best might be a short term solution (if it works at all). The area seems an easy nest/den for any possible animal so might need more preventive measures

And !!!!ing in the back garden in inner london isn't possibly going to do me any favours.

shads1973

mapcr77 wrote: »

I second that! It is not the foxes fault that we humans have taken over their habitat, as some else has mentioned.

They grow up quickly and it is in their instinct to move away, so in a few months they'll be gone. Then you can take preventative measures to deter them from returning.

I haven't/dont plan to hurt them. The cubs are cute things (see the photos from the link of my first post). Just want garden back and area secured/cub's not harmed

wannahouse

shads1973 wrote: »

Yes I've heard about the pee and other scents to possibly use. But this at best might be a short term solution (if it works at all). The area seems an easy nest/den for any possible animal so might need more preventive measures

And !!!!ing in the back garden in inner london isn't possibly going to do me any favours.

people pee all over london, from memory when i was living there, so it would probably go unnoticed!!!:rotfl: