Pesky urban foxes!!

tizzle6560

Any tips/suggestions for keeping foxes out of the garden??

We have blocked off (to our knowledge) all of the potential entry points, but have recently found muddy prints going up a concrete wall on one side of our garden.

Short of putting barbed wire above the wall, what else can I do to keep this pests out?

Ive heard of high pitched noise contraptions etc. but we do not have any exterior sockets to plug one into..

Thanks in advance!

hardy1976

Vinegar seems to work (around you boundary)! Smells for a day or so but then is ok.

dacouch

Do you live in a cul de sac and is it this guy that you're having problems with blud?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxf0BVWP2jw

jenniewb

I've been told they hate the scent of citrus. I've not tested this out myself but if you were to maybe leave orange peelings around the outside edge of your garden you could test it out yourself?


Other than this, someone else once told me (sorry- these are all sounding very old-wives-tales but I've never had a garden of my own!) that if you sleep with a rag of clothing and then leave the rag into whatever hole or den they have created they will move on as they view this as a territorial thing. Again; I've not tested this out myself.


Other than getting in the professionals I wouldn't have a clue what else to try but would love to know how to get them to vacate an area or just not scream so loudly at 3am every single night! I find this hard enough to live with because I sleep lightly, if I had them in my own garden I'd be really upset! Hope you get something sorted.

pendragon_arther

This happens because some idiots feed them. Barbed wire worked for me plus deters potential thieves.

VoucherMan

If you live near this one you may have a whole family visiting soon.

littlerock

electric fence

enjoyyourshoes

.22 magnum rifle

Gloomendoom

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lovinituk

Gloomendoom wrote: »

A tom cat.

Our female cat chases foxes away. She is completely fearless. Its very amusing watching a fox 3 times her size in a complete panic trying to jump back over the fence.

lovinituk

Gloomendoom wrote: »

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:T Love it
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