The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

Is this in your front or back garden?

If in the front, just put the things on the wall, and someone might claim them.

If the back, they're likely to have come from one of your neighbours.

Might be worth putting a note through their doors to ask, or stick a note on your back gate saying the things have been found.

Or, if you don't want any interaction with people, just deposit them neatly in the back car park on the other side of your fence, maybe with a note on the fence explaining.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

I just find the whole episode "low rent and shabby style".


One shouldn't have to be dealing with "people like this" in what's allegedly a "nice area".... it's simply "common".

True, but stuff happens.

Maybe someone has visitors with a toddler who finds it amusing to lob things over a fence. They're not old enough to know any better.

It is a bit peculiar, though, so maybe stuff is happening, rather than it just being anti-social behaviour, iyswim.

GDB2222

One of DW's boots was carried off from our porch. We assumed a fox was responsible and, since most of them cannot read, we did not bother with notes asking for the boot back.

silvercar

We saw a fox plenty of times when the garden was covered in snow. Never saw a boot in its mouth. In fact it looked quite scared from the billowing snow, I was tempted to throw some food out but I didn't want to encourage it and don't know what foxes eat.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

We saw a fox plenty of times when the garden was covered in snow. Never saw a boot in its mouth. In fact it looked quite scared from the billowing snow, I was tempted to throw some food out but I didn't want to encourage it and don't know what foxes eat.

Foxes eat anything, which is why they do so well in urban environments.

However, I remember Chris Packham once saying that people shouldn't feed urban foxes as they then start associating humans with food, and that's when they could cause real problems losing their fear of us and then entering houses, which might not be good for young children.

If I saw a fox in obvious trouble, I think I'd probably phone the RSPCA and report it or ask for advice.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's definitely occurred after the hours of darkness. I'm out there perpetually chuffing on a rollie

Well, I would just stick them on the front wall, then.

Pyxis

GDB2222 wrote: »

One of DW's boots was carried off from our porch. We assumed a fox was responsible and, since most of them cannot read, we did not bother with notes asking for the boot back.

Hmm...... the foxes near me are very well-educated, don't you know! They've all been to Foxford.

silvercar

Pyxis wrote: »

Foxes eat anything, which is why they do so well in urban environments.

However, I remember Chris Packham once saying that people shouldn't feed urban foxes as they then start associating humans with food, and that's when they could cause real problems losing their fear of us and then entering houses, which might not be good for young children.

If I saw a fox in obvious trouble, I think I'd probably phone the RSPCA and report it or ask for advice.

We never leave doors open, since the time DS1 found a frog in the kitchen!

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

We never leave doors open, since the time DS1 found a frog in the kitchen!

Wow!

I've got frogs in the garden, but I've never had one come in the house at all!

Doozergirl

A fox stole one of my cousin's brand new trainers from right in front of us back in London. She'd just taken them off in our garden in the summer.

Fox wandered right up to them. Just as we were commenting on him being there and his boldness in coming for a sniff, he just nabbed one. Doozer had to chase it, everyone else was laughing too hard. :rotfl: