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How to keep foxes out of the garden

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  • robert_harper_2000
    robert_harper_2000 Posts: 1,501 Forumite
    What were the links too ?? I get asked this a lot (work in a pet shop)
    Help me to help you :santa2:
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
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    emjem wrote: »
    Yep, agree with mumhug. We keep chickens so are always on the look out for Mr. Fox.

    Get the man of the house to urinate around the perimeter of your garden (or be discrete and decant!)

    I'd love to see Alan Titchmarsh doing THAT on Ground Force!!
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
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    Actually, do you have space in your house/hall/outhouse to bring the runny babbits indoors?
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • gt568
    gt568 Posts: 2,535 Forumite
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    To keep foxes away from chickens I've tied socks and tights full of cut human hair to the fence around the garden. The smell deters them. I got the hair from the barbers, just asked after my haircut.
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  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone, I have passed all those great tips on to my daughter... she is going to try as many as poss , except the shotgun suggestion...:eek:
    #6 of the SKI-ers Club :j

    "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke
  • robert_harper_2000
    robert_harper_2000 Posts: 1,501 Forumite
    Human hair.... lol I hope your not joking?
    Help me to help you :santa2:
  • gt568
    gt568 Posts: 2,535 Forumite
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    robert_harper_2000 wrote: »
    Human hair.... lol I hope your not joking?

    Not at all. The scent of humans deters them.
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  • Bun
    Bun Posts: 872 Forumite
    We have our ferrets in a large hutch we got from 'Pets at home' which has fox proof black wire instead of the usual stuff. Foxy visits a lot and has pooped in front of and on top of the hutch but ferts are fine. Maybe you could try this, might be able to get some online?
    Annabeth Charlotte arrived on 7th February 2008, 2.5 weeks early :D
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