Urban fox's

[All]

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Hi
Anyone any thoughts on how to stop fox's coming into a garden? Thoughts so
far:- close all access points and electric fence. The rest were illegal!
B Bear.

 

[Pete]

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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:27:34 +0100, "All" <teign2nz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>snippety snip<
>Hi
>Anyone any thoughts on how to stop fox's coming into a garden?

Do you mean "foxes" - the correct spelling of the plural or "fox's" -
being the possessive form and presumably a contraction of something
else such as, perhaps, fox's victims?

If you mean the plural form of fox, any kind of human disturbance
should suffice. How does it get into the garden? Leave some of your
clothing there.


> close all access points and electric fence. Now you're appelaing to brer fox's sense of a challenge!

>

From Pete

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"Being eaten by a crocodile is just like falling asleep in a blender"
Bart Simpson

 

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from "All" <teign2nz@yahoo.co.uk> contains these words:

> Hi
> Anyone any thoughts on how to stop fox's coming into a garden? Thoughts so
> far:- close all access points and electric fence. The rest were illegal!

I know urban foxes have pretty much lost all fear of Man. However, there
has to be a reason why foxes are constantly visiting the garden. Do you
keep domestic fowl in the form of a few hens? What about a readily
available food supply in the form of easily accessible bins? Or a
derelict shed with the door left open where cubs might be able shelter?

Might be worth having a good look round to see if you can discover
what's attracting them. They regularly cubbed under the foundations of
the concrete garage when I lived in Sidcup.

Sorry I can't be of any further help.

--
Kim Sawyer
Sutherland
Scotland

 

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"All" <teign2nz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
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> Hi
> Anyone any thoughts on how to stop fox's coming into a garden?
> Thoughts so far:- close all access points and electric fence. The
> rest were illegal! B Bear.


A few months back I had a pair of foxes visiting my ferrets every night.
To my mind the foxes were hunting for food so I couldn’t take any
chances.
My options were limited, I could have waited for the foxes to trip my
array of security features (I’m sort of paranoid over security and I
like experimenting with electronics) and then shoot them.
This wasn’t going to happen, so my next step was to make the place
unattractive to the foxes. As it happened I had a bottle of cover scent
here called “Tinks red fox urine” and the stuff bloody stinks, so I gave
all of the possible marker posts a good spray. I’m not exaggerating when
I say that the garden smelt like foxes for a fortnight but it did and it
smelt bad.
Did the foxes ever return? Did they hell!

Have a look on www.Ebay.com for red fox cover sent, it’s only going to
cost a few pounds and it works wonders on our urban foxes.

John

 

[All]

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Many thanks for the feedback and grammar lesson. If my spelling gets any
worse I'll apply for a job as a journalist.

"All" <teign2nz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Anyone any thoughts on how to stop fox's coming into a garden? Thoughts so
> far:- close all access points and electric fence. The rest were illegal!
> B Bear.
>
>

 

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>. If my spelling gets any>worse I'll apply for a job as a journalist.

Please don't apply for a job with my publication as we have enough bad
spelling, bad grammar contributors as it is.
I think they're great but we don't need any more, there's not enough hours in
the day for me to correct any more. Cheers, Norman.

 

[Pete]

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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:38:50 +0100, "All" <teign2nz@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>snippety snip<
> If my spelling gets any
>worse I'll apply for a job as a journalist.
>

Try the Gaurdain - they're always looking for journelists!!!!



From Pete

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"Being eaten by a crocodile is just like falling asleep in a blender"
Bart Simpson