| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? 13:07 - Aug 31 with 6877 views | BrixtonBlue |
We've tried putting down onion, egg shells, chopped chillis, coffee grounds, Olbas Oil, mustard in boiling water, vinegar... I've even tried weeing out there to show them who's boss!
If anything they seem to be viewing all this as a challenge! |  |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:08 - Aug 31 with 1039 views | factual_blue |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 19:07 - Aug 31 by BrixtonBlue |
We're in Crystal Palace now which is a lot more relaxed and groovy than Brixton. |
Are there still dinosaurs? |  |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:15 - Aug 31 with 1038 views | hampstead_blue |
You cannot stop them.
They are slippery, cunning, and clever. I'm imagine they whipped-up a meal from the shopping list you seem to have left them.
My answer?
Let them be. We had them opposite us in NW6. They used to lay in the sun by the tube line. Very handsome and healthy, even on the fried chicken diet I'd imagine they had. |  |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:46 - Aug 31 with 1016 views | jeera |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:15 - Aug 31 by hampstead_blue |
You cannot stop them.
They are slippery, cunning, and clever. I'm imagine they whipped-up a meal from the shopping list you seem to have left them.
My answer?
Let them be. We had them opposite us in NW6. They used to lay in the sun by the tube line. Very handsome and healthy, even on the fried chicken diet I'd imagine they had. |
My sister and her husband have lost a lot of birds to foxes over the years: chickens, ducks, turkeys. Not so much geese, but then geese don't tend to take many prisoners themselves.
I maintain that a grown man should be able to outwit a fox but there you go. It comes as no surprise to me that a wild animal is smarter than my brother-in-law.
What does seem to have done the trick is the 4 alpacas they took on from a neighbouring farm. The foxes aren't keen on them.
Clearly the alpacas are smarter than my sister's husband. [Post edited 31 Aug 2020 20:49]
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 22:19 - Aug 31 with 995 views | NthQldITFC |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:46 - Aug 31 by jeera |
My sister and her husband have lost a lot of birds to foxes over the years: chickens, ducks, turkeys. Not so much geese, but then geese don't tend to take many prisoners themselves.
I maintain that a grown man should be able to outwit a fox but there you go. It comes as no surprise to me that a wild animal is smarter than my brother-in-law.
What does seem to have done the trick is the 4 alpacas they took on from a neighbouring farm. The foxes aren't keen on them.
Clearly the alpacas are smarter than my sister's husband. [Post edited 31 Aug 2020 20:49]
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I like this post, and I don't have any brothers-in-law. Perhaps I may look into getting one, just to make me feel more cleverer. Wouldn't mind an alpaca either, but not sure how much bigger that would be than an alpacino? |  |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 22:24 - Aug 31 with 993 views | jeera |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 22:19 - Aug 31 by NthQldITFC |
I like this post, and I don't have any brothers-in-law. Perhaps I may look into getting one, just to make me feel more cleverer. Wouldn't mind an alpaca either, but not sure how much bigger that would be than an alpacino? |
Dunno, but I know an alpacino is shorter than a deniro. | |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 22:29 - Aug 31 with 991 views | NthQldITFC |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 22:24 - Aug 31 by jeera |
Dunno, but I know an alpacino is shorter than a deniro. |
Maybe once, but I think they're on the Euro now? | |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 23:33 - Aug 31 with 968 views | Coastalblue |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:08 - Aug 31 by factual_blue |
Are there still dinosaurs? |
Yes, and some have had a bit of restoration.
Quite interesting actually as they have copies of the original descriptions for many of them. |  |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 07:33 - Sep 1 with 931 views | andytown |
The ultrasonic sound devices triggered by movement seem to have worked with cats for us, the other thing which has deterred them are cut up stems of rose bushes. Might be worth a try for foxes... |  | | |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 07:48 - Sep 1 with 923 views | bluelagos |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:46 - Aug 31 by jeera |
My sister and her husband have lost a lot of birds to foxes over the years: chickens, ducks, turkeys. Not so much geese, but then geese don't tend to take many prisoners themselves.
I maintain that a grown man should be able to outwit a fox but there you go. It comes as no surprise to me that a wild animal is smarter than my brother-in-law.
What does seem to have done the trick is the 4 alpacas they took on from a neighbouring farm. The foxes aren't keen on them.
Clearly the alpacas are smarter than my sister's husband. [Post edited 31 Aug 2020 20:49]
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Having been chased by an alpaca last year, I can confirm they are nasty bastards. Reckon they'd be good to double as a guard dog or should that be guard alpaca.
Horrible fckers |  |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 08:34 - Sep 1 with 910 views | gordon |
I'd be crapping too on that diet. Cut them some slack. |  | | |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 09:22 - Sep 1 with 897 views | hampstead_blue |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 20:46 - Aug 31 by jeera |
My sister and her husband have lost a lot of birds to foxes over the years: chickens, ducks, turkeys. Not so much geese, but then geese don't tend to take many prisoners themselves.
I maintain that a grown man should be able to outwit a fox but there you go. It comes as no surprise to me that a wild animal is smarter than my brother-in-law.
What does seem to have done the trick is the 4 alpacas they took on from a neighbouring farm. The foxes aren't keen on them.
Clearly the alpacas are smarter than my sister's husband. [Post edited 31 Aug 2020 20:49]
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I agree they are ruinous to poultry.
My first choice is eradication.
The family that lived near us never caused a problem as there was no poultry kept nearby.
We are hopefully getting chickens soon. Then I will start to sharpen my mind! | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 10:37 - Sep 1 with 882 views | jeera |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 09:22 - Sep 1 by hampstead_blue |
I agree they are ruinous to poultry.
My first choice is eradication.
The family that lived near us never caused a problem as there was no poultry kept nearby.
We are hopefully getting chickens soon. Then I will start to sharpen my mind! |
I did a bit of taxi-driving for a few years and there was a regular customer who lived out North Stow way. I appreciate anyone not in the area won't know it, but it's on the edge of the old Kings [Thetford] Forest.
He was a gamekeeper there and lived in a wonderfully isolated cottage in a clearing in the woods.
There were all sorts of birds wandering about freely and I asked him about foxes. They did take themselves to bed at dusk and he'd shut them in, naturally.
He went into a handful of basics he relied on and said he never lost a single bird.
Involved trip wires at X amount of distances connected to a 24 volt battery, weeing around the perimeter and other such measures dominating the area.
Like I say, it shouldn't be too hard should it.
No need to kill anything, just use some savvy. | |
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| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 11:01 - Sep 1 with 868 views | hampstead_blue |
| Anyone got any tips on stopping foxes coming in your garden and crapping? on 10:37 - Sep 1 by jeera |
I did a bit of taxi-driving for a few years and there was a regular customer who lived out North Stow way. I appreciate anyone not in the area won't know it, but it's on the edge of the old Kings [Thetford] Forest.
He was a gamekeeper there and lived in a wonderfully isolated cottage in a clearing in the woods.
There were all sorts of birds wandering about freely and I asked him about foxes. They did take themselves to bed at dusk and he'd shut them in, naturally.
He went into a handful of basics he relied on and said he never lost a single bird.
Involved trip wires at X amount of distances connected to a 24 volt battery, weeing around the perimeter and other such measures dominating the area.
Like I say, it shouldn't be too hard should it.
No need to kill anything, just use some savvy. |
Wisdom. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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