Fox poo
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Fox poo
I've got foxes visiting my garden and I need to do something to try and stop them.
These aren't your scrawny urban fox, but rural bushy tailed specimens (I live in Kent where they seem to grow exceptionally big - just Google Britain's largest fox + Kent and it wasn't a million miles from me, i've seen them that big when out walking my dogs in the fields) who are taking an unhealthy interest in my ferrets as i'm finding fox poo of a morning outside their cage.
The cage is secure with bolts on every door so at the moment i'm not too concerned about a fox breaking in. However they carry disease one of which is distemper and that kills ferrets very quickly. And if they are liking my ferrets they will be going mad for my hawk and i've found fox poo outside his aviary as well.
Is there anything that can deter them coming into the garden at night similar to all the varying cat deterents? I don't own a shotgun/rifle so shooting them isn't an option and I really don't want to spend a fortune on fox traps.
These aren't your scrawny urban fox, but rural bushy tailed specimens (I live in Kent where they seem to grow exceptionally big - just Google Britain's largest fox + Kent and it wasn't a million miles from me, i've seen them that big when out walking my dogs in the fields) who are taking an unhealthy interest in my ferrets as i'm finding fox poo of a morning outside their cage.
The cage is secure with bolts on every door so at the moment i'm not too concerned about a fox breaking in. However they carry disease one of which is distemper and that kills ferrets very quickly. And if they are liking my ferrets they will be going mad for my hawk and i've found fox poo outside his aviary as well.
Is there anything that can deter them coming into the garden at night similar to all the varying cat deterents? I don't own a shotgun/rifle so shooting them isn't an option and I really don't want to spend a fortune on fox traps.
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Cheers Puff lol. My dogs obviously pee all over the garden (I clear their crap up immediately though) and so their scent isn't putting off the foxes. I'm not sure I want to pee all over the patio where the ferret cage is!
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I very much doubt an air rifle would do the ones round here:
And yes I have seen one as big as a German Shepherd, I was walking my dogs through the orchards and it run across in front of me and it's size took me a bit by surprise.
And yes I have seen one as big as a German Shepherd, I was walking my dogs through the orchards and it run across in front of me and it's size took me a bit by surprise.
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You'd something more like a shotgun to get rid of something that big!
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1 idea though is a big fox trap. I put a dead chicken in mine as bait and change the chicken every weak. Caught only 1 fox in it this year; haven't really had much of a problem with them this year. Once you've caught one, then you'd have to call someone out to kill it. Or do it yourself if you have the tools...
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