Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Foxes! (Rant)
Anyone else suffering at the moment with this problem? We have been fighting a losing battle with them in our garden. We can't keep them out, despite putting up barriers (they have dug under the fence.) They seem to have no fear, and if you confront them just retreat to a fence and wait. We have had to put up with fox poo in the garden every day, the remains of their meals on the lawn, shoes and toys left out are taken and chewed, bird feeders taken, pots and plants knocked over and destroyed and - this is the final straw! - decapitated our one and only sunflower.... It was unsupported so the head was near the ground. It was intact in the morning but by early afternoon the head was at the other end of the garden bitten in half. I can't imagine a cat or a squirrel could have done that, so the atrocity must have been a fox, and, worryingly, in the middle of the day.
Also been seen rolling around on the lawn, like a family pet. I'm beginning to get a bit worried about leaving the children (1 and 5) in the garden, and having seen one wonder into next door's kitchen, need to think about having the kitchen door closed.
I've seen from other threads that the council won't do anything about foxes but I am going to complain and ask as I think it is becoming a risk. Don't think I should have to keep my doors closed! If anyone else is suffering the same level of problem maybe you could think about letting the council know too?
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on
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Phillip please do tell me how you keep your cat in your own garden? Tie it up?
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Yes I do. So what? I don't have children either but I can assure you that I have three litter trays which are in constant use by my cats. I would suggest you check your garden before letting your kids crawl about in it. Common sense isn't it.
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Permalink Reply by Bethany on
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Obviously people that have a problem with nuisance cats and foxes check their gardens before letting their children out to play.
I find it completely objectionable that I'm forced to clean up after someone else's pet. I find it truly bizarre that people get so defensive about their pets.
This thread was started to offer advice about how to deal with unwated foxes...and then got on to cats. Nobody has suggested a muderous campaign against any animal, just ideas to gently move them on when then visit our gardens.
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Permalink Reply by Takaokagiejin on
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Yes, I had the same problem. My garden in Vale Rd was on their nightly patrol . During mating season they would (literally) go bonkers screaming, smashing pots and plants and generally behaving like hooligans. One took to hopping up on my ground floor bedroom window sill in the middle of the night and scaring the life out of me. He wouldn't budge so I took to scaring him back with a bike light, that worked for a few days, then he got used to it so I turned the light onto flashing mode which he got used to as well. Pretty mad to be in your own bed with a fox just a few inches away from you moving slowly to strobe lighting.
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I am very fond of the foxes - one came up to the kitchen window during the snow last year and it was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. When I first moved into the flat, I left a pair of nice sandals outside the kitchen door. One went missing and I was puzzled for weeks until figured out it was a fox. It was rather a Sherlock Holmes scenario for a while.
Foxes aren't going anywhere, so it makes sense to try to like them. Maybe the Tottenham foxes behave better than the Harringay foxes as I don't recognise the hooligan element.
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I shall pass on this discussion to Mr & Mrs Fox of Wightman Road.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on
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Unfortunately the council doesn't provide a service for dealing with foxes but the website does direct you to http://www.foxproject.org.uk/ which may be useful. Here is another useful link http://www.haringey.gov.uk/foxes_fact_sheet.pdf
I will of course make some more enquiries to see what help and advice the council can offer where foxes are become a big problem locally.
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Permalink Reply by GillianM on
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Thank you Karen - and thank you everyone. Now shall be armed with Get Off My Lawn, an automated water squirter if required (the boys will love that) and maybe even a new-found affection for our bushy-tailed friends neighbours. (Some of those pictures in those links were very cute Karen.)
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Permalink Reply by Nick on
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I had the same problem - a family of foxes regularly visiting my garden. I bought a "scarecrow", which is a motion activated sprinkler, and it works very well.
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Yeah, I got one of these to deal with cats and it got rid of them from day 1.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Procter-Pest-Stop-Havahart-Spray-Away/dp/B0...
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