Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Foxes disapproving of my daily paper?
After reading Dick Harris’ post about a field mouse appearing on his doorstep I have started to wonder if the local wildlife are taking some kind of political stand?
I get the Guardian and Observer delivered and they appear in in early hours of the morning on my doorstep, fortunately wrapped in a potato starch bag. In the past two weeks I’ve had delicately placed fox poo and a not so delicately deposited fox wee on three occasions.
Should I change to the Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday?
Yours
Worried of Warham Road.
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Permalink Reply by mjchill on
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We had the same problem with fox poo and pee on our delivered copies of The Guardian and The Observer. I am not sure if foxes have political opinions and if they do what those opinions are. The problem was solved by our absolutely insisting that the papers be pushed through our letterbox rather than thrown in the general direction of our doormat from the pavement. We know the delivery people threw from the pavement because when they did occasionally manage to put the paper through the letterbox they always left the front gate open!
It took a while and a lot of emails for the delivery people to get the message but they did in the end.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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I hesitate to think what loathsome beast might be attracted to the hood if you were to provide such a tempting target to dump upon. Perhaps one of these:
This fright was pictured while feasting on the carcass of a dead zebra.
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Permalink Reply by Cathie on
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BBC wildlife:
People are sometimes incensed that foxes leave faeces on their shoes, in a hole that they have dug to put some plants in, or on top of a pet’s food bowl. But foxes use urine and faeces to mark their territory, and so tend to leave their scent marks in conspicuous places, especially on objects to attract their attention. So anything new or exciting to the foxes is likely to be marked.
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Permalink Reply by John Leeming on
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How about investing in a bigger letter box so that your papers can be pushed through the door?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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The letterbox is fine. I don’t think the delivery guy gets out of his car and just flings it. You sometimes hear an early morning thump on the front door after a particularly vigorous chuck.
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Maybe there's a local paper shop with a delivery boy/girl.
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I’ve asked and it doesn’t appear so - unless someone knows of one that delivers to the Ladder
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Permalink Reply by Rosamund Tomlins on
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Fox poo & wee appears near my front door if I don't top up the water bowl I took to putting out during lockdown. Initially this was for my neighbours' elderly cats in the summer, but I'm thinking the foxes drink it & won't crap where they drink. I may yet be proved wrong, & haven't yet tried it at the back door. The foxes still have my entire back garden to poo & wee in, & dig, & destroy generally, as with my neighbours' garden where they chewed through electric light cables. I've had the odd poo-containing chewed shoe, bones, food wrappers, & pieces of torn newspaper, but none to indicate which of the dailies they might prefer.
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I found a well chewed bra in my back garden once.
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