Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Foxes in the ladder
Hi there all
We have just moved into a property in Lausanne Road and were informed (before we moved in) that in the last couple of weeks there have been foxes coming into the property overnight.
I had not seen them until last night (midnight). With all the lights off, I was watching the garden and saw at least 6 baby foxes and what looked to be 1 large parent (possibly mother fox).
They have been causing a right mess, knocking over all our pot plants, taken shoes and digging up our vegetable garden. I have been very careful to not leave any food or rubbish outside but they still come into the yard.
I covered up all the holes in the fence however they are now coming over the top. I tried the old chilli powder trick and that worked for a couple of days and now I am about to invest in one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Contech-ScareCrow-Motion-Activated-Deterren...
Has anyone else seen these foxes and worked out how to keep them out of the property?
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Permalink Reply by Nanz on
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As much as I would love to get a few claymores, I suspect I might get a few complaints :)
That scarecrow should do the trick I reckon!
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Permalink Reply by GillianM on
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Hi Nanz - I was on here last year complaining about foxes. Opinion is divided! This year it seems much worse around us. In the last week I've had to chase them out of the kitchen three times. On one occasion the fox was on the worktop finishing off a bowl of cereal. They're in our garden at any time in the day, and cats are no longer seen in the area. (This actually has one benefit - lots more birds in the garden now!)
Anyway. We have tried putting up trellis, blocking holes etc but - they can jump very high, and also will just dig under the fence if you block holes. We use scoot (I think that's what it's called) and I have been putting coffee grounds down near the holes under the fence. Unfortunately nothing works! They're not scared of us at all, in fact will come into the garden when we're all there and don't retreat that far when chased.
The old lady next door to us is quite scared and intimidated by them, I can hear them causing trouble on the other side, and with two small children and a baby due in a few months I am quite concerned. But I have no idea what can be done..... Well, I suppose the motion detector thing is next.
And - they tend to get more badly behaved as the summer progresses......
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We're in Glenwood Rd, just round the corner from the Salisbury. We had them in the ladder too but nothing like this! I'm pretty worried about when the baby arrives. Hard to keep the door shut with two little boys in and out of the garden.....
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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I've seen adult foxes jumping straight over our back fence, which is about 8 feet high.
And while we're on the subject of infestations, I appear to have squirrels in my back roof space - I can hear them running around early in the morning.
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Hi Gillian, we tend to only see them in the late evening, what street are you on?
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Permalink Reply by Allie on
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We are in Lausanne Rd and have one (maybe more) living in the garden behind us. Try and clear as much as possible out of the garden and as like to play with things. Apparently they also don't like the smell of male wee so try some late night 'watering' of the garden. We tried this last year and it seemed to have some effect. Apart from that not much you can do. The ones near us are quite timid and we only ever see them at night time or early morning - saw one this morning about 8ish standing on next door's shed.
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What the heck is a Claymore if its not a deadly anti personnel device please?
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I believe he was joking Philip, they are a pain tho even if they are harmless. As we have a newborn we are constantly having to keep the yard door closed in fear that they might stroll into the house.
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Permalink Reply by tulips on
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Usually foxes appear late evening and during the night. At this time of year, the fox cubs appear - this means there can be some upheaval in the garden, as the cubs tend to knock things over etc when they are playing. Don't worry, it's only temporary while the fox cubs are young. Adult foxes are everywhere in London, you can't really prevent them coming into your garden, but usually they are only around at night, not during the day.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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I'm told there are three that hang out in my back garden - they can be seen from next door's upstairs. I presume a vixen and two cubs. I often see them in the street. They are fearless.
I have added one of those child safety gates to my door - I leave it open to let the air in, then found muddy footprints on my bed. They could jump over the gate but so far haven't left any new sign of being indoors so the small deterrent may help. US-style screen doors would help (and keep out the moths) but I can't find one here.
I'm told Jeyes Fluid helps, they can't stand the smell. Can you still get it, or is it now banned like other useful stuff? Various advice pages say that if you drive out one group, others take their place. They are not classed as vermin so t'Council can't help.
I called on my Facebook team to explain this in April. It was the can of Pepsi that confused me:
"OK team - suggestions please for how this lot ended up in the middle of my back garden, which has six foot fences all round.
- Are there other people's gardens on either side? Or are you on the end?
- from your upstairs tenants...
- Levitating picnickers?
Middle of row, houses either side and behind. Tenants above, who do eat this crap as it oozes out of the (wrong) bin, but I doubt they are that appalling. It's as if it fell from an aeroplane. Or a police helicopter, we get our share of them.
- Untidy garden gnomes?
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Now I have to go with the rather more prosaic explanation that it was Ms Vixen. But the Pepsi can?
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