Suggestions for fox removal

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on January 12, 2014 at 18:03

They won't go unless the area is less inviting. The fact that it' s overgrown and junk filled just makes an even more delightful Harringay pied a terre. Even if you did manage to move them some more will just move into the territory. Afraid that your neighbour will have to get over it and have a clear out.

PS. I was going to say that they are more afraid of you than you are of them, but given the sassy face-off I had on my last few encounters, I won't.

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on January 12, 2014 at 18:35

You really have my sympathies - we had exactly the same situation a few years back and would regularly come home/get up to find our garden trashed (holes everywhere, plants dug up etc etc). I tried a few different things but the one that seemed to make the most difference was simply making our garden as unattractive and hard to access as possible. So we boarded up various holes they got through in the fence and blocked up the holes they dug under the fence. This did make  a bit of difference at the time and luckily for us the next year they didn't come back to that site. Like you, they were in the garden behind us, in a collapsed old shed - maybe it collapsed so much it wasn't as attractive any more. 

I really doubt the council will do anything. Like Michael says, if  you're going to sort it out long term it will probably have to involve your neighbours venturing down their garden path and working out where they are living!! 

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Permalink Reply by matt on January 12, 2014 at 18:36

Also have foxes that are very active in the neighbour's garden at the moment. Yes they're incredibly noisy! Like the budding trees and daffodil bulbs they think it's spring! See foxes, esp younger males kicked out by their mums to find their own territory, wandering around early evening, let alone in the middle of the night. Part of landscape so to speak.

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Permalink Reply by Tina on January 12, 2014 at 20:23

I can totally sympathise with you as we have 2 of the bloomin things living in our row of gardens . They wake me up in the early hours on my bedroom window sill going through and wrecking my window boxes ,squealing, screaming and being a nuisance in general . But our gardens are all clear and well used . We have a cat and a dog doesn't make a blind bit of difference . One of them looks on deaths door it's whole body shakes and half it's fur is missing , I have called RSPCA and they say they can't do anything unless I have the fox there trapped so its there when they arrive .
When you find an answer I would be extremely very grateful to know what it is ....... I feel I'm ranting sorry rant over :-)

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Permalink Reply by Liza on January 12, 2014 at 20:27

We had the same problem, a combination of a sonar fox deterrent, blocking up all the holes, and putting down scent that they didn't like (I've heard human urine does it...) seemed to do the trick and they didn't return to nest. They are so cute in the beginning and then such a pain.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 12, 2014 at 20:31

Some advice from Lambeth Council.

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Permalink Reply by Tara-Lee Platt on January 13, 2014 at 13:16

We have foxes as well.  The best thing I've found is put a load of chilli powder around access points as not even foxes like a burnt nose or bottom! it's a bit of an old wive's tale reaslly but if you do it regularly but it does seem to work for a time at least. 

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Permalink Reply by Mark Smith on January 17, 2014 at 15:52

Someone I work with had a problem with cats digging up his flowers and got one of these, which got rid of them pretty effectively. Can't see why it wouldn't work with foxes too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Contech-ScareCrow-Motion-Activated-Deterren...

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