Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fox problems & some analysis
Hi all
I posted about foxes when I first moved to the ladder a few years back and the problem has only gotten worse. As lovely as they may look, I spend a lot of time clearing up their mess and preventing my kids from playing outside till I clean it all up, its gotten quite frustrating now.
We have just got back from a weeks holiday to find their mess all over our decking and yard, so frustrating to come back to, especially when the children just want to play in the yard.
I have tried the water spray repellent, the ultrasonic repellents, sprinkling chilli and other various strong scents around the lawn without much luck. It would be great to know what others have had success with.
I have a video camera in the yard now and every morning wake up to see the previous nights action. We have anything up to 3 foxes at a time in the yard. I see them bring in food, toys, rubbish, dead animals (yes I had to clean a dead rat from the yard), dig holes and run havoc.
You can see some action here: https://ring.com/share/6727092501341236924
For those who have foxes frequent (and those that don't) it would be interesting to know where you are located to try and paint a picture of how far and wide they reach.
- Are you closer to Green Lanes or Wightman Road?
- Are you closer to Harringay / Hornsey station?
- Do you know of any dens close by?
We are on Lausanne Road, a few houses down from Wightman, so I assume they are coming from somewhere close by, just no idea where, maybe the New River or a den in one of the properties close by.
I am now going to try and few other repellant tricks, maybe bring the sprinkler out again and block up all the gaps in the fence and the holes underneath them, hopefully something can help deter them from my yard.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on
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Had them for many years around St Marks Church Ashley Crescent. From days of Railway line
Get them digging up front Garden. Issue is many people pass by with Fast food some also put food out for them
Often hear screams as they run around early Hours of Morning, making passers by jump as they run through gardens. Thankfully We now have Wheelie Bins, but have had them knocked over .
Was a pain when We had a cat. Aware they have had a few cats , seen and herd them chasing and catching them Cats used to hide under cars and used to see them gang up and chase them up
Understand one of my neighbours has one in her back garden, a few doors down from me. Advised it gets pigeons from their Bird Feeder
There are Cages they can be Humanly trapped in. But Law does not allow anyone to move them to another area
Sure there must be legal Vermin Control firms that can legally remove them. Also aware that once they have been in a area. Others will take over area if they get removed
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Permalink Reply by Friedrich Ernst on
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I agree whit Anka, but a no go is to feed foxes! As this is the way the loses the shyness
to humans.
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Permalink Reply by lina on
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Hi Anka, if you have a dog, how do you teach him not to react to the foxes? They send my dog into a complete panic every night.
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Yes, I think we're going to get a baby gate so he can't access the room that leads to the garden (unfortunately there's no door). I think he's sensitive to both sight and smell, which makes it difficult.
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Permalink Reply by Nigel Roberts on
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I have to agree. It's a privilege to be able to watch these beautiful animals grow and they do keep the mice and rats in check. Life is tough enough for them as it is.
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We had six cubs playing in our garden last season which was a real pleasure to watch. We have three cat's and the cubs managed to corner one of them... they soon learnt from this experience not to mess with cats and now they just want to be Friends... although the cats are having none of it and just ignore them. It's fun to watch their interactions. It goes to show that you do not have to live in the countryside to enjoy wildlife.
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They do attack cats. One caught our cat by the tail as he came in through the cat flap - we saw the fox's snout so there was no mistaking what attacked him.
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Permalink Reply by George on
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I'm sorry to hear about your cat, sadly my experience of foxes in the area backs this up. I recently moved from "The Gardens" area just off Green Lanes where foxes were numerous, we'd often have 4-5 in our rear garden at night causing absolute chaos - digging up all the plants, damaging the fencing, plus mating directly beneath the bedroom window (a harrowing sound). We'd regularly be woken by them at night clawing at the glass door of our kitchen which backed onto the rear garden whenever our cat was visible to them, this pursuit of the cat escalated from a few stand offs in the garden to some of them actually chasing her into the house, they'd often try to actually enter the kitchen whilst we were there eating/cooking! Thankfully we were always able to prevent them entering. Anyway I'm sure there are reasons to like foxes, but my experiences of them were far from pleasant.
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Permalink Reply by Shar on
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I don't really think anyone here's suggesting trapping / harming / relocating.
Figuring out where the den is just might give an idea of their territory.
Personally I honestly like that they're around, but I don't really care for them treating my back garden as a toilet. The foxes wouldn't be too pleased if I dropped one in their den, I'm just being an animal myself and keeping my territory the way I like it.
Don't really care about them coming and going as long as they don't make a racket and don't make a mess. I'm not that accomodating of most humans tbh.
They aren't exactly pets so this isn't a strictly fair comparison but say if I had a dog I wouldn't expect my neighbours to be too excited about it coming by whenever it wants.
A little bit of discouraging bad behaviour and encouraging good behaviour isn't exactly cruelty. I do wish I could be 10% as effective on some of the local humans.
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Permalink Reply by Nanz on
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I don't recall anyone stating they wanted to hurt, trap or relocate them.
My interest was purely to understand how widespread on the ladder they are and what deterrents are working for people.
Obviously if you are close to a den you will be getting them probably more often than not in your yard. I would assume as well if you are feeding them they will also frequent the property.
I don't personally agree with people feeding them, it just encourages them to return and maybe believe that other households will do the same.
Yesterday I woke to find a used nappy ripped up in my yard, along with food remains. Almost every morning I have to spend 10 mins cleaning up after them so my children can simply play in the yard. It's frustrating to say the least.
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It's good to see that they are quite healthy and so friendly too.
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