foxes?

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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on January 6, 2011 at 16:13

James, if you are right and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it, then the answer is probaby not foxes in the Outback. Here in Harringay, cats are not having an 'aclysmic effect on anything – (but I'd like to see them more pro-active on the rodent population)

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Permalink Reply by james walsh on January 6, 2011 at 16:44

Clive* i've had a think about cats v birds. there are probably more cats now than when i was a boy but there are definetely much fewer wild birds as opposed to feral birds like pigeons. even 20 years ago sparrows were almost so prolific they were pests, now there are none. Birdsong and the 'dawn chorus' are a thing of the past in london. Very Very sad.

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on January 6, 2011 at 19:33

"Cat(holic)s! I wouldn't have one of them about my estate!"

 

Sir Basil Brooke / Lord Brookeborough, one of my late lamented NI Prime Ministers. He was right, you know.

Permalink Reply by 2wpekjy8dq8y9 on January 7, 2011 at 9:46

We have a back garden full of sparrows. The blackbirds don't nest any more, though, after a fox spent a couple of nights mastering the leap from the fence into the tree to get the fledglings. I doubt whether there are any more cats than when you were young, James, but I'm sure fewer people put the cat out for the night. There are certainly more patios, more decking, and more foxes

Permalink Reply by Anette on January 6, 2011 at 22:00

Thank you Clive for being sensible in this discussion.

And for the record, I hear birdsong in the spring and summer, maybe it's being sung at a frequency inaudible to an older ear...? Just a theory. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Lydia R on January 8, 2011 at 6:12

I hope you are not thinking of a conventional hunt, Clive.  Local gardens do not have enough run-up for horses to clear the fences and driving any sort of an equine at such obstacles might deliver soil-enriching results for the roses but would be less beneficial for neighbourly relations. 

However, I don't dismiss your idea out of hand, we could always try other mounts more suited to the terrain.  How about kangaroos?  Apart from their obvious fence-jumping talents, the female ones at least come equipped with a pocket for the cucumber sandwiches.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Thompson on January 7, 2011 at 18:14

we are pretty sure we have foxes in our garden in Lausanne rd evidence of footprints in the snow and sightings by the neighbour behind us.

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte on January 7, 2011 at 20:16

okay a friend of mine called the RSPCA once to ask them about a fox problem in their garden, she was told that she should get her other half (male) to pee in the garden once in a while as they foxes don't like the scent.  He now does this and they no longer have a problem.  So maybe if every male did that (in the small hours please) the foxes would move somewhere else :)

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on January 7, 2011 at 20:27

Surprised at the RSPCA.  Surely that's a form of cruel and unusual punishment of foxes?

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Permalink Reply by Anette on January 7, 2011 at 21:19

No worse than a fox or human walking down the Passage, OAE... and that is a punishment in itself, but at least we and the foxes can decide if we ant to go there.

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Permalink Reply by Anette on January 7, 2011 at 21:17

@ dane66 - BRILLIANT!!!!!! So simple, and so brilliant!

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Permalink Reply by Maddy on January 7, 2011 at 22:32

I wonder if this would work to keep all the neighbourhood cats out of my garden?

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