Foxes - again

yocky

I do love these pointy eared cnuts, but they test that to the absolute limit.

The inner London garden I bought was a bit of a wilderness including actual fox holes. I tried to be sympathetic to the resident wildlife when I did it up but fox friendliness wasn't that high up the agenda tbh. Not that the foxes give a monkey's, they still treat the place as their own.

I've had bizarre damage to the center of certain new shrubs, case solved when I caught the foxes making the effort to nestle right in the middle of them. Entire areas of bedding plants dug up. They hang around doing the noise at 4am, I thought at least they're shagging when that goes on but no, when you look out they're just sitting there (on my shrubs) doing the noise for no apparently good reason. Their party trick really is trying to recreate their old burrows. I know underneath garden sheds is a popular hangout but I thought mine was safe because it had a deep layer of self binding gravel round the perimeter, I had to hack a bit of it out to give my compost heap a base that wasn't solid stone - it's hard work. These arseholes just shoveled it away with their paws no problem.

Now the latest escapade is chewing electricity cables, especially the one powering the pond filter. Pricks

 

 

darthed1981

Genuinely thought this was a thread about this pretty, talented if slightly over-produced lassie...

Kittyfrisk

Gotta watch out for those urban foxes.

ToneControl

Kittyfrisk said:

Gotta watch out for those urban foxes.

my favourite

Dominic

The Todd   ....Hate the bastard things ;
They have killed some of my chickens including my favourite light Sussex .........I am building even more foxproof fencing now
 Caught one running away with a hen in its mouth ....fortunately it dropped her as it jumped the fence and she was ok after I nursed a small leg wound .
I could shoot them but I haven't got the heart to do it or poison them 
they are so crafty .
Having a few issues with weasels too .
The crying at night is a vixen calling for a mate .

Johnnyseven

We have a load of foxes that like to play in the road in our Croydon street at night, they also make really loud noises. Also had them digging to make a den under our shed. This winter I propped some paving slabs against the shed that stopped them. They also like to dig up my wife's plants.

Sassafras

All you need's a pack of hounds and some red jacketed friends on horseback.
That's the most humane way of getting rid of foxes, apparently.

S56035

God damn nature and its tendancy to try and stay alive!

yocky

Stay alive? They're much higher up Maslow's hierarchy of needs than that, they're taking over.

I'm convinced the cable chewing is some kind of bourgeois thrill seeking. Like bungee jumping. 

RandallFlagg

Basil sings “Hey Teacher! leave them foxes alone”

Snags

You don't need foxes to sit on your shrubs, a dog will fuck those up for you. 

SPECTRUM001

They have been periodically digging up our window boxes - but stopped a short while ago...

...when we started putting food out for them (sorry !!). We have named a lovely looking chap Bernard. He will sit by our front gate giving us an inquisitive look, and stand to one side whilst we drop off some chicken or fish.

Sadly, he is the exception, as most of the others are pretty scuzzy.

Kittyfrisk

Snags said:

You don't need foxes to sit on your shrubs, a duck will fuck those up for you. 

Everyone has wildlife problems. Mine are Mallard shaped, noisy, shit all over the place & nest in my plants.
Not to mention the explosion in the population of rats & mice 

Handsome_Chris

Foxes, they sound adorable?

Blaendulais

Its usually squirrels that chew my cables. I love those

rogd

Blaendulais said:

Its usually squirrels that chew my cables. I love those

For gawdsake don't leave yer nuts on show!

WiresDreamDisasters

Funkfingers

What's HarrySeven doing in this thread?

WiresDreamDisasters

Smashing foxes over the head with a baseball bat!

Dominic

I do have a vendetta against the foxes on this farm........I want to get some wolves to eat them.

horse

Good on em today