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
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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 .
That's the most humane way of getting rid of foxes, apparently.
I'm convinced the cable chewing is some kind of bourgeois thrill seeking. Like bungee jumping.
...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.
Not to mention the explosion in the population of rats & mice