On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 08:09:08 +0000, LarsKurth wrote:

This year we have a baby fox (no mother), which has made incredible
trouble already. I can't leave windows and doors open. It tries to get
into the house - even during the day - when I am there. Two days ago my
mother was visiting from Germany: she left the bedroom window open at
night and nearly got a heart attack when she was woken by the fox in the
middle of the night. It took us a while to chase it out of the house.

For a first step I'd get onto the pest control department of the
local council. A fox that is persistant at getting into the house is
a health hazard and pest and needs to be dealt with.

Not convinced that pest control will actually do anything in relation
to a fox though but it's a starting point. You probably wouldn't get
much joy from them if it was only damaging your garden.

A fox that was being persistent at getting into the house even when
discouraged I'd like to see shot as a quick and humane way of getting
rid of it. Not sure the council would have a suitably trained
marksman or even if discharging a firearm in an urban setting would
be a "good idea" or allowed. Which means the council will probably
want to poison it, I don't like poisons...

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Cheers
Dave.