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26-02-2012, 03:48 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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26-02-2012, 04:17 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
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Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Rats? -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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26-02-2012, 04:32 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
... Nick wrote Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Rats? -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK I thought Rats, but isn't a 6 inch hole a bit too large? I thought Moles going for the worms, but again, a 6 inch hole, they seem to burrow at body diameter AND, do Moles go into compost heaps? Mike -- .................................... I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight. .................................... |
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26-02-2012, 04:37 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
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Bob Hobden wrote: Nick wrote Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Rats? That's a damn big rat! Holes made by them are 2-3" in diameter and typically continuous - this was definitely made by a surface dwelling animal looking for food, rather than for nesting. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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26-02-2012, 04:42 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
wrote in message ... In article , Bob Hobden wrote: Nick wrote Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Rats? That's a damn big rat! Holes made by them are 2-3" in diameter and typically continuous - this was definitely made by a surface dwelling animal looking for food, rather than for nesting. Regards, Nick Maclaren. One hell of an outsider, but, please don't laugh ................... blackbirds? (I won't put any money on that one) Mike -- .................................... I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight. .................................... |
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26-02-2012, 04:55 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:48:05 +0000 (GMT), wrote:
Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Regards, Nick Maclaren. A test boring for a vixen's birthing den? T'is the right time of year. Regards JonH |
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26-02-2012, 05:18 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
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wrote: Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? A test boring for a vixen's birthing den? T'is the right time of year. Vixen aren't THAT much smaller! The second hole was such that I don't believe a fox of either sex could have got in without making the hole a lot larger. The material doesn't have much structural integrity. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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26-02-2012, 05:29 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
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'Mike' wrote: Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Rats? That's a damn big rat! Holes made by them are 2-3" in diameter and typically continuous - this was definitely made by a surface dwelling animal looking for food, rather than for nesting. One hell of an outsider, but, please don't laugh ................... blackbirds? No. Not the sort of holes that they make. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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26-02-2012, 06:10 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:18:15 +0000 (GMT), wrote:
In article , wrote: Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? A test boring for a vixen's birthing den? T'is the right time of year. Vixen aren't THAT much smaller! The second hole was such that I don't believe a fox of either sex could have got in without making the hole a lot larger. The material doesn't have much structural integrity. Regards, Nick Maclaren. This is quite interesting too... http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/index.html Regards JonH |
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26-02-2012, 07:11 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
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wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox makes good reading regarding their digging techniques. The way that they were dug was what made me think of a fox. My point is that I don't think that even a vixen could have dug that particular hole, because of its orientation and size. It is just possible that it wasn't dug, but pushed into, which WOULD be a plausible size. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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26-02-2012, 07:35 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
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wrote: On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:18:15 +0000 (GMT), wrote: In article , wrote: Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? A test boring for a vixen's birthing den? T'is the right time of year. Vixen aren't THAT much smaller! The second hole was such that I don't believe a fox of either sex could have got in without making the hole a lot larger. The material doesn't have much structural integrity. Regards, Nick Maclaren. This is quite interesting too... http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/index.html Regards JonH I know our (Wirral) head game warden reasonably well and he had two foxes living in an enclosure in his garden, I was amazed visiting him one day when he introduced me to his two foxes and one of them stood up on hind legs on my thigh allowing me to stroke him, these particular pair of foxes he had saved from certain death and were quite tame obviously, but I will always remember the experience of meeting a live fox which although I have seen many in the wild I have never had the honour of stroking one. -- http://www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk From the Wirral Peninsula. Coach painting tips and techniques + Land Rover colour codes "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble". Henry Royce |
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26-02-2012, 08:28 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
In article , Sacha wrote:
Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Rats? That's a damn big rat! Holes made by them are 2-3" in diameter and typically continuous - this was definitely made by a surface dwelling animal looking for food, rather than for nesting. We had ferrets nesting in our compost heap one year. Wear gloves! For a ferret THAT size, I would need chainmail-reinforced gloves! Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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26-02-2012, 11:01 PM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
On Feb 26, 8:28*pm, wrote:
In article , Sacha wrote: Actually, two. *One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. *That's a damn small fox! *I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. *Any ideas? Rats? That's a damn big rat! *Holes made by them are 2-3" in diameter and typically continuous - this was definitely made by a surface dwelling animal looking for food, rather than for nesting. We had ferrets nesting in our compost heap one year. *Wear gloves! For a ferret THAT size, I would need chainmail-reinforced gloves! Regards, Nick Maclaren. Well a 6inch hole sounds like rabbits to me. |
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27-02-2012, 08:40 AM
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There's a hole in my compost, dear Liza ....
wrote in message ... Actually, two. One looked very much like a fox digging out a mouse, but the other was fairly neat, 6" in diameter, and turned a corner. That's a damn small fox! I could easily get mink, but I didn't think that they dug much. Any ideas? Regards, Nick Maclaren. Rats after the worms -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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