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Gardening foxes
Hi,
The local urban foxes like to garden it seems. If I plant anything, together with a little bone-meal for sustenance, it gets uprooted although not damaged. Yesterday, for the third time in 10 days, they had a Hebe I'd just planted out of the ground and last week removed most of the stones I'd placed round an old pear tree to get at the dressing underneath. Is there any humane way to put the beasties off? I can stop using bone-meal of course but would like to hear anyone else's views on this. Cheers - Joe |
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Gardening foxes
"Joe McElvenney" wrote in message ... Hi, The local urban foxes like to garden it seems. If I plant anything, together with a little bone-meal for sustenance, it gets uprooted although not damaged. Yesterday, for the third time in 10 days, they had a Hebe I'd just planted out of the ground and last week removed most of the stones I'd placed round an old pear tree to get at the dressing underneath. Is there any humane way to put the beasties off? I can stop using bone-meal of course but would like to hear anyone else's views on this. Try peeing on the soil nearby. Michael Saunby |
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I dont know how to get rid of them but the cubs sure are cute.
The foxes in my area come out everyday at about 15 minutes past night, 3 cute cubs, a vixen and 1 dog fox. |
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I dont know how to get rid of them but the cubs sure are cute.
The foxes in my area come out everyday at about 15 minutes past nine, 3 cute cubs, a vixen and 1 dog fox. |
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Gardening foxes
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from Joe McElvenney contains these words: Hi, The local urban foxes like to garden it seems. If I plant anything, together with a little bone-meal for sustenance, it gets uprooted although not damaged. Yesterday, for the third time in 10 days, they had a Hebe I'd just planted out of the ground and last week removed most of the stones I'd placed round an old pear tree to get at the dressing underneath. Is there any humane way to put the beasties off? I can stop using bone-meal of course but would like to hear anyone else's views on this. Buried bone meal is a sure way to attract foxes. Human urine, or dog pooh, will deter them until rain dilutes it (I used them if I ever smelt fox near the henhouse). You can also buy a fox-deterrent called Renardine (large GC's, or hunting/shooting/fishing shops, but the lure of the bonemeal might prove stronger :-). Try |
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Gardening foxes
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions everybody. I will try the urine method as it is the simplest and cheapest. I hope the neighbours aren't watching :-) Cheers - Joe |
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