Pork Pies

[harmonicanick]

Sorry about the title, but we have been finding full size ppies buried in our plant pots in inner city Bristol regularily for a couple of years now.

It's the urban fox, there are over 20 + cubs in my area, very near the city centre.

Also boiled eggs are buried, and this morning I came across a woman feeding boiled eggs (free-range she hastily pointed out!!) to a family of foxes in the hospital gardens which are a walk thru for me.

They dig them up very aggressively later in the year and have ruined some of my pots. oh well, i know some people feed them cat food and they have been known to kill cats or is that a myth??

Nick

[tigertom]

Sounds very much like a fox to me as they often bury surplus food for later. Dont no if a fox would can kill adult cat I have one or two foxs near me that vist gardens and have had one vist mine once, and I have three cats one which was out in garden when the fox came in, a big ginger tom who did not take to kindly to a fox in his territory the fox has never been back since.
MIKE

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by harmonicanick

Sorry about the title, but we have been finding full size ppies buried in our plant pots in inner city Bristol regularily for a couple of years now.

Yes sounds like typical fox behaviour they often cache surplus food when it is in good supply, for periods when food is short. Although they will also cache food even when it is in short supply, to reduce the risk of comptitors getting it.

Originally Posted by harmonicanick

there are over 20 + cubs in my area, very near the city centre.

Bristol has a very large urban fox population, however they still occupy territories. How big an area is this? and how do you know there are 20+? you could just be seeing the same foxes? regarless of number many will succum to road traffic accidents, sarcoptic mange, disease, lack of territory etc.. so you probably have less of an issue than what you think.

Originally Posted by harmonicanick

They dig them up very aggressively later in the year and have ruined some of my pots. oh well, i know some people feed them cat food and they have been known to kill cats or is that a myth??

Its not a myth but it is a very rare occurance.

[harmonicanick]

'How big an area is this? and how do you know there are 20+? you could just be seeing the same foxes?'

You are probably right; the number of foxes was told by a neighbour who seems to know a lot about them. The area goes over 3 postcodes in west Bristol.

Yesterday I came across a person feeding boiled eggs to a pair of foxes in the university park.

I wonder if other inner cities have as many foxes as west Bristol?

Nick