Attracting foxes

[nightshade]

Did you get the suspected poisoning checked out?

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Zebethyal

We have had up to 5 foxes in the garden at one time, we do not encourage them but enjoy watching them when they do come in.

They can be quite noisey at night when they fight and they do foul the garden which is not ideal when you have 2 small children.

We have also seen them scale our 6 foot fence with ease.

We believe some of the neighbours may have an active dislike for them as in the past few months we have found two dead in our garden which is a bit too much of a coincidence, we think they may possibly have been poisened, one was seen coughing badly before dieing 10 - 20 mins later. The other was found already dead, both look like they just lay down to die.

With regards dogs and cats, my step father had several farm cats and two dobermans on his farm, one of the dogs hated a particular cat for years, the cat used to taunt the dog and they had numerous fights usually resulting in a sore nose for the dog, eventually the cat was getting old and taunted the dog once too often, was caught by the dog who shook it to death. All the cats and dogs have now died or had to be put down for medical reasons and not been replaced.

Regards

Tim

Tim if you suspected poisoning I hope you reported it as this would be totally illegal + potentially dangerous for domestic animals as well as Foxes.

I enjoy watching them in my garden, but don't do anything to attract them other than having a wildlife garden whch favours a range of critters + a pond they can drink from.

[Zebethyal]

Originally Posted by nightshade

Did you get the suspected poisoning checked out?

Unfortunately not, we bagged each one up and took it to the local tip for disposal.

We tried to get the council and RSPCA to collect the first one but neither were interested, the RSPCA because it was already dead and the council because it was on private ground.

The second one had already been dead a few days by the time we found it and was already swarming with flies, so the last thing we wanted was it hanging around, since we have 2 small children, even once placed in a bin liner.

If we find any more we will definately report it.

Regards

Tim

[badgerwatcher]

I frequently see foxes and badgers going around together, in fact we have one badger/fox duo, that seem to be always together.
There is also a smallish fairly young tabby cat, who turns up every night and sits quietly under my holly tree and watches, as badgers and foxes walk about all around him, completely ignoring him.

[joekid]

sounds like a scene from Brear rabbit,its surprising what you see out and about,i was in the lake district,Wast water ,diving , surfaced to have some food, /break,when two peregrines flown over head chasing a pidgeon, but flying in circles(if you can imagine a propellor blade spinning)one bird on the left other on the right , at eye level with the pidgeon which was really moving ,they flew spinning like this all the way across the lake/ as if to dissorientate the pidgeon,to take a dive, /the funny thing before we even seen this happen/ maybe its because they were so low and near but the sound was like a couple of mini jets approaching,strange,i deffinately wasnt narked, my buddy heard it first!

[The Dog]

I think that leaving an occasonal chickens egg in a nearby feild is OK, and the skweaky toy idea is good to, but feeding them regually makes unwelcome foxes come and they will fight over the food. This could result in death for one fox. But if you don't feed the foxes regually, this is unlikley

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by The Dog

I think that leaving an occasonal chickens egg in a nearby feild is OK, and the skweaky toy idea is good to, but feeding them regually makes unwelcome foxes come and they will fight over the food. This could result in death for one fox. But if you don't feed the foxes regually, this is unlikley

holy thread revival batman ( I dont know if you noticed dog but the last post on this thread before yours was nearly three years ago)

on the substance of your post , foxes are used to living colonially in earths so it is very unlikely that they will fight seriously over food - there may be a little argey bargey but this is normal to establish who is the alpha male/female

if food is plentiful it is not in their interests to fight for it.

the main problems with feeding in the garden is a) what the neighbours might say, and b) what happens when you move on - I know the OP said he isnt going to move but no one can predict the future and no one lives for ever