Comments on: How do you get rid of foxes?

By: Stephen Oades

Stephen Oades — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:47:05 +0000

we have foxes with cubs, they come every evening. There is no smell, they play on our deck and lawn, occasionally they dig – but a small price to pay, they are fantastic to watch. Killing because of a little damage is ridiculous – humans have destroyed much of their natural habitat

By: Stephen Oades

Stephen Oades — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:42:48 +0000

I have several foxes which come every night, they do a little damage, it is a small price to pay, they are beautiful animals

By: Stephen Oades

Stephen Oades — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:39:24 +0000

In reply to Sylvia Hyde. you would kill because of a little damage to plants ? appalling

By: Stephen Oades

Stephen Oades — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:51:46 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. So do I, they are beautiful animals. I agree we have taken over/ destroyed much of their habitat

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:36:58 +0000

There is a den in the garden behind mine, we see the foxes day and night , they have dug up the garden, plant pots, chew garden furniture and now, at 5am whilst taking my tiny chihuahua puppy out for a pee, has gone for her, despite my yorkie barking and me running at it, it didn’t care until I was literally 3 feet away from it before it jumped the wall, but still sat there watching her. Thankfully I was fast enough and grabbed her but i desperately need them gone, I now feel I can’t give my dogs any freedom to go in the garden without a harness and lead. What can I do? I’ve tried bear pee that u can get on Amazon, water jets don’t work, I leave zero food out

By: Rosalind Duhs

Rosalind Duhs — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:41:25 +0000

Exactly my own experience. I’m restoring my lawn at the moment and they even dig that up. I left a bag of compost out one evening and they dragged it across the lawn and bit it open. And spread compost about. My garden is my haven from a stressful life. Or was. Chicken wire threaded through bamboo poles seems to work for protecting new plants though.

By: Sylvia Hyde

Sylvia Hyde — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:28:09 +0000

I have a family of foxes frequenting my garden they damage plants that I’ve waited all year to see bloom and generally trample my garden. I’ve read that very little can be done legally to control but really there seems to be a population explosion and I would certainly support some sort of control

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 May 2021 19:17:29 +0000

I love foxes and I feed one outside my front door. He comes every night and then trots off. My neighbors, however, have a family of 6 including parents, in their garden and are talking about shooting them! They run off when anyone goes outside and eventually will disperse- we have taken over most of their habitat so where are they supposed to go. I am horrified at the thought of slaughtering cubs – it is horrendous. Obviously I know not many people feel as I do though.

By: David

David — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:25:00 +0000

Well I love foxes but they do a lot of damage and carry fleas and other nasty bugs, not to mention the possible spread of rabies that could snowball at an alarming rate. As much as I like them I think their numbers should be controlled and a natural balance maintained.
On the plus side they keep down the rat population !!

By: BettyNix2o

BettyNix2o — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:26:00 +0000

We live in a suburban area, with trees,very nice country ,but we have two dens of foxes, one right next to our fence, she ahd a litter of fou, she climbs the treesto get onour house and training the litter to do the same. also they like the deck we have playing all around it, but the smell of urine and food it terrable, we would like to get rid of them, would blood meal help or do you have another idea, we would love to hear it Thanks BettyNix2o@aol.com