Urban fox problem

[Kizzy]

We have a bit of an urban fox problem where I live, what would be the best humane way of treating it?
I'm going to contact the council as they are getting fat too tame.

( serious question, genuine responses only please)

[Josy]

Find out the source of their feeding and put a stop to it, someone must be feeding them or leaving out food that they can easily get to.

You can buy some sort of repellents too I think, to scare them off, they mark their territory so it must make them think it's already marked by another group of foxes or something like that?

[Kizzy]

We have wheelie bins so wouldn't think they could get in but they must be coming for something like you say, will ask about.
Will look into the repellents, big dogs aren't enough of a repellant that's for sure you would think the scent of my dog would deter them but nooooo.
Duke thinks their droppings are delish too :yuk:

[arista]

Could someone be feeding it in secret?

[MTVN]

Couple of months ago on Jeremy Vine they had a guy who's makes a living as a 'fox sniper' in urban areas, could give him a call

[Kizzy]

It? Them you mean there's lots :/ they 'fight' on a night and it sounds awful! :(

[arista]

It? Them you mean there's lots :/ they 'fight' on a night and it sounds awful! :(


No thats Love making

[Crimson Dynamo]

We have a bit of an urban fox problem where I live, what would be the best humane way of treating it?
I'm going to contact the council as they are getting fat too tame.

( serious question, genuine responses only please)

What is the "problem"?

[Cherie]

I quiet like the eerie barking sound they make.:laugh: I don't mind urban foxes they the rat and mouse population down, leave them alone Kizzy :fist:

[Marsh.]

Give them some kefir yogurt. :fan:

[JoshBB]

Couple of months ago on Jeremy Vine they had a guy who's makes a living as a 'fox sniper' in urban areas, could give him a call

Not very humane! :bawling:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I quiet like the eerie barking sound they make.:laugh: I don't mind urban foxes they the rat and mouse population down, leave them alone Kizzy :fist:

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Not very humane! :bawling:

Indeed, we have not established what the issue is anyway.

[Niamh.]

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[MTVN]

Urban foxes are pests and attack babies and pets

[Crimson Dynamo]

Urban foxes are pests and attack babies and pets

:idc:

What did I say about MTVN in the off season.....

[Liam-]

Catch one, make it wear a green coat and call it Basil, fun for everyone! :amazed:

[MTVN]

If you want kizzy I'll gather the boys and come up to sort those foxes out

http://www.animal-rights-action.com/images/saboteur-traditional-fox-hunters-on-horseback.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

Maybe its a crack fox?

http://i.imgur.com/rFH3VCC.jpg

[rubymoo]

Awww i love foxes:)

I don't like them screaming in the night though:worry:

Lots of people feed them scraps at this time of year, i have an aunty who does this (even though i tell her not to!)

[bots]

there is a fox over population problem, and as their numbers grow the more they will need to go in to populated areas to get food. I hate them, they are a pest, their population needs to be controlled.

[Ninastar]

they need to be killed off, there are too many... (Not in a way where they get chased, that's awful... but farmers need to be able to keep their sheep/chickens etc safe, cause foxes are the worst killers)

and this is coming from someone who loves foxes :sad:

[Cherie]

they need to be killed off, there are too many... (Not in a way where they get chased, that's awful... but farmers need to be able to keep their sheep/chickens etc safe, cause foxes are the worst killers)

and this is coming from someone who loves foxes :sad:

This is a thread on urban foxes, not too many sheep or chickens live in the city :idc:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I saw an urban fox is Glasgow the other day


She had nipples like bullets and an ankle bone you could slice soft tomatoes with


http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=0CAUQjBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstream1.gifsoup.com%2Fview%2F2989 312%2Froaring-lion-o.gif&ei=BYRGVLkppsPuBtG2gIgJ&psig=AFQjCNGBy_1xIwf257lfBhUC9ObfC36tfA&ust=1413993861081853

[Marsh.]

This is a thread on urban foxes, not too many sheep or chickens live in the city :idc:

:joker:

[Kazanne]

Well I love foxes and I don't think they are vermin,IF farmers spent a bit of money building secure pens and runs for their chickens etc,foxes wouldn't be able to get them,Foxes are here for a reason as are badgers,so sorry Kizzy keep the animals and cull the daft people feeding them:hehe:

[rubymoo]

Well I love foxes and I don't think they are vermin,IF farmers spent a bit of money building secure pens and runs for their chickens etc,foxes wouldn't be able to get them,Foxes are here for a reason as are badgers,so sorry Kizzy keep the animals and cull the daft people feeding them:hehe:

Completely agree Kaz, humans should not be feeding foxes (my aunty chucks anything out for them, this includes chicken carcass, stale cake/bread, left over scraps of food):facepalm:

[Kazanne]

Completely agree Kaz, humans should not be feeding foxes (my aunty chucks anything out for them, this includes chicken carcass, stale cake/bread, left over scraps of food):facepalm:

Sorry Ruby,I have no desire to get your aunty culled:hehe:but if you feed them,they will come,:hehe:

[rubymoo]

Sorry Ruby,I have no desire to get your aunty culled:hehe:but if you feed them,they will come,:hehe:

I'm sure a lot of her neighbours would like to see her culled:hehe:, especially with the mess they leave behind:fist:

But i myself love foxes, they are beautiful.........i would have one for a pet if possible:laugh:

[Kizzy]

They were a novelty for a long time and you rarely saw one, but now they are strolling round in broad daylight. There's a wooded area near me with deer and I'm worried about the foxes bringing lyme disease carrying ticks :worry:

[Shaun]

We're frightened to put our cats out at night because we've seen a fox lurking around down the road a couple of times. I'm not sure whether or not they'd even attack a cat? We used to let them out whenever, and nothing bad happened other than other cat fights :laugh: but there've been a handful of cats go missing in the neighborhood.

[Kizzy]

Yeah and for the fox hunting comment please ban yourself MTVN :idc:

[Ninastar]

We're frightened to put our cats out at night because we've seen a fox lurking around down the road a couple of times. I'm not sure whether or not they'd even attack a cat? We used to let them out whenever, and nothing bad happened other than other cat fights :laugh: but there've been a handful of cats go missing in the neighborhood.

they go for older ones and younger ones... and ones that dont stick up for themselves

[Kizzy]

Would have to be a brave cat that squared up to a fox :eek:

[Northern Monkey]

They are noisey buggers.We've had them round here all my life outside all 3 of my addresses.We just live and let live there's so many of them.They make some horrific crying sounds.

[Ninastar]

Would have to be a brave cat that squared up to a fox :eek:

yeah, its a scary thought... i worry about poor little meowzie cause she's such a little wuss

[Shaun]

Yeah, 4 of our cats seem like they'd be able to hold their own in a fight... one of them's even brought us a dead seagull before :joker: I don't even want to know how. But one of them was definitely the 'runt' of her litter, she still has this 'pico' thing (is it pico or pica?) where she sucks on blankets and anything furry because she thinks it's her mum I guess, even though she's 3 now, and I can't imagine she'd stand much chance... who knows, with five of them altogether, maybe they could gang up on the fox :flutter:

(yes I know five cats is pathetic, but it's not my fault, there were only three before I went off to uni and stopped being able to say 'no' to my mum's ideas)

[Kizzy]

I worry about my big lab coz he's such a wuss :laugh:

[Marsh.]

Vicious pussies.

[Kazanne]

They were a novelty for a long time and you rarely saw one, but now they are strolling round in broad daylight. There's a wooded area near me with deer and I'm worried about the foxes bringing lyme disease carrying ticks :worry:

Ruby and I are gonna move in next door to you kizzy with a couple of foxy pets,you'll love em':joker:

[Kazanne]

Vicious pussies.

They can do you some damage Marsh,lol

[Kizzy]

Ruby and I are gonna move in next door to you kizzy with a couple of foxy pets,you'll love em':joker:

I'm scared of them :(

[waterhog]

deffo on the rise - but seen as we all insist of having our food waste out in the street to be collected - can you blame them that we are enticing them out with the smells.