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11 July 2008, 1:13 PM 		chrissie
Joined 3 Feb 2008
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i was wondering if any one on hear can help we have a family of foxes visit every night they do not come in my garden im all slabed and have the dogs but my poor neighbour has all his garden dug up the only thing i get is my collie barking and the cat flap going like the clapers it does not bother me is there a kind way of stopping the foxes digging up the garden i do not want them to go a way i love to watch them
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11 July 2008, 1:32 PM 		amethyst
Joined 5 Jun 2008
30 posts
Don't know if this will work but a chicken farmer I used to know
said he didn't mind people walking their dogs round the grounds
as they left their scent and deterred the foxes. Maybe your neighbour
would let your dogs wander the garden for a while to scent mark it?
It'd be a shame to move them on they're such fun especially when they start bringing the cubs out to learn about the big wide world.
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11 July 2008, 1:54 PM 		Nobby
Joined 26 Feb 2007
3815 posts
Would a motion sensitive floodlight across the garden scare them out of his garden? Obviously it would only come on when they come into that particular garden - but dont know if it would frighten them out. Foxes can be quite fearless!


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11 July 2008, 2:02 PM 		chrissie
Joined 3 Feb 2008
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thank youamethyst that sounds a great idea never give that a thought that is why they do not come in to my garden i will mention it to him my neighbour does have a sensative light in his garden the foxes seem to play with it running up and down the garden
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11 July 2008, 2:35 PM 		amethyst
Joined 5 Jun 2008
30 posts
Hey chrissie hope it works, let us all know but before you try it,
get some pics of them in the garden, nothing puts a smile
on peoples faces more than watching animals play (well maybe a
lottery win?)
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11 July 2008, 8:47 PM 		kitty
Joined 31 Aug 2007
6795 posts
hehe nobby the foxes here are big scaredy cats lol. me and my brother were out watching them and i turned my head a tiiiiny bit and they all ran and hid so we came in so we didnt scare them lol were lucky we dont have grass and also have the dogs but they do rip up bin bags to get the discarded food lol


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13 July 2008, 8:36 PM 		chrissie
Joined 3 Feb 2008
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my neighbours whent to wilkinsons and got some stuff that keeps cats of the garden it contains garlic and it has worked had no digging for the last 2 nights my 3 cats have never used there garden they have a inclosed litter tray at the bottom of my garden
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14 July 2008, 9:47 AM 		Nobby
Joined 26 Feb 2007
3815 posts
The foxes here are fearless - i can sit in the woods and have seen both mum and her cubs on numerous occasions. Mum just runs straight past me! The cubs are just like little pups, they play and explore. None have come really close to me on purpose but they quite often roll in my direction when they fall over! lol I love 'em. Will be sad to see them grow up really. We dont get them in our garden though. Typical that they would play with your neighbours light - how annoying! lol


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14 July 2008, 1:25 PM 		amethyst
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Good thinking, sounds like problem solved!
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14 July 2008, 1:27 PM 		amethyst
Joined 5 Jun 2008
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How lovely to have them so close. I had hand tame ones
at my last place but now I keep chickens I'd rather see them
at a distance, they have to eat but definately not my chooks!
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15 July 2008, 1:26 AM 		Nobby
Joined 26 Feb 2007
3815 posts
Yep i understand your theory there - we kept ducks and they suffered at the hands of a naughty fox who didnt even eat them!
BUT..i do love the cubs, and the mummy fox at my woods. Only ever see her with rabbits for them anyway.


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19 July 2008, 5:02 PM 		kitty
Joined 31 Aug 2007
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i have a fennec fox she cant dig up the garden because its concrete..
ok ok so shes not a fennec fox shes a chihuahua but this pic sure makes her look like a little fox cub LOL




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19 July 2008, 7:02 PM 		amethyst
Joined 5 Jun 2008
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Kitty, you are as daft as a brush!! (geddit?)
Yes shes lovely and probably spoilt rotten?
We can't talk, all or ours are spoilt too.
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19 July 2008, 9:34 PM 		kitty
Joined 31 Aug 2007
6795 posts
haha i must be as daft as a brush coz no i dont get it....LOL???
yep she is gorgeous and a liiitttlleee bit spoilt lol but hey who doesnt spoil their fur babies :)
shes in her cot now moaning because i put her bed in the washer lol


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20 July 2008, 8:12 PM 		amethyst
Joined 5 Jun 2008
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Tell her she'd be moaning more is she had to share
her bed with fleas! There are some people who never
was their pets beds.
I guess I'm not a funny as I thought eh? We were
talking originally about foxes and a male fox's tail
is called a brush :)
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20 July 2008, 8:25 PM 		kitty
Joined 31 Aug 2007
6795 posts
lol or im just dumb coz i didnt know that a foxes tail was called a brush lol...awesome learn summit new everyday :)

yeh i know what you mean when my neibour had her dog she never bathed the poor thing its fur was missing and its skin terrible. riddled in fleas. then agen dont even think it had a bed they rarely let it in the house it was left to roam the streets all day nd every now and then got to sleep on the dirty washing. im sooo glad the dog warden took it away poor thing


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20 July 2008, 9:29 PM 		Nobby
Joined 26 Feb 2007
3815 posts
That pic looks just like the cub we found at the edge of the road - is your Chi a fox-X by any chance?!! lol


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20 July 2008, 9:44 PM 		kitty
Joined 31 Aug 2007
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lol i think she may be lol she has a few nicknames now bindi boo bindi brat and foxy roxy lol


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20 July 2008, 9:47 PM 		kitty
Joined 31 Aug 2007
6795 posts
btw! she is a chi x fox x rabbit x kitten x human x rottie x dane x piggy x goat x whateve else she decides to throw in as she grows up lol


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21 July 2008, 2:39 AM 		Nobby
Joined 26 Feb 2007
3815 posts
Poppy does what we call rabbit-running - she goes so fast her legs move like a rabbit!! lol She only does it when excited!!

Interesting mix there - Dane, rottie, pig and goat?!! Am not sure thats wholly legal...!! LOL


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