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Kind of ironic considering previous threads here. We have a family of foxes at the bottom of the garden who live under a shed. Now we have longer evenings the 5 cubs and their mother are out playing on the lawn in daylight from early evening on. It is a real joy to see and while they are nervous they still sometimes come to within 5 to 10 metres of where we are standing in the house. A fantastic experience.
mungo said:
I have foxes round the back of my house... the noise they make in the middle of the night in summer is like someone having their eyes gouged out
Scary noise isn't it! We have a family of foxes live near our cul-de-sac. See them nearly every day. One of the neighbours has taken to leaving raw eggs out for them to eat. Constantly finding empty shells in my garden!
bruciebabie said:
Kind of ironic considering previous threads here. We have a family of foxes at the bottom of the garden who live under a shed. Now we have longer evenings the 5 cubs and their mother are out playing on the lawn in daylight from early evening on. It is a real joy to see and while they are nervous they still sometimes come to within 5 to 10 metres of where we are standing in the house. A fantastic experience.
Super. Get out there with your telephoto lens and capture it! Beautiful animals.
Shame their shit stinks
bruciebabie said:
Kind of ironic considering previous threads here. We have a family of foxes at the bottom of the garden who live under a shed. Now we have longer evenings the 5 cubs and their mother are out playing on the lawn in daylight from early evening on. It is a real joy to see and while they are nervous they still sometimes come to within 5 to 10 metres of where we are standing in the house. A fantastic experience.
We had a family of foxes just beyond the end of our garden, too. They pulled the rabbit hutch off its high table, tore it open and dragged the entrails of our two rabbits around the garden. For fun. Cue two unhappy little girls the following morning.
And that was only two nights after ripping open various bins along the street and crapping everywhere.
They are the chavs of the animal world and should be exterminated on sight.
Excellent! We've got a family of 4 who live in next doors garden (it's completely overgrows).
Strangely this lot are physically far closer to rural foxes rather than urban foxes (urban ones are taller and skinnier) which is strange considering we are in the middle of London.
They come out to play on lawn as there is no room to do so next door. They will sleep on the lawn even if the back doors are open (about 10-12 feet away).
Strangely this lot are physically far closer to rural foxes rather than urban foxes (urban ones are taller and skinnier) which is strange considering we are in the middle of London.
They come out to play on lawn as there is no room to do so next door. They will sleep on the lawn even if the back doors are open (about 10-12 feet away).
love machine said:
Vermin, lost a load of hens due to them. Whilst beautiful, they are vermin.
Same with squirrels - you can spend ages just watching them play, fight, etc. (I once saw a pair of foxes playing whilst walking home one night in Brighton, I think we just stood there for 10 mins watching them), but at the end of the day they are vermin.
I don't own chickens but I know plenty of people of do and lots have lost an entire run to a fox.
FunkyNige said:
Vermin, lost a load of hens due to them. Whilst beautiful, they are vermin.
Same with squirrels - you can spend ages just watching them play, fight, etc. (I once saw a pair of foxes playing whilst walking home one night in Brighton, I think we just stood there for 10 mins watching them), but at the end of the day they are vermin.
I don't own chickens but I know plenty of people of do and lots have lost an entire run to a fox.
The hens were also called Sharon, Eileen, Roseanne and Mavis. Very sad day, they all had different clucks, mannerisms and were true pets
They kill rather than kill to eat, which is what I do. Grey squirrels, collar necked doves and foxes should just be a free for all.
Raffles said:
I agree. If any animal threatens you or your pets you should be allowed to shoot.
That's going to be a dodgy one, should the National Trust count the game birds on its land as pets so it can shoot foxes? Can someone shoot a fox as they may stray near houses and attack someone?
Can open, worms everywhere.
bruciebabie said:
Kind of ironic considering previous threads here. We have a family of foxes at the bottom of the garden who live under a shed. Now we have longer evenings the 5 cubs and their mother are out playing on the lawn in daylight from early evening on. It is a real joy to see and while they are nervous they still sometimes come to within 5 to 10 metres of where we are standing in the house. A fantastic experience.
So do I. I knew I had 'a pair' last year. Last Monday at about 06:00 I saw the new babies, three of them, bouncing around my garden, tiny little things all playing and biting. Then mom came out and ordered them back in house
It would appear that they have taken control of the bottom 60 ft of my garden which was going to be used to house a log cabin
Looks like that plan is off now. Also the bastards are digging HUGE holes in my garden, one so big I nearly fell off the mower when I cut it last
I know they always build in a second exit, and I am sorely tempted to block in the one in the middle of my garden, before some poor sod trips on the hole, or falls down it!
To the people losing chickens to foxes: it's your own fault for not making the chicken run sufficiently strong. Foxes do not make use of keys, axes, sledgehammers, crowbars or Stihl saws; their ability to break and enter is limited to what can be achieved with teeth and claws. The convention of having a chicken run which is a rickety construction of 2x2s and wire netting, falling apart with rot at the corners and barely able to stand up in a strong wind, then blaming the foxes when the inevitable happens, is distinctly illogical. Build it of masonry, steel pipes and weld mesh and you won't have anything to worry about.
ETA: I understand that it is not a pleasant occurrence. I would, naturally, be upset if a fox killed my pigeons. But I would not blame the fox; I'd blame myself for not securing them properly. (Fortunately, foxes that can scale vertical walls are not common.)
There is a fox round Bedford which seems to have acquired the habit of crossing the A428 at the NSL/40 boundary by the Biddenham roundabout at around 8.30pm.
There was a vixen doing the audible equivalent of lying down with legs spread somewhere near the town centre a while back at 2.30am... some drunk guys wandering about started making the same noise. It would have been funny if a dog fox had suddenly appeared and shagged them
There used to be a magnificent fox with an earth in a jungly and inaccessible part of my parents' garden. It was huge - about half way between Staffie and Labrador in size. Pretty fearless too; used to trot about in broad daylight without worrying about keeping concealed.
>> Edited by Pigeon on Sunday 15th May 21:38
ETA: I understand that it is not a pleasant occurrence. I would, naturally, be upset if a fox killed my pigeons. But I would not blame the fox; I'd blame myself for not securing them properly. (Fortunately, foxes that can scale vertical walls are not common.)
There is a fox round Bedford which seems to have acquired the habit of crossing the A428 at the NSL/40 boundary by the Biddenham roundabout at around 8.30pm.
There was a vixen doing the audible equivalent of lying down with legs spread somewhere near the town centre a while back at 2.30am... some drunk guys wandering about started making the same noise. It would have been funny if a dog fox had suddenly appeared and shagged them
There used to be a magnificent fox with an earth in a jungly and inaccessible part of my parents' garden. It was huge - about half way between Staffie and Labrador in size. Pretty fearless too; used to trot about in broad daylight without worrying about keeping concealed.
>> Edited by Pigeon on Sunday 15th May 21:38
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