Apparently Dog **** can deter them from entering your garden. Funnily enough I have access to quite a bit of the stuff at £10 a bag with all proceeds going to the Upbeats.
Having a Jack-Chi, I have access to much smaller bags at the same price, but the poo has a softer edge with hints of chicken and sulpher which permiates through for the connesseur
A fox has just started visiting our garden and the cats are looking a bit stressed. Has anyone had any fox/cat encounters? How can I persuade Mr Fox to depart... maybe to Sheffield?
My cat chases off the local foxes, really worried me at first but he goes out there and faces them down. He's little, so guessing it's Napoleon Syndrome!
Sorry, i know that doesn't help you.
@MuttleyCAFC where was this experience, sounds excellent?
Yes, years ago when I had a cat it used to stand its ground with the foxes. Foxes might be sly but I don't think they have the fighting prowess of a feline. Cats, small and big, are very quick and nimble. Foxes are sly but I think they will avoid a confrontation at all costs.
Back when I lived in The Cronx, I had a white cat who was ridiculously timid around everybody except me and the ex - but he was a mean little shit to the local wildlife. Regularly came home to find bits of things strewn all over the floor, decapitated rats, squirrels in jigsaw form and once - memorably - a baby heron stuck halfway through the cat flap. He used to chase foxes all the time - fucking lunatic. If a fox was ever cornered by a cat it would rip its head off, but cats just don't care.
When they leave you half an animal they are leaving it deliberately to share it with you. It's like a thank you for looking after them.
A fox has just started visiting our garden and the cats are looking a bit stressed. Has anyone had any fox/cat encounters? How can I persuade Mr Fox to depart... maybe to Sheffield?
My cat chases off the local foxes, really worried me at first but he goes out there and faces them down. He's little, so guessing it's Napoleon Syndrome!
Sorry, i know that doesn't help you.
@MuttleyCAFC where was this experience, sounds excellent?
Back when I lived in The Cronx, I had a white cat who was ridiculously timid around everybody except me and the ex - but he was a mean little shit to the local wildlife. Regularly came home to find bits of things strewn all over the floor, decapitated rats, squirrels in jigsaw form and once - memorably - a baby heron stuck halfway through the cat flap. He used to chase foxes all the time - fucking lunatic. If a fox was ever cornered by a cat it would rip its head off, but cats just don't care.
When they leave you half an animal they are leaving it deliberately to share it with you. It's like a thank you for looking after them.
Our back garden is like a zoo, I'm surrounded by fields and woods. Loads of foxes and squirrels, got an albino one at ten moment. The cats are arseholes to the wildlife.
About a year ago we got a visitor, some bird of prey and it is lethal, the cats are shit scared of it. I called it Blitzkrieg, I was sat in the front room with the patio doors open and just caught a flash of movement, Blitzkrieg had swooped down almost vertical and grabbed a pigeon, he'd had this thing eviscerated in seconds, clinical brutality. I've seen him bring his death from above to rats, toads, loads of other birds and a squirrel. He's a real apex predator, and I'm honored to have him patrolling the sky and rooftop. We get badgers in the woods round here but never seen one in the garden. See them and snakes when on the bike in the woods and fields, as other's have said they are substantial in size
A fox has just started visiting our garden and the cats are looking a bit stressed. Has anyone had any fox/cat encounters? How can I persuade Mr Fox to depart... maybe to Sheffield?
My cat chases off the local foxes, really worried me at first but he goes out there and faces them down. He's little, so guessing it's Napoleon Syndrome!
Sorry, i know that doesn't help you.
@MuttleyCAFC where was this experience, sounds excellent?
Back when I lived in The Cronx, I had a white cat who was ridiculously timid around everybody except me and the ex - but he was a mean little shit to the local wildlife. Regularly came home to find bits of things strewn all over the floor, decapitated rats, squirrels in jigsaw form and once - memorably - a baby heron stuck halfway through the cat flap. He used to chase foxes all the time - fucking lunatic. If a fox was ever cornered by a cat it would rip its head off, but cats just don't care.
When they leave you half an animal they are leaving it deliberately to share it with you. It's like a thank you for looking after them.
Our back garden is like a zoo, I'm surrounded by fields and woods. Loads of foxes and squirrels, got an albino one at ten moment. The cats are arseholes to the wildlife.
About a year ago we got a visitor, some bird of prey and it is lethal, the cats are shit scared of it. I called it Blitzkrieg, I was sat in the front room with the patio doors open and just caught a flash of movement, Blitzkrieg had swooped down almost vertical and grabbed a pigeon, he'd had this thing eviscerated in seconds, clinical brutality. I've seen him bring his death from above to rats, toads, loads of other birds and a squirrel. He's a real apex predator, and I'm honored to have him patrolling the sky and rooftop. We get badgers in the woods round here but never seen one in the garden. See them and snakes when on the bike in the woods and fields, as other's have said they are substantial in size
I walk my dog in woods at the back of what's called 'the gallops' in New Barn near Longfield - last year there was a Hen Harrier living in the woods - beautiful bird - having the time of its life what with all the wildlife living in those woods (especially pheasants) - only saw it on the ground once, eating a pigeon - it's wingspan was glorious
I'm fortunate enough to be living in a locality which has both badgers and foxes, some of whom are sharing the same entrance to their dens/setts.
In the last few months I've managed to get some marvellous footage of the badgers and four new cubs. We don't hand feed them and use a covert camera which takes them a few days to get used to, but it's well worth the effort.
The foxes roam the area too, but so far we have seen no evidence of new cubs this year.
With regard to cats, we inherited two elderly but feisty cats recently, and I've seen the badgers and foxes at night steer a path around them in the garden. 'This is our patch' was made clear. The cats are 18 and 19 years old and regularly drop a half dead mouse on the kitchen floor, which is a great honour, considering they spent most of the life living with somebody else.
I live among a farming community and I know the thoughts of those around with regard to badgers and foxes and respect that, as they respect mine.
The current area where the sett/den is approximately half an acre and I strong suspect that there are tunnels under most of it.
Seeing nature at its best is a real bonus. We just didn't see this in Sparrows Lane :-)
Edit: We've also go wild pheasants roaming in our garden which I can't work why they are surviving as they are in the same area as the foxes and know the foxes are about during the day.
I concur with the view that, generally speaking, foxes are wary of cats. I have more than once seen a fox take flight from a cat. Urine can be an effective deterrent.
For those who may be experiencing problems with foxes in their gardens: You might care to contact Terry and Graham at Fox-a-Gon. They specialise in advice and humane deterrence.
I concur with the view that, generally speaking, foxes are wary of cats. I have more than once seen a fox take flight from a cat. Urine can be an effective deterrent.
For those who may be experiencing problems with foxes in their gardens: You might care to contact Terry and Graham at Fox-a-Gon. They specialise in advice and humane deterrence.
Some years ago our cat disappeared and we found it lying under a hedge some day later barely alive with lacerations on its body and legs. It's thigh had been bitten through by a fox, according to the vet, you could still smell the fox odour, and had to be put down. Can only speculate on whether it was an attack or the cat and fox just came face to face unexpectedly in a confined space.
There seem to be more badgers around this year. From one or two sightings a year I have seen at least four sightings down our lane this year already. Today a large adult was lying dead by the roadside near where I work. Can confirm they don't take sideways evasive action to avoid a car, they assume they can outrun you at walking pace until they're ready to turn off.
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It's a joy to see these wild creatures in their natural habitat, but I am getting tired of the mating calls and the holes they dig in the lawn.
In the last few months I've managed to get some marvellous footage of the badgers and four new cubs. We don't hand feed them and use a covert camera which takes them a few days to get used to, but it's well worth the effort.
The foxes roam the area too, but so far we have seen no evidence of new cubs this year.
With regard to cats, we inherited two elderly but feisty cats recently, and I've seen the badgers and foxes at night steer a path around them in the garden. 'This is our patch' was made clear. The cats are 18 and 19 years old and regularly drop a half dead mouse on the kitchen floor, which is a great honour, considering they spent most of the life living with somebody else.
I live among a farming community and I know the thoughts of those around with regard to badgers and foxes and respect that, as they respect mine.
The current area where the sett/den is approximately half an acre and I strong suspect that there are tunnels under most of it.
Seeing nature at its best is a real bonus. We just didn't see this in Sparrows Lane :-)
Edit: We've also go wild pheasants roaming in our garden which I can't work why they are surviving as they are in the same area as the foxes and know the foxes are about during the day.
Lions poo apparently, that keeps foxes away.
There seem to be more badgers around this year. From one or two sightings a year I have seen at least four sightings down our lane this year already. Today a large adult was lying dead by the roadside near where I work. Can confirm they don't take sideways evasive action to avoid a car, they assume they can outrun you at walking pace until they're ready to turn off.