Fox's

[rosiew]

Morning
My mum has a huge Fox that has taken up residence in her back garden. It literally lives there. She is scared to death to leave her back door open just incase it wants to venture inside, she also has her grandsons in the school holidays but will not let them play out. The fox has no fear, it will not move until you get really close to it and we are more scared of the fox than the fox is of us. I have been on the RSPCA website but cannot find a phone number for them. Can anyone help.

[Purple_Popple]

Awww you a are so lucky! Please leave it well alone don't get it taken away as that is is territory. No need to be scared fox's are very shy by nature and don't believe alk the hype you read in the press.

[paddywak]

Do you know anybody with a 12 bore?

[snags]

They have some front. I was watching tv one evening a couple of weeks ago and a fox calmly walked in to the room via the open back door. It won't do that again in a hurry.

[Baldric]

Paddywak gets my vote,
they are vermin!

[flump1]

As so much of their natural habitat has been used by man for development, more and more foxes are living in towns and such. I would consider myself lucky if I had a constant visit by a fox, however there has been press reports of foxes biting babies and that is worrying. I can see your dilema, keep trying The RSPCA ( e- mail them a message ) or any local animal charities if there are any.

[Barmaid]

Did it end up in a seedy bap, Snags?

There is some info on foxes here: http://www.rspca.org.uk/utilities/faq/-/question/ENQWADDeterringFoxesFromGarden

The other thing you can do is that do you have a man who you could get to regularly pee in the garden, thereby marking it as someone else's territory?

[shoota]

Depends where you live Rosie as to whether you local authority will deal with it for you - some do, some don't.
There are plenty of private companies that will sort it for you but at a price.
You can get humane foxtraps on ebay for less than £40.

[snags]

''Did it end up in a seedy bap, Snags?''

No. It ended up back outside courtesy of a couple of swift kicks up the harris from my boot.

[snags]

''regularly pee in the garden, thereby marking it as someone else's territory?''

Tried it. Doesn't work here. They just Sugar and piss more to make the 'territory' theirs.

[wolf63]

snags - or was it your girly screams that scared him off? Did you threaten him with Eric (his name is Eric I hope) the ginger ninja

[snags]

Ok I admit: it was my girly screams that made it run off (as I stood tippy-toe on a stool with my petticoat gathered up around me for protection).

[wolf63]

I have to confess that I have never seen a fox ~ apart from on TV.

I feel that I am missing something

[rowanwitch]

We see them a lot... they just stroll past like we are not there
As for risk hundreds more people will be bitten by dogs and scratched by cats... it will soon go and hide once the kids are out to play but TBH they may be fascinated by it and it could lead to a real interest in nature... see it as a plus

[EcclesCake]

Snags, I can only assume you pee isn't sufficiently manly! It certainly worked for us......the neighbours where a bit confused when they repeatedly found Mr Cake peeing in the garden though!

[janbee]

I have foxes in my garden. They don't bother me and I don't bother them. They run away from the local cats though.

[janbee]

you can also get fox scarers from Amazon.

[Canary42]

Call in the local Hunt - ooops, that's illegal now, sorry.

[Octavius]

Purple popple - you mean this sort of hype?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2403942/Leon-Smiths-shock-finds-FOX-bed-home-South-West-London.html?ico=news^headlines

[Baldric]

There's a "Find your nearest RSPCA" box a little way down the right-hand side, put your postcode in (worked for me)

http://www.rspca.org.uk/utilities/contactus

[hc4361]

The RSPCA won't be interested.

I have had foxes in my garden for 20 years or more, more recently badgers as well.

That don't bother me or the grandchildren at all. I leave my doors open and have never had a fox in the house. I certainly wouldn't worry about it at all.