Fox "fun"

[PRyeEmma]

Have any other Underhill Road area dwellers been woken up several nights in a row with the MOST awful fox screaming? It has really shivered my timbers these last few days. The worst noise...

[Gaynor Hill]

Foxes have had they cubs now so maybe calling for the dog fox for food

[SpringTime]

You can shoot them, gas them, use poison, trap them or hound them down. They always come back.

[civilservant]

SpringTime Wrote:

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> You can shoot them, gas them, use poison, trap

> them or hound them down. They always come back.

why would you want to do any of those things, springtime? especially as you know they'll always come back?

as for the OP, suggest you try living near a pub with Sky sports - then you'll know what the worst noise is!

[bobbsy]

civilservant Wrote:

> why would you want to do any of those things,

> springtime? especially as you know they'll always

> come back?

>

> as for the OP, suggest you try living near a pub

> with Sky sports - then you'll know what the worst

> noise is!

I guess you can always move away from a pub with sky sports if it is too noisy...but it seems harder to convince the foxes to move away...

[bcam]

I'd recommend the same techniques for animal abusers.

SpringTime Wrote:

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> You can shoot them, gas them, use poison, trap

> them or hound them down. They always come back.

[cella]

Replaced soil, cleaned decking and painted all walls white in my garden and went to bed with such a sense of achievement. Got up this morning and rushed to view - every single wall trashed with muddy fix prints, a three foot hole dug in a bed and the resultant soil all over deck. Really tearful......

[SpringTime]

I agree. They are annoying but if you do kill them they'll only be replaced by others so no point in these methods unless you're protecting livestock from their tendencies to surplus kill. They don't like the smell of other species' urine however, so if you have a couple of beers in the evening a quick wizz on your garden at night should help.

bcam Wrote:

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> I'd recommend the same techniques for animal

> abusers.

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> SpringTime Wrote:

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> > You can shoot them, gas them, use poison, trap

> > them or hound them down. They always come back.

[Penguin68]

This describes what you can and can't do re fox control.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/foxes-moles-and-mink-how-to-protect-your-property-from-damage

[jack'n'danny]

For Fox sake leave them alone, what harm are they really doing......

[Abe_froeman]

They will always come back because a lot if people feed them. That's why there are so many in the city.

[DulwichFox]

Get rid of Foxes and we would be running alive with Rats..

[malcolmchurch]

Well said Foxy, the grass lawn outside my girlfriend's flat on Dawson heights can have several foxes running around. They cause no problems and are a joy to watch. Great to see the cubs, still waiting this year!

[PRyeEmma]

Just to be clear, I wasn't advocating any animal murder!

I can't remember ever hearing them screaming this much, or waking me up, and wondered if I was just a heavier sleeper in Springs gone by...

[Jules-and-Boo]

that's how the plague reached epic proportions - but it was cats and dogs then.

They're probably just noisier as it's cub season

[DulwichGlobetrotter]

Has anyone got foxes living in their garden?

I see them a lot on the streets off Lordship Lane in the evening and I always wonder where they live!

And yes, I have unfortunately heard the noise - there?s a biological reason for it I understand, but I don?t think it?s very proper to go into that on the EDF... 🤭

[wimble]

yes we do, they live under our decking in the garden and are an absolute nightmare. They've dug holes all around, dig up my plants, poo everywhere and they've scratched our wooden decking to bits. Not to mention they make an almighty racket. We have humane deterrents only which help a little bit. I did find a dead rat in the middle of our garden yesterday so they're good for something I guess!

[Mands]

yes, one lives under my decking. Not a problem for me as i enjoy watching them. Yes they do make a mess but I'm not fussed about that as a jet wash of the decking clears it up.

[Westnorwoodboy]

I find some humans more annoying than foxes, at least all they're doing is what nature intended....

[Lula]

We live in Forest Hill with an overgrown alley behind our property ? the foxes love it there and recline in our garden when it?s sunny ? once I came home and saw 4 of them in our garden. They don?t bother me that much unless they poo or dig up the garden. I agree you can spend a fortune on deterrants but they always come back.