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Lizziedjango, I sympathise. I'm not fond of the creatures either. Good luck getting rid of them and please let us know on here if / how you do!


Of course, if you want to see "MadWorld74" stopping his / her "bloody winging" (sic) and "ridiculous moaning", you could always look here:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,159540,page=1

and the following pages.


Some wonderful comments from him / her about how unhelpful other people's snappy responses along the lines of "get a grip" were... ;)



: P

Yes Pierre. I actually did sympathise with Madworld about what she witnessed with the fox cub. I still do. I would not want to go through witnessing any animal in pain, to be honest. I am a bit aghast that Madworld told me to stop my 'ridiculous moaning'. I suppose I should be ecstatic at the sight of mounds of fox crap surrounding my house and garden. Believe me, it makes dog and cat poo look appealing.


However, I cannot see how I will ever get rid of the critters. They've been here yonks. But never poo-ed like this. I am wondering if they could all of a sudden be marking their territory or something, in which case why didn't they do that before? It is really getting me down actually!!!!!!!!!!!


I agree SeanMacGabhann


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because YOU have taken over THEIR habitat and they were always in East Dulwich



Ditto rats and mice then?"


Indeed.

They are very difficult to get rid of. There have been some shot in Dulwich but other foxes simply take their place, so it's a very short term and ineffective solution. That?s one extreme, and not one I support, but the other is the people who feed them dog food and other left over?s. This is essentially cruel, as they become dependent on the food supply and starve to death if the supply stops. I understand that they forget how, or can't be bothered anymore, to hunt or scavenge. To get rid of their poo (which does smell like nothing on earth, especially when you tread in it) would be the most important thing to me and, although there are foxes in our garden we don't seem to be too poo affected, don't know why.


Of course it can be highly amusing to see the local dogs rolling in the overnight foxes poo to which they seem so attracted and the horrified reaction of their masters and mistresses. So foxes aren't all bad.

Could we arrange Urban Fox Hunts where we all get p1ss3d up wearing lycra and spin around the streets of ED on Vespas chasing after the blighters. We could signal the hunt with air horns or better still the music from an ice-cream van. Later we could repair to the lounge at Adventure for sherry and cake.

djfitz Wrote:

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> Could we arrange Urban Fox Hunts where we all get

> p1ss3d up wearing lycra and spin around the

> streets of ED on Vespas chasing after the

> blighters. We could signal the hunt with air horns

> or better still the music from an ice-cream van.

> Later we could repair to the lounge at Adventure

> for sherry and cake.


Hear hear!


But seriously foxes seem to have the tenacity to walk along fences. You can foil them by hammering a nail into the top of each fence post and stretching a fishing line between them. Cats have the agility to get around this but foxes don't.

It took me a while to suss out that sex was their game when I had a (flock, herd, clutch or murder?) of the randy buggers getting it on at every given opportunity a few months back. It must be the highlight of their miserable existence. Its certainly the highlight of mine. ;-)

Yes bon3yard, the urban foxes do have a miserable existence. It is why I do - to some extent - feel a bit sorry for them. I would never want them killed or anything like that. I just want humane ways of deterring them from crapping all over my surrounding areas.


My son already got their poo all over his hands, which totally freaked me out. If I hadn't washed it off immediately with disinfectant he would definitely have got ill. The rubbish men tread in it all the time en-route to getting my bins, leaving even more of the repellent stuff stamped everywhere!!


I know my neighbours feed them bones and stuff, so I have dropped them a polite note asking that they not do it.

I had foxes making terrible smells and mess too ......... don't bother with sonic devises .... absolute waste of money; Foxes sunbathed infront of them.


The DIY shop suggested Jeyes fluids ..... wash the paths down with it and hang some Jeyes soaked rags etc in problem areas. It seemed to work for me.

We bought some "Get off my garden" on the advice of the Fox Project to try and get rid of the foxes under our decking. After numerous applications they went away for a little bit but are now back (despite more applications) so I'm not sure how useful it is.


They have at least stopped digging all of our veg and plants up now although the use of a cold frame and mini-greenhouse have played a big part in this. When they were cubs they dug up all of our seeds but seem to leave bigger plants alone. Or maybe they've just outgrown that particular game.


We saw a fox sat on a fence down Pellatt Road last night on our way home. Couldn't work out whether it was ours or not though.

Thanks for that DeptfordDiva, I was contemplating getting some Jeyes fluid. Don't want to inadvertently kill my cat, or any cat come to that.

Update on fox poo situation: not sure if it is due to the rainy weather, but I have not seen any poo for a few days now. I am hoping it will continue!

Glad someone can have a laugh over this issue!

Incidentally, I spoke too soon and there was loads of fox poo greeting me this morning, Had no option but to use a kettle of boiling water and lots of bleach on the path, and (((whispers))) I chucked the 'harder stuff' ie pellets over the garden fence. I was in such a rush. I feel bad about it!

David Mc. I see you have informed MW of her spelling error. It is really annoying when certain posters try and correct other posters' grammar on internet forums such as this.

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