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I hate foxes

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Faciadipasta · 26/09/2022 07:31

Honestly I HATE them. I mean I know they look sort of nice but they are just awful. I've taken to trying to shoot them with a super soaker like a crazy woman not that it makes any bloody difference.
They scream all night, that horrible noise that sounds like someone being murdered. They have figured out how to get into our 'fox proof' food waste bins so we often go out to see manky bits of food strewn around. And if we manage to keep ours somewhere they can't get to it then a neighbour will have probably forgotten so it will still be up the pavement. We had to stop using the milkman because they figured out how to knock the milk bottles over so the foil lid would be dislodged and then milk would go everywhere and stink, and they'd probably only lick a little bit of it and just leave the rest in a big smelly puddle, they terrorise my poor cat, they dig my grass and they like to mark their territory with diarrhoea. Leaving little pools of it on our stuff. There's a load which has gone partly on the wall, then run down it and pooled at the bottom this morning. Ugh. Any ideas how I can get the little fuckers to bugger off? We've tried those noise things now and they make no difference.
There is a massive problem in this area. If you remember the news story where a fox went into a house and killed a baby a few years back that wasn't far from here...
Help!

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Stomacharmeleon · 26/09/2022 10:09

In our garden and they sometimes play chase. They do poo and dig up my partners precious lawn but tbh the cats pooing in the flowers bothers me more.

I have heard that you don't fuck with a badger though. They can be nasty bastards.

I hate foxes
Opaljewel · 26/09/2022 10:07

Bother*

Faciadipasta · 26/09/2022 10:07

Why do they shit ON things? That's what I don't understand. It's gross enough when they shit on the lawn or flower beds but they seem to actually choose to shit on stuff. The other day it was a brush from a dustpan and brush set that I keep outside, before that it was on my kids football, they've done it in DHs shoes (fair enough he was an idiot to leave them outside), often it will be on the lid of our paper recycling box. Ugh. Horrible little gits.

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Opaljewel · 26/09/2022 10:07

Why would you hate such beautiful creatures? Just fox proof your bins properly. Have a metal container your milk man to put the milk in.

We have several cats in our communal garden. The foxes never both the cats and vice versa.

People need to remember that it isn't just us who live on this planet. We share it with some amazing creatures and they deserve to live on it as much as we do. Even if it upsets you with your first world problems such as milk not being able to delivered!

Just go online find some animal friendly deterrent (one that doesn't kill or maim any pets or wildlife) and put it in your garden.

Suzi888 · 26/09/2022 10:05

@Faciadipasta Is that definitely a fox…. We’ve had foxes in our garden and they didn’t do anything apart from sunbathe.

AlwaysGinPlease · 26/09/2022 10:03

@WhatIsThisPlease

Delightful. Vermin is subjective.

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 26/09/2022 10:03

WhatIsThisPlease · 26/09/2022 09:57

I hate them. And their nasty beady eyes.

Vermin.

Pretty much sums up humans.

Imissmoominmama · 26/09/2022 10:03

I live rurally and they’re not a problem here. However, I went to stay at my son’s, in London. I took my dog, and was looking after his while he was away. There’s a park behind his flat where I walked them.

They absolutely stank every time we came home. They weren’t rolling in anything, but I suppose they brushed against things the foxes had weed on.

There were also torn apart bin bags in the alleyway.

The foxes weren’t as much of an issue as the skanky people in the park though- dropping their litter everywhere!

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 26/09/2022 10:02

Faciadipasta · 26/09/2022 10:01

@Suzi888 I know it wasn't me you were asking about the shit spraying but here's a photo of an example of sprayed fox shit I've had to clean today. Enjoy.

Oh god no! How utterly awful!

How do you cope!!!

Faciadipasta · 26/09/2022 10:02

And my cats don't bloody shit in people's gardens! They don't even shit in mine. They use a litter tray!

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Soubriquet · 26/09/2022 10:02

That’s nothing…

I was expecting piles of it and sprayed all over.

My chihuahua does more mess

LemonJuiceFromConcentrate · 26/09/2022 10:01

If it means that much to you, get a sonic cat scarer from the RSPB which works with foxes as well as cats.

Do these really truly work? I've seen such mixed reviews.

I wonder if they would repel squirrels (we have foxes AND a tree full of grey squirrels as well as myriad local cats visiting daily).

Faciadipasta · 26/09/2022 10:01

@Suzi888 I know it wasn't me you were asking about the shit spraying but here's a photo of an example of sprayed fox shit I've had to clean today. Enjoy.

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SuperCamp · 26/09/2022 09:58

I hate urban foxes.

They look so unhealthy compared to rural foxes, scrawny, mangy etc.

But they are scavengers so as long as we have disgusting humans who strew food waste and litter everywhere I think we are stuck with them. The fast food and chicken shop culture supports them.

WhatIsThisPlease · 26/09/2022 09:57

I hate them. And their nasty beady eyes.

Vermin.

closingloop · 26/09/2022 09:57

I hate them too, mangy ginger bastards

SoupDragon · 26/09/2022 09:49

I've had several cats in my garden for years and never once have any been approached

I watched one chase my cat in through the cat flap and he wasn't a small cat!

Fml1980 · 26/09/2022 09:49

Foxes are a pain, they shit all over the place.
Have digged up holes in my garden, and worst of all killed my daughters rabbit.
But it's not there fault really is it, I mean we have basically built all over there land.

SoupDragon · 26/09/2022 09:47

Suzi888 · 26/09/2022 09:41

“Maybe foxhunting was the most humane and natural solution after all.” It’s fucking barbaric. So no.

🙄🤔🤣A shit spraying fox? I’m having a hard time believing this thread is real tbh. Photos or it didn’t happen.

Funnily enough. I didn't take photos of the shit on my front door.

DorritLittle · 26/09/2022 09:47

Foxes need our help when we make them dependent on us by feeding them. The odd treat is fine but not regular feeding. Google it.

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 26/09/2022 09:43

Qwerkie · 26/09/2022 09:24

urban foxes are so brazen because there are people who think they’re cute so they’ll feed them. Their pleasure at feeding the foxes outweighs anything else - that’s if they even think about the impact of what they’re doing. Which they don’t because they’re “helping” the foxes. Foxes don’t need our help.

Maybe tell that to all the foxes that actually do need our help....

Eastangular2000 · 26/09/2022 09:43

YABVU as you are a cat owner and they go and shit all over other people gardens!

Suzi888 · 26/09/2022 09:41

“Maybe foxhunting was the most humane and natural solution after all.” It’s fucking barbaric. So no.

🙄🤔🤣A shit spraying fox? I’m having a hard time believing this thread is real tbh. Photos or it didn’t happen.

PennyPinkPineapple · 26/09/2022 09:40

A woman who lived two doors down from my mum and dad took a sick one in, spent £££s on medicine to make it better and then kept it in her garden. They stink.

Mollysocks · 26/09/2022 09:40

Puppypads · 26/09/2022 07:41

I hate them with the fire of 1000 suns.
animal lovers look away now*
The only way to get rid of them is either 1. Get a dog or 2. Get the pest control people out. And by pest control I mean a man with a shotgun who will kill as many of the fuckers as possible.

Jolyon Maugham, is that you?