Neighbour cultivating fox den

It makes them less fearful of humans and more of a risk to them!

The only reason fox charities say don't feed foxes is because it increases the risk of harm to them from idiotic nasty humans.

Interesting case, as you aren’t allowed to interfere with a bird nest. I have no idea what the correct protocol is when they nest somewhere so unreasonable!

Yes, your menfolk need to pee around your garden, sorry.

If you include roads and car parks as well as housing, less than 10% of the UK is built on.

I can only think that people that think mankind has built on/destroyed every piece of land don't leave their street very often.

Why was your dog in someone else's garden and off their lead in a residential area?

You let your dog out unsupervised when your garden is not secure, but your neighbour is the selfish one?

What nonsense!

Simply putting out food for foxes doesn't lead to "wildlife attacking humans because they have no natural fear anymore". The "danger" comes if people try to handheld or pet foxes - but even then, the main danger is to the foxes who may think that all humans are friendly and give them food...and that doesn't end well for the foxes. There are vanishingly few cases of foxes attacking humans in this country (ie where foxes don't suffer from rabies, which does make animals behave aggressively).

And structural damage to houses? Come on!

Yeah I live in a city suburb and loads of people do this, post videos of them hand feeding them!. I don't think most people realise just how many diseases and parasites they carry, many of which can be passed on to the family dog, and humans. I've handled sick foxes, they are usually absolutely covered in fleas and lice.

You should never give proper mange medicine to foxes unless you can ‘target feed’. It is calculated by weight so could harm other animals.

I have an idea that the smell of men's urine will keep them away, and you might be able to sort your own perimeter spraying, but I don't know quite how you'd get it into your neighbour's garden.

as an aside
onnlocal news this week there was woman who opens her windows during the heatwave and pigeons built a nest on the spare bed. AND SHE LET THEM MOVE IN 🤢she now shares a house with pigeons and it turns my stomach typing it

YANBU

😂 oh I remember that one! Batshit people around!

Don't think foxes are classed as vermin tbh. They're just wild animals.

You dog should not be anywhere near your neighbour's garden in the first place.

It should either be on a leash when you walk them or at home/in your garden with no means of escaping.

It is just poor dog ownership on your part and nothing to do with your neighbours!

Then your dog should be on a lead.

And I say that as the owner of two dogs.

This is not your neighbour's fault.

My neighbour does this as well- even has dog bowls for them. It’s absolute batshit. They are vermin. Following for solutions

We had foxes living in our garden and didn’t have any issues at all, a bit of poo yes, but I cleaned it up when I cleaned up after the dog. No smell at all. Are you sure it’s fox urine? Never had dead rats despite also having rats in the garden, big garden

Foxes are fine, but fox charities/rescue/wildlife experts do not recommend feeding foxes, they do absolutely fine on their own and they are not endangered. Main reason is they become too reliant, what happens when your neighbour goes on holiday, moves or dies?!

She's trying to be kind but she isn't. Foxes also as the OP knows, don't understand that one garden is fine, next doors isn't, not the foxes fault but will seriously piss off neighbours. They dig lawns looking for grubs, chew plants, poop their sticky black poop as scent markers, wee everywhere. No they better where they were for relations.

As you can tell, my neighbour 4 doors down feeds them. My once healthy (endangered) hedgehog population has all gone, never forget the sound of a hedgehog screaming at 3am, while being attacked. Seen hedgehog bodies eaten from the belly. My neighbour is a tosser. Just let nature be.

OP, only way to stop them, 95% of the time is to buy the expensive cat proof netting for your fences.

The foxes will settle wherever they wish. I had some make a den under my shed. I wasn’t feeding them.

The rat is probably nothing to do with foxes as they would have eaten it.

The sprinkler idea might work?

Lol I was reading through to see if this was asked - I was going to ask if her neighbour has cats and did she leave her husband at home for a few days recently who couldn’t be arsed (realised his wife was insane more like) to feed it/them?

If not, maybe that poster can come on here and explain their thought process?

Dog is greedy, smelt the food and dashed off. Husband said it looked like a pile of cat food had been emptied on the ground. Dog thought it was his lucky day.

Her front garden has no boundaries, kind of open plan and fronts onto an open grass area/footpath where dogs are walked.

She put food out in a shared space? Or your dog let itself into her garden?