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MightyMeerkat · 06/09/2018 22:49

I have tried everything but am unable to stop the local foxes using my garden as a playground! They are repeatedly digging up my flower beds so I was thinking of planting something prickly to deter them. Any suggestions? I thought maybe some rose bushes...... Thanks

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naughtymutha · 06/09/2018 22:53

Not sure if it works but someone told me to sprinkle human urine Confused around the edges of the garden and they stay away but I don't know if it's true Hmm

MightyMeerkat · 06/09/2018 23:02

Yes I've heard that. I haven't tried it. I tried Scoot which is a chemical that you put on your boundary and is supposed to deter them as it smells like another animal. Doesn't seem to work though!

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 07/09/2018 00:16

Human urine - has to be male (so I;m told) the more adult the better.
DH refused , DS (18) obliged in a plastic bottle and sprinkled it about.

It does naff all Hmm

nonwonderwoman · 10/09/2018 17:37

Man wee works. We have rabbits and live semi rurally and they never come in our garden...

Snugglepiggy · 14/09/2018 20:30

We woke to find part of our new lawn dug up recently and a fox that we have seen trotting through our garden was the most likely culprit.We put a radio on quietly in the shed and left the window slightly open.Apparently the sound of human voices will deter them,especially at night so we left it on Radio 4 rather than a music channel.Oh and DH had a pee on the hedge near where we thought he came through each night when he ran the dogs out last thing.It is a fair way from the house !It seemed to do the trick.

Snugglepiggy · 14/09/2018 20:36

We woke to find our newly laid lawn had been dug up ,and a fox we've seen regularly trotting through was thought to be the most likely culprit.We were told to put a radio on quietly ,with voices rather than music to deter them.So we put one in the shed with the window ajar,and left it on at night for a couple of weeks.DH also had a pee on the hedge where we knew foxes come through last thing at night whilst running our dogs out.It is a fair way from the house !So far we haven't had any more damage.

Snugglepiggy · 14/09/2018 20:36

Sorry.wrote another post as thought I had deleted the first !

MightyMeerkat · 17/09/2018 19:57

Thank you for the tips. I might try the radio thing. Most everything else has not worked. In fact it seems to be worse as I am cleaning up 3 or 4 lots of fox poo every day Sad as they try to claim back their territory.

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