I used to go on anti fox hunting demos…

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..now I’m actually considering staging a fox hunt in my back garden. I am finding myself so depressed by the daily food waste and fox shit strewn across my garden, as well as them digging in all my pots seemingly just for fun? Does anyone know of any fox repellants that actually work, or do I just need to accept its part of city life and make it part of my routine?
Having another animal issue with mice: they seem to be hip to the traps and poison we leave out, and they keep getting into cupboards and nibbling crackers etc that are for the kids packed lunches, I really can’t afford to keep chucking stuff. Have ordered some food storage containers, but I just want to fuckers to sod off! Do I need to go nuclear and get the sticky traps? I know they are awful and so inhumane, but I keep finding mouse poos in areas the kids play and I just want to destroy them. Any ideas much appreciated for my animal woes.

The videos you've sent are not mating howls. This fox needs closure lol.

Mammy fox knows that your house was involved, even though you buried her baby with kindness. That's why she's staring at your house. She's not staring at the neighbours.

To be honest, if someone killed my child, I'd fucking haunt the cunts.

For anyone with a fox problem I can personally recommend Jeyes Fluid. The basic theory is that it's got such a big, powerful smell and foxes can't bear it. It (temporarily) mutes their ability to smell! Pour undiluted around the perimeter. Don't need to use loads.

Make sure that any pets and children keep away whilst it dries.

Could you use Jeyes Fluid on the edge of a public path? Or could it hurt dogs that are being walked etc?

Hi OP, I have had rat and mouse infestations in the past and have blocked holes and used poison, which has always worked. I appreciate that the other methods described are more humane, but they were filthy (the rats also chewed through electrical wiring!) and I knew I didn't have it in me to consistently keep my house free of crumbs and droplets and to be emptying humane traps. Good luck!

At this point I'm just here for the batshit @whoknow replies

heebygeeby is the way forward with this particular problem.

The bloody fox still won't understand.

The fox is now pissed off with my husband and the weather.

Cheers for ruining my joke Mumsnet. Why allow gifs to be uploaded and even work in the preview, but not in the actual post.
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Maybe tell your sad fox that it was the mice in my house that killed it’s child, and give it my address? Two birds one stone.

It’s so crazy it just might work.

That or stuff everything full of wire wool.

Sad update, Mammy fox had started bringing her new baby/ teenage fox with her during her yowling sessions recently. It only lasted about a week before it got run over as well, almost in exact same place as the last one. :( Happened on Friday night, very sad.

Mammy fox was back howling in the middle of the road last night on her own, so she hasn’t learned a thing. The neighbour said she was sitting with the new baby fox after it was run over though, so at least she has closure with this one.

Oh no, that's awful. Poor fox, and poor you

@BodGaoithe we had a grieving baby squirrel after the pest man killed its parents. It sat on the fence shouting at me. Never felt so rotten 😭

I have a small back yard in south London and the area is infested with foxes . You cannot leave anything vaguely organic around, that includes leather gloves, shoes, even my kitchen compost, and they once got into the shed where there was used cat litter, stored in advance of bin day- god , the aftermath was awful. They mark their territory with piss and artistically displayed poos . Jeyes fluid is good because it breaks the ‘ olfactory map’ they leave behind. After I clear their Poo I lay down some Jeyes on the spot, they usually stay away for a few days after that. Oh and I also have to put chicken wire around my potted plants because they love digging around in them.