How to deter foxes.

[maggie01]

I mentioned last year that I had a fox in my garden. Well it is either back or I have another one.

I saw quite a large one on Christmas night on the other side of the road and today I went out to see what damage I had to my fence caused by the wind and there is a big hole dug underneath the fence.

I need to repair the fence but would like to deter the fox from digging under it.

[heathfield]

Quite a few decent suggestions can be found on Google - look up 'deter foxes'.

[vicious_sid]

I can remember seeing in a magazine similar to innovations, a gadget that stands in your garden and emits an infra-red signal and when the signal is broken it shoots a jet of water in that direction

[JOBOBABE]

I had a similar problem, and was advised on here that human urine is the best deterrant.

It took a while to convince my other half... but it works!!!

[Ann]

Can you remember what it was called vicious sid? It sounds the ideal thing to deter neighbours cats from fouling my garden - piles of it this morning, Ugh!

[firewatch]

or human hair bundled into old tights hung from the fence, hide them behind bushes and trees etc to hide them

[jules77]

I know someone who tried the human urine method, and it worked.

[ladybirder]

<<It sounds the ideal thing to deter neighbours cats from fouling my garden - piles of it this morning, Ugh! >>
Piles of it? Really? Most unlikely to be cats then I would think ann86.

[sallybb]

Hope I didn't dream this, but I seem to recall there is a lion bi-product that you can buy, that does the job.

[McMouse]

sallybb is correct. A neighbouring golf club uses lions 'by-product' scattered near saplings to deter grazing deer. Works a treat.

[sheribee]

Im studying for a diploma in animal management and during my farming lessons we learnt that human urine around the boundry and also human hair tied around will help to deter them.

[woofgang]

also make sure that there are no food sources available to them.