Reply to everyone. Thank you for all the comments, it's interesting to get different takes on these animals. I must admit that I still quite like foxes, even with all the problems they cause. The first day we moved into this house I took the girls (then 4 and nearly 2) out into the garden. Within minutes there was fox excrement everywhere as first one trampled it, then the other ran over it on her tricycle. Spare a thought for HM the Queen though. According to my sources it was a fox that scaled the walls and did away with the flock of flamingos one night.
If i hear one more comment about fox mess and rubbish i shall scream i live in a rural area and dont mind foxes they do cause a mess but every time i go anywhere i see the flytipping of humans the filth in the sea and the tutting of people where do the think human waste goes? out of site out of mind is it? we have the ability to think out and plan and engineer yet weve reduced our "den"IE THE PLANET TO A SHAMBLES " yes cleaning up after foxes is unpleasant try cleaning up after the people who flytip in our lane i know that i rather the foxes every time
Wednesday 28th jan at 9am we had two adult foxes in our back garden in quite a built up area, they walked along the top of my 6 foot fence, and came into the garden my wife and I watched them but as soon as they saw us they scaled my six foot fence into my neighbors garden, they looked two very healthy specimins, it was a joy to see foxes this close, Penny & Nick Cherryhinton Cambridge
I live in a rural area, & there`s always been foxws about.Last summer I noticed a young fox reguarly visit my front garden at night, sometimes accompanied by an older one. I started to put food out for it, & now the youngster comes every night between 11 & 3. Its favourite is grated cheese & dog biscuits. It never leaves a mess, but it does mark plants near feeding area. It hasn`t damaged anyplants either. It is now a healthy looking adult. Wonder if it will bring offspring of it`s own, come summer?
foxes are not good in the garden. they mess in the ground feeding station, day and night. mess on the door steps, dig holes under the shed and under the hedge ( here to bury any food they fancy from the the bird feeders. having been away when the snow settled i can see their trails across the garden combing the feeding stations for any likely finds. they also seem to need to mess in the bird baths!!!! i could continue but they are not lovely creature, often very mangy looking. there are now 3 regularly in the garden. they will always remind me of the chicken coops of my childhood full of dead bodies.
Last year, we discovered that a fox came into the garden daily. We had just bought 7 chickens. She ignored them completely each time she entered the garden (I watched her often). So I decided to feed her a good meal of decent dog food each day. She delighted us with her presence at dusk, whenever dusk was and sat on the garden path, waiting for her meal. I could get to within 1 or 2 metres of her when I put the bowl down. She never showed interest in the chickens, not even two chicks with our broody Silkie on the lawn in a cage. The last time I saw her, she looked very ill and I knew she was about to die. I never saw her again. But I feel honoured to have had her company for about a year.
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Penny & Nick
Cherryhinton
Cambridge