I found today that I have some foxes living under my shed (I saw a pup). I don't have a real concern unless anyone can advise me on whether they are likely to gnaw away the floor of my shed - in which case I will try and move them on.
Get a low powered light set up and enjoy watching them play at night. They will not eat your shed. Beautiful animals.
Adam
Webcam time. 8-)
Yes you should feel privileged to have them in such close proximity. This is nature at its best Enjoy
They like milk, dog food (canned or biscuit. they'r not proud.) Pizzas go down well (Goodfellows.)
Enjoy their stay.
Jim.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "John" saying something like:
Meat laced with rat poison.
Not likely. The shed might start to stink a bit though - Foxes smell pretty bad.
Last year I re felted a pent roof shed for a lady locally.
Her garden went up steeply in terraced levels, so the shed roof was only about a foot above ground level on the terrace above.
A family of urban foxes inhabited her garden & in 18 months they had ripped the felt off the roof almost completely. I guess they sharpened their claws on it?
I covered the new felt in chicken wire held down by battens & it seems to have stopped it.
There's no reason why they would want to destroy the ceiling of their cosy residence.
Unless there is something edible up there of course :-)
Owain
Your shed floor will be fine - in fact the presence of foxes will deter rats...and rats will eat almost anything ( including sheds ).
The only note of caution might be that foxes under sheds tend to attract Bill Oddies...but these can usually be beaten off with a copy of the Radio Times soaked in vinegar.
Regards,
I had a family living in my garden about 5 years ago. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them since, although I do see the odd fox passing through at night. You can follow the fox going though all the gardens, even though you can't see it -- one by one, the neighbours' PIR lamps come on. I do get the occasional pile of fox poo and that has a strong smell. That never happened when the family were living there though.
I saw a deer sleeping in my garden once, on the pile of grass clippings. I setup a camera to spot it again, but it never came back.
Is that the whole team or just a couple of strays?
And for the foxes...?
I found out that hedgehogs were eating the canned dog food and drank all the milk when I tried to feed the foxes in my garden. I stopped up all night to watch that.
Adam
Dog food is good for hedgehogs. Milk isn't.
Apparently their digestive system is set up so when they want a crap they just 'tag' the end onto the floor and walk away from it.
Milk changes the consistency so it doesn't 'pull through' properly.
DAMHIKTIJDOK?
The variety of knowledge on this group never fails to amaze me.....
Amazing - could this be why some seem to be leaving their offering on stop tap lids and manhole covers? Perhaps it attaches more readily.
OK I'll ask, what is that an acronym for, I can't work it out!
Cheers
John
In message , John writes
I would guess at... dontaskmehowiknowthatijustdoOK
It's one of those things you never forget once you know about it...
As for the manhole covers... magnetic?
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