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Which Is The Best Ultrasonic Fox Repellent Device?

There’s a lot of ultrasonic deterrent products on the market that all seem to make some similar claims, so it can be a little overwhelming to decide which ones will be the most effective. What has always baffled me are the ones that claim to be ‘animal deterrents’ and then … Continue reading →

Prowling Fox Garden Ornament Deterrent

I imagine that the idea of deterring foxes by placing a life-sized ornament of a fox in your garden had not occurred to you? Well that’s understandable, particularly if you are not especially fond of these creatures. However, placing a realistic-looking fox in your garden could be an ingenious way … Continue reading →

Fox Attack on Baby: Reaction

With the huge media coverage of this issue over the last few days, there can be relatively few of us unaware of the reported attack by a fox on a baby that apparently tore it’s finger off, in my own area of Bromley. I think everyone will agree that it … Continue reading →

David Tennant: “I wee in my garden to repel foxes”

A great little interview I found with David Tennant which shows that even inter-galactical timelords have problems with urban foxes coming into their garden. By the sounds of things David Tennant is plagued by foxes in the area of London that he lives and decided to urinate in his garden … Continue reading →

Most Common Problems Caused By Foxes: Survey Results

In 2012, the Channel 4 series ‘Foxes Live: Wild In The City’ conducted a survey throughout the running of the series. The survey asked viewers a vast range of questions including what their most common issue or problem that they faced from the urban fox. By the final episode of … Continue reading →

Protecting Your Car From Foxes

I’ve recently had a few people contact me regarding foxes causing damage to their cars. One gentleman had an issue with foxes chewing his car’s vinyl roof, another was getting scratched paint work, whilst a lady contacted me for ideas on how to stop foxes chewing wires underneath her car. … Continue reading →

Tips on Photographing Foxes

Transcribed from Channel 4′s “Foxes Live” series. This is our definitive guide to finding foxes in your area and getting those all-important photographs for the Fox Census. Step 1 – Find A Fox Mark Evans: I’ve asked photographer and fox fanatic Jamie to give me some advice on how to … Continue reading →

The Vixen Diet

Transcribed from Channel 4′s “Foxes Live” series. Mark Evans: “How much food does a vixen with cubs actually need to eat? Well there are three big chunks of calories she’ll need. The first is just to keep herself going. It’s like the fuel your car uses when it’s idling. Now … Continue reading →

Top 2 Fox Repellent Books

To be honest, for such a well known animal that lives with many of us in such close quarters, there aren’t too many books dedicated to foxes, let alone fox repellent methods. Foxes usually get a chapter or a section in broader wildlife books, or perhaps studies in specialist journals, … Continue reading →

Review: Scoot Fox Repellent

Scoot Fox Repellent is a product targeted specifically at foxes, manufactured by Foxolutions who are fox control specialists based in London, so you can be confident it’s a fox repellent that works. Scoot is very effective as a means of deterring foxes and it comes in two 50g sachets of powder. … Continue reading →

Review: Using a radio as a fox deterrent

A novel idea that has emerged recently as a excellent fox repellent is the use of a radio.  Although this method has only gained widespread media attention in the last couple of years, this is a fox deterrent method that has been employed by many cunning farmers for years. By … Continue reading →

Review: Get Off My Garden Fox Repellent

Get Off My Garden Fox Repellent (officially labelled as a ‘cat and dog’ repellent) comes in a squeezable plastic bottle containing green crystals with a gel-like texture. Despite the label suggesting it’s aimed just at cats and dogs, it is an excellent fox deterrent when applied to small gardens or … Continue reading →

Review: Foxwatch Fox Deterrent

The Foxwatch Fox Repellent device is a product designed specifically to keep foxes away from your garden by emitting an unpleasant sound that scares the fox, discouraging it from entering your garden. Importantly, the sound that is emitted is inaudible to humans, so there are no problems with it becoming a … Continue reading →

Urban foxes in the news

Last month (June 2012), there was a sudden splurge of articles in the national press about urban foxes. In the London Evening Standard on 8th June, there was a story on how some celebrities in Queen’s Park, North London were annoyed that the local council had not been doing enough … Continue reading →

Review: Fox Deterrent Wall and Fence Spikes

Anti-climb fence and wall spikes are an excellent low cost way of helping to keep foxes out of your garden. Please note however, that although they are very useful, they should not be the ONLY method you use to repel foxes. They should be used in conjunction with your favoured … Continue reading →

How To Trap A Fox

Straightaway I’m going to advise against using snares to trap a fox. There are many laws in place strictly guiding what you can and can’t do with snares and they can easily go wrong and become a cruel form of punishment to an animal if you don’t know what you … Continue reading →

Review: Strikeback Advanced Animal Repeller

Before launching into a review of the Strikeback Advanced Animal Repeller, I must stress (as I have done on countless occasions) that deterring a fox from your garden requires patience. Too many people expect instant results and therefore decide they must have bought a bad product if foxes appear the … Continue reading →