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In February 1974, for example, a trial electric fence was erected along a leading edge of the nesting sandwich tern (St erna sandvicensis) colony on the Sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve in Aberdeen (Scotland). Interestingly, one survey by the MRU found that so much food was deliberately provided for foxes by householders in the city that they had no need to look anywhere else to meet their daily energy requirements. But, these pests can be susceptible to digging up gardens, overturning trash cans, and preying on species as they scavenge for food.
Electric fencing has shown great promise in protecting seabirds such as terns from predators during their nesting season. Similarly, most urban foxes seem to have little issue with humans watching them and I would contest that being watched is their “greatest fear”. Those opposed to lethal control have, on occasion, requested that the fox be caught and released somewhere else – “somewhere else” often translating to ‘back into the countryside, where it belongs’. Anti-climb fence and wall spikes are an excellent low cost way of helping to keep foxes out of your garden.As part of the Foxes Live programme, broadcast on Channel 4 during May 2012, a water jet deterrent was set up in a bid to prevent foxes digging an earth in a lady’s garden in Clapham, south London. Sheds and summerhouses are favoured outbuildings under which foxes build earths, particularly in urban areas.
The spikes are pretty sharp to the human touch but the foxes that I am trying to keep out of my garden due to the damage they are causing almost every night do not seem that bothered by them. Gardeners could invest in some good garden lighting ideas, but there is an alternative option that is more likely to startle foxes – a motion-activated light.
Ducks, geese, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs should be put away at night in secure hutches or cages.
e. too high to be heard by the human ear) deterrents; the general idea being that they emit an ultrasonic sinus or siren-like sound, which foxes find unpleasant, every two seconds or so for a pre-set period after the device is activated. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Note that, if you install an electric fence, you will need to strim around the bottom regularly to prevent grass or other vegetation short circuiting it. Regardless, the periodic rearrangements of garden ornaments is one example of a group of potential deterrents that I class as “home remedies”. So have a polite word that they must be removed, and don't attach anything again without permission. Foxes have a strong sense of smell and replacing their poo with something that makes them feel uncomfortable can certainly help.
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