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>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:40 PM
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>Subject: [OT] Foxes Foxes everywhere and it is quite a stink
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>I am dealing with an urban fox issue.  Two double lots are side by side.  =
On them are a house and a duplex.  There are wood piles and some other >pla=
ces that foxes can hang.   Everything was foxy cool until this spring.  Now=
 there are 6 foxes hanging out around here.  And today, one was sitting >on=
 my hot tub cover, scratching away his fleas.  I was 3 meters away and mr/m=
s fox did not care.  The fox sauntered off reluctantly when I made >some lo=
ud noises.
>
>So for a variety of reasons, the foxes must go.  Being a very ethical pers=
on, my first thought is to make them someone else's problem.  Is there a >c=
hemical that will speak to the foxes " go away , 20 blocks south looks like=
 a really good place to move to."   Or is trapping the only realistic >appr=
oach.  Or will ultrasound chase them away... or shooting tennis balls at th=
em.  I would not want one of them to have a seizure while laughing at >me.
>
>( By the way, calling government agents in on the job is a no go..... I ne=
ver willing get involved with the gov )
>
>99guspuppet
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I'll second the use of human urine in jugs around a perimeter, it will keep=
 foxes away.=20
I have yet to see a fox get trapped except in those jawed leg traps and you=
 still have to shoot them to approach them.
I've also used a low powered air rifle with plastic "BBs" to sting them a b=
it and after a few days of it they will wander off.
Less humane, but more effective is a 12 gauge shot gun with number 3 high b=
rass shot - that will get rid of them, but it is
a little risky in a suburban setting.

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