Foxes in garden (1 Viewer)

[ChrisKten]

I've been missing from the forum for a few years, but I thought that people might never see this (although many will have heard it) - so Ive logged in just to upload it...
Not the best quality as it was pitch black most of the time

 

[delia todd]

Great goodness.... that must have woken up the whole street!!! A great security camera you have there.

Chris - it's wonderful to hear from you again... I've thought about you often over the years and wondered how you were doing.

Don't be a stranger laddie, we all really enjoyed your input here. How do you like the new platform?

 

[Farnboro John]

Nice to see you back. My boys and girls do this occasionally and I've got a few pix of it, but the full effect requires the screaming as well!

As your video shows, when wrestling they rarely bite at each other, its more a trial of strength.

Cheers

John

 

[ChrisKten]

Great goodness.... that must have woken up the whole street!!! A great security camera you have there.

Chris - it's wonderful to hear from you again... I've thought about you often over the years and wondered how you were doing.

Don't be a stranger laddie, we all really enjoyed your input here. How do you like the new platform?

Hi Delia,

Good to know that you are still here in the forum - hope all is well with you. I'm doing fine - bad things and good things have happened over the last few years, which is life I guess

I've still got a garden full of Pigeons, Jays, Magpies, Squirrels etc - and now at least 20 Ring-necked Parakeets (they make more noise than the screaming Foxes ). I don't take as many pics as I used to, but do take pics if anything unusual turns up or happens in the garden.

Chris

 

[ChrisKten]

Nice to see you back. My boys and girls do this occasionally and I've got a few pix of it, but the full effect requires the screaming as well!

As your video shows, when wrestling they rarely bite at each other, its more a trial of strength.

Cheers

John

Hi John,

Yeah, without the screaming it looks like they're dancing

I don't encourage the Foxes, as Squirrels breed in the shed once or twice a year. The adult Squirrels are alert enough and fast enough, but the youngsters have a habit of taking risks while charging around the garden and the trees. Also, I can't get food to the Foxes without getting them too used to me - there are more than 14 Feral Cats in or near my garden, so leaving food out would end up feeding the Cats.

BTW, I suspect the only reason the Foxes visit my garden, is all other gardens nearby are just concrete, mine is just mud, trees, and bushes/weeds. Although last week the Foxes started digging up Pigeons that I sealed in plastic bags and buried (I have a few a year die from Canker or PMV). I've been doing this for at least 15 years, and none have been dug up until now, even though the Foxes have been around nearby for longer. Incidentally, they didn't eat the Pigeons, just left me a smelly mess of rotting birds and feathers all over the garden.

Chris

 

[Farnboro John]

Hi John,

Yeah, without the screaming it looks like they're dancing

I don't encourage the Foxes, as Squirrels breed in the shed once or twice a year. The adult Squirrels are alert enough and fast enough, but the youngsters have a habit of taking risks while charging around the garden and the trees. Also, I can't get food to the Foxes without getting them too used to me - there are more than 14 Feral Cats in or near my garden, so leaving food out would end up feeding the Cats.

BTW, I suspect the only reason the Foxes visit my garden, is all other gardens nearby are just concrete, mine is just mud, trees, and bushes/weeds. Although last week the Foxes started digging up Pigeons that I sealed in plastic bags and buried (I have a few a year die from Canker or PMV). I've been doing this for at least 15 years, and none have been dug up until now, even though the Foxes have been around nearby for longer. Incidentally, they didn't eat the Pigeons, just left me a smelly mess of rotting birds and feathers all over the garden.

Chris

I agree about leaving food out. I don't do that with my foxes, I feed them individually a drumstick at a time. They are used to me (and Marion) but any sign of other people and they evaporate. Their ability to learn their own names and distinguish between different people amazes me. It's not just us, either, they know the local dog walkers' circuits by heart and if one emerges from a passageway but they know it isn't going to come down to where they are feeding, they hold their ground. Their knowledge of their local environment is detailed and comprehensive.

John

 

[IamFof]

Fabulous pics of your foxes, Chris.
I do have one possiblem gripe with you, though.

I don't encourage the Foxes, as Squirrels breed in the shed once or twice a year. The adult Squirrels are alert enough and fast enough, but the youngsters have a habit of taking risks while charging around the garden and the trees.

I don't know where you are, but if you have reds, then yes I agree totally, but, if, as I suspect, they are greys, then I would do eveything possibel to encourage the foxes to take the greys. They are just tree rats and vermin.

 

[Ignatius]

Hi John,

Yeah, without the screaming it looks like they're dancing

I don't encourage the Foxes, as Squirrels breed in the shed once or twice a year. The adult Squirrels are alert enough and fast enough, but the youngsters have a habit of taking risks while charging around the garden and the trees. Also, I can't get food to the Foxes without getting them too used to me - there are more than 14 Feral Cats in or near my garden, so leaving food out would end up feeding the Cats.

BTW, I suspect the only reason the Foxes visit my garden, is all other gardens nearby are just concrete, mine is just mud, trees, and bushes/weeds. Although last week the Foxes started digging up Pigeons that I sealed in plastic bags and buried (I have a few a year die from Canker or PMV). I've been doing this for at least 15 years, and none have been dug up until now, even though the Foxes have been around nearby for longer. Incidentally, they didn't eat the Pigeons, just left me a smelly mess of rotting birds and feathers all over the garden.

Chris

What an excellent idea, burying plastic bags in the ground for decades.