The Fox and the Lude

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:29 pm

There are loads of mice in our garden as well. I'd rather the fox focused on catching them, so there are less brought into my house as well

Post by **indigolemon** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:08 pm

I thought you'd opened a Pub

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:45 pm

Can cats catch mange off foxes?
We keep getting them in our garden, when our dog comes in some nights after being out she stinks of them :S

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:59 pm

get a dozen live chickens and keep in your garden, they love them trust me i know because they killed all of ours about 6 months ago

but i do have a soft spot for a fox its just annoying when they kill for fun and not for food. bit like fox hunting is for fun and not for food and i don't agree with that either. anyway chickens replaced and not left out for prey now, lesson learnt.

Post by **Donald** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:28 pm

Very cool

I love foxes. There's a über zen Japanese lady I know that has a vixen in her garden that has been there for a few years. In springtime I will go and see the cubs because she gets up for her morning cigarette and they just chill on the patio.

nitin_s1 wrote:
mercutio wrote:leave cat food out for them
You know they go through our bins anyways. So left over chicken breast or soft meat, I left out for them.

Probably best not to do the cat food thing. Foxes are scavengers, but omnivores. Cat food is aimed at a carnivorous diet. If you're gonna leave anything out do as Nitin said, but it would be better to just sling out something raw, e.g. the unappealing bits you cut off supermarket chicken breast. They're canids, so dog food > cat food.

mart609 wrote:Can cats catch mange off foxes?
We keep getting them in our garden, when our dog comes in some nights after being out she stinks of them :S

Short answer, not likely at all. Canid mange is caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, which is the same might that causes the human variation, so you're more likely to get mange than your cats. Notoedres cati is the cat one.

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:36 pm

a, is he having a poop in pic #2
b, leave chicken carcass's out for them, they love em

Post by **Donald** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:58 pm

no.1 sniffing the ground, no.2 sniffing the air.

I am actually James Herriot.