What kind of urine, might keep foxes out of our yard? We hung bags of fox urine, lol, in our peach tree to keep squirrels out of it. And that worked really well. We got the best peach harvest in years. But tonight there was a fox in our front yard, and at the same time one in our back yard. My dog was going crazy about the one in our front yard, but couldn't go after the one in the back. I think there is a whole family of them living on our block. Our dog who is a Shepherd Chow mix, and has chased coyotes, could probably get a fox, but not before it got one of our chickens.
Does anyone know if you can buy coyote, or mountain lion, or bear urine? Or anything else that might work? Any advice would be appreciated. We are really trying to make their outside house predator proof. But I let them run around the yard during the day when I'm outside with them. But sometimes the phone rings, or I have to go to the bathroom, lol, and am only inside for a few minutes. Now I'm scared of letting them unsupervised even for a few seconds.
Sorry about the urine questions.
Does anyone know
I suppose I could go out and try to catch a coyote, and have him pee on me, but I'd really like to try something easier.
I am pretty sure that you can buy bobcat/mountain lion urine....or get lion or other large predator urine from a zoo. But what if the fox urine is what attracted the fox........
Hmmmmm, fox usually mark their territory with urine, so if you have fox urine there, I'm surprised you have any showing up
We found a gun to work the best with fox. Sounds bad, but have to protect our girls :)
Good suggestion. The zoo. They have wolves and mountain lions. They probably wouldn't mind my getting some of their poop.
I don't want to kill them. Plus it's illegal to fire a gun in the city, unless it's at a burglar. But they do seem to have become an infestation. I'm also beginning to worry about my cat. I just want to keep them away. They have become so bold, they just stare at us in the morning, when we come out.
OK, we live in the country. Legal to shoot a gun.
(That reminds me, I have to put my chipmunk story in.)
Since you are in the citry have you tried calling animal control to see what they suggest?
I would like to hear your chipmunk story. We have a rampaging squirrel who keeps breaking into our house, and ransacking our kitchen. I haven't seen her for about 2 days, now I think the foxes might have gotten her.
If you don't like to kill and she or he shows up again, get a live trap for squirrels. I had to get my nephews from him when I was taking care of my mother. Red squirrels had found their way into her attic. I know how much damage they can do. They can even chew the wiring. So I set a live trap for them. Within 2 days I had both of them out of her attic.
When you get over run by animals (and it tends to happen very easy in the country), you find out that thinning them out is the only way. Just like deer hunting.
Elle!! Generally it is against the law to fire a gun in the city, but usually there are exceptions if it is small calibre and is to protect your property. Your animals are considered part of your property. Check with your local authorities and If animal control is not going to help solve the problem, warn the city that you will do what's necessary to protect your property. Generally speaking a good pellet gun will do the trick. Good luck Elle! And OH Yes, where is my chocolate chip cookie.? LOL Haystack
Haystack, I like guns that are bigger then pellet guns :p
Not by much though, my .22 always worked fine for me :) LOL
Your getting chocolate chip cookies???? Hmmmmmmmm
I looked around online and only could find "Fox Predator" granules.. didn't say what the predator was.. so no luck on getting urine. LOL
The only gun I have is a shotgun. If I tried to hit the fox, I would probably just blow out all the tires on my car. I'm too old to sit in jail, for being the shotgun firing chicken lady. I need a more subtle way of dealing with this. Oh and the foxes didn't get the squirrel. She was back again this morning. One of my chickens did chase her, though. Now if I can just keep the dog concentrating on the foxes, and the chickens on the squirrel, I might have this licked. My cat doesn't care one way or the other.
Whoops, sorry about the double.
LOL,
Never shot a shotgun. Liked my .22 :)
I don't think the cat would go after a red squirrel, they are nasty. The ones I trapped in the live trap tried to chew though the wire and it was thick wire. He even bit the end of the gun when I put it to the cage. Would you call that biting the bullet? LOL
They are nasty. You may have to go with a live trap to get rid of it.
OMG, you should see the gun my boyfriends daughter shoots! But then she is big into deer hunting and has helped thin them out some.
I need to finish packing and head to my boyfriends to check on the girls and footless.
Will check in later to see if anyone comes up with anything :)
One of my girls, yesterday, went after the squirrel, and kept her from going into the house and marauding. They are getting quite bold. I was so proud of her. She got the eye, and stared at the squirrel, then chased her, lol. Very funny. Good chicken.
Go Chickie!!!!
We had leghorns that chased each other around for a chipmunk leg. All over the yard they ran. No idea if they killed it, but knowing them, probably. None of ours since have ever gone after a chipmunk, but then we have no leghorn hens anymore.
Now the chipmunk story......
Shortly after I met my boyfriend and he started raising chicken, I was at his place and he spotted a chipmunk at the corner of the shed that his chickens have a coop in. He knew it was there to get the chicken food, and since he had so many around he pulled out his .22. He took aim, and missed, and the chipmunk sat there like a statue. It must have been thinking, "He missed me that time, so if I just sit here, I should be ok".
The funny thing is, my boyfriend has 2 tropyies for hand gun. LOL
Back to the story.
He got another bullet and took aim and fired again. The chipmunk still sat there.....The chipmunk was probably starting to laugh at this point.
He got another bullet and took aim again. And missed again and the chipmunk never moved. Brave little bugger!!
I had been watching him shoot the gun, and asked him if I could try it. He loaded the gun and handed it to me. I took one shot and it was RIP for the chipmunk.
I turned around and handed the gun back to him and told him "I bet you didn't know you were dating someone who can shoot". His reply was "OK Annie Oakley". LOL
He tired to get out of that one by saying he isn't use to iron sights, only scopes. Didn't work. That was my first time with iron sights too. :)
The poor guy will not live that one down..........LOL