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Post by binnylou on Sept 28, 2019 12:42:26 GMT -5
Haven’t seen nor heard Fox for a while. I hope the folks to the north with chickens haven’t done him in.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Sept 28, 2019 15:28:42 GMT -5
Did it do something about rabbits for you?
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Post by binnylou on Sept 28, 2019 15:46:08 GMT -5
tom 🕊, rabbits? What rabbits? Also when he was around, we did not see chipmunks. Now that he’s MIA, we see the little b@$t@rd$ every time we are outside. We also have a family of owls that hangs in the area...sometimes on the yard and garden area and sometimes in the timber area. Every afternoon, they start their hooting/cackling festivities. It used to be after 5 pm when I would hear them, but now I hear them at 3-4 pm. Their daytime calling and hooting may be daylight activated?
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Post by binnylou on Sept 28, 2019 15:59:12 GMT -5
tom 🕊, are you wanting to entice a fox into the neighborhood to control the rabbit population? I purchased a bottle of red fox urine, thinking it might deter voles around the raised beds. Stinks terrible. There was a warning enclosed that using the product may attract dogs, coyotes, and fox. No problem with dogs, we’ve had coyotes for years, but perhaps it attracted the Fox. Just the smell alone should clear out the rabbits.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Sept 28, 2019 16:26:32 GMT -5
tom, rabbits? What rabbits? There were the remains of one in you first post. Fox eat chipmunks, so you must have lost your fox. I'm beginning to believe in the balance of nature. The hawk that flies over regularly has driven off all the fig-eating birds except for one mockingbird, a recent arrival. And it's legal! |
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Post by binnylou on Sept 28, 2019 16:57:18 GMT -5
Oh, yeah. Forgot about that one rabbit.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Sept 28, 2019 18:37:27 GMT -5
There are ways ... that James and I know about  |
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Post by binnylou on Sept 28, 2019 19:16:26 GMT -5
Yup, tom 🕊, there's a live trap just chipmunk size, sitting out there letting him get used to its presence. One day soon, there will be a present in the trap for him. Maybe a piece of bread with peanut butter on it. |
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Post by binnylou on May 3, 2020 11:19:42 GMT -5
My concerns about the fox in the neighborhood can be put to rest. Neighbor had told us that it was still around, but we hadn’t heard it. Yesterday evening, about dusk, we could hear it barking. That lasted for about a half hour...Kitty was intimidated and wanted to be inside.
I certainly hope he takes care of the chipmunk population. We have one that has taken up residence under the garden shed. I guess it’s better that it’s a chipmunk and not a groundhog. There is a chipmunk hole about six feet from the shed. It’s in a bad piece of yard...the spot where our old house was located...too shady to grow grass. Hubby rammed a big stick down the hole, but I saw yesterday that the little critter just dug a new opening around the stick. I’m thinking of dribbling some red fox urine around that chipmunk hole. It may attract the fox, and possibly repel the chipmunk.
We sure do have a lot of wildlife.
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Post by binnylou on May 18, 2020 14:20:54 GMT -5
I was headed for the garden earlier and just as I sat down on the garden golf cart, I see a little brown face stuck out from the garden shed. Small critter...a kit I assume, but it was keeping an eye on me.
A few days ago, I found remains of a raccoon carcass about 10 feet from the shed. All that was left was the tail, backbone, and skull. Fox needs better manners.
Earlier, I had commented that I hoped the fox would stay around. I really didn't mean so close, though.
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Post by tom 🕊 on May 18, 2020 15:31:56 GMT -5
I see a little brown face stuck out from the garden shed. Any chance of pictures? |
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Post by binnylou on May 18, 2020 16:14:12 GMT -5
Ha!! Fox is fast. As soon as I moved, he/she disappeared. Back under the shed. After I did some reading, I think I need to discourage this family.
Turns out they like tubers!! I'm growing potatoes, do you think I'll have a crop? And the fact that they like tubers may explain why some of my dahlia tubers were "rearranged" last year.
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Post by tom 🕊 on May 18, 2020 16:54:01 GMT -5
we had red foxes a-plenty, years ago. Did they dig up your potatoes? I've never had any fox damage to potatoes that I know about. Just once or twice I've had something dig a few potatoes, but I thought it might have been a possum or raccoon. |
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Post by binnylou on May 18, 2020 17:00:58 GMT -5
Not yet, tom 🕊. All food gardening is inside an electric fence, but somehow, I think he can jump that. Time will tell. |
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Post by tom 🕊 on May 18, 2020 17:07:01 GMT -5
I'm growing potatoes, do you think I'll have a crop? I've found no gardener complaints about fox or opossums eating potatoes, but raccoons will: "Raccoons are well-known for their masked appearance and are notorious for tipping trash cans in search of food. In rural areas, these pests also get into the garden and eat all sorts of vegetables, including peas, melons, sweet corn and even potatoes." This statement isn't clear about the kind of potatoes -- sweet, Irish, or both. |
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