Problem
1 You like foxes.
2 You hate rats.
Answer
1 Leave out food for foxes.
2 Don't leave out food for rats.
We have foxes. Georgia Weston, secretary of Harrow Writers, and presenter-trainer on Harrow Community Radio, points out that if you leave food in the garden all night for foxes or cats, and hedgehogs, you may also be feeding rats.
Foxes eat rats but rats breed faster than foxes. Foxes produce 7-10 a year, whilst rats can produce hundreds. That is why you conceal food for chickens in a raised container or something they need to tread on to keep away rats.
You can tell when foxes have urinated, says Georgia, because the smell is so strong.
Foxes are more inclined to walk or wander into your house if you have attracted them and taught them not to be afraid. They can be bringing in lice and ticks and fleas. You can treat dogs, but not wild animals. Yuk.
We were so pleased with our fox pictures. But we are not feeding the foxes.
1 You like foxes.
2 You hate rats.
Answer
1 Leave out food for foxes.
2 Don't leave out food for rats.
We have foxes. Georgia Weston, secretary of Harrow Writers, and presenter-trainer on Harrow Community Radio, points out that if you leave food in the garden all night for foxes or cats, and hedgehogs, you may also be feeding rats.
Foxes eat rats but rats breed faster than foxes. Foxes produce 7-10 a year, whilst rats can produce hundreds. That is why you conceal food for chickens in a raised container or something they need to tread on to keep away rats.
You can tell when foxes have urinated, says Georgia, because the smell is so strong.
Foxes are more inclined to walk or wander into your house if you have attracted them and taught them not to be afraid. They can be bringing in lice and ticks and fleas. You can treat dogs, but not wild animals. Yuk.
We were so pleased with our fox pictures. But we are not feeding the foxes.
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| A fox in our back garden UK |
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