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Feckin foxes
« on: 23 January 2015, 10:07:22 am »
Over the last couple of months I have had all four ABS sensor wires on my van damaged due to the feccers chewing the cables. Bad enough but not as bad as this.

Yesterday I went to use the Mrs car and saw the low brake fluid warning so waited till she got home with some fluid to refil the totally empty resovoir and check for where it must be leaking from. Found a feccin hole chewed in the flexi-hose at the back.Arrhhh.
Today, the Mrs leaves for work in my car and comes back 5 mins later saying the brakes don't feel right. Have a look. No fluid and a hole chewed through one of the front pipes!!!!!!!

Sent the Mrs out with a note to drop off to the neighbours to warn them of the problem and discover that three of them, didn't speak to them all, (out of about 12) have had similar issues in recent months.
All the cars have been damaged whilst parked outside on the road. :(

Now the question.

How can I legally kill the fuckers?????

Garden is too small to deploy my favoured hot lead injection method and apparently its illegal to poison them. My dogs keep them out of my garden too.

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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #1 on: 23 January 2015, 10:13:55 am »
We've got urban foxes too and alas my garden is to small for me to shoot them.  Do you know a local farmer?  You could trap them then deliver them to the farmer for special 12 bore style treatment........


or, I know it's illegal to poison them, but just say you accidentally left a chicken carcass laced with something a bit poisonous by your car...... (only problem is local cats becoming collateral in that case)


Don't get in pest control, we got a quote and it was silly money. Plus once you kill the foccer another one comes in to take it's place, but hopefully you'll only need to kill the one that's learnt to eat brake lines.   
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #2 on: 23 January 2015, 10:17:05 am »
Feck me - I've never heard of foxes doing that before. Would of thought the brake fluid would kill them.


Had a quick look round and found this linky - the taup is a pain, radio would probably work but a ball ached & you'd probably drive over it, so looks like the Scoot stuff. Linky on the right of the page to Scoot and other ideas.


Good luck BB.


http://foxrepellentexpert.com/protecting-your-car-from-foxes/
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #3 on: 23 January 2015, 10:42:10 am »
http://foxrepellentexpert.com/top-10-best-effective-fox-repellents/


Choose number 7 and then go for a little drive......
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #4 on: 23 January 2015, 12:44:39 pm »
Nightfury. That seems like an option and is much cheaper than the quote I have just had for someone else to do it.
£150 a week for the cage followed by £150 a time for each fox it traps.

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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #5 on: 23 January 2015, 01:10:01 pm »
Then they release them around the corner out of your sight so they get caught again tomorrow! The foxes are probably on their payroll.
That is a stupid price to pay. As it is a common occurrence down your road, maybe the local council should be involved?
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #6 on: 23 January 2015, 01:16:19 pm »
The local council say it is not down to them and the legislation doesn't allow it to be. Bollocks is what I say. The damage is occurring on the public highway.
Getting the local media to have a sniff at it now. Its already cost me £300 in ABS sensors. Will cost me another £50 for the Mrs car today and fec know what to get my Santa Fe done by the main dealer.
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #7 on: 23 January 2015, 01:41:39 pm »
Quote from: Nightfury on 23 January 2015, 10:42:10 am
http://foxrepellentexpert.com/top-10-best-effective-fox-repellents/


Choose number 7 and then go for a little drive......


Followed by a seven iron........ :smash
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #8 on: 23 January 2015, 01:57:19 pm »
Quote
Followed by a seven iron........ :smash

I was thinking more along the lines of this

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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #9 on: 23 January 2015, 02:52:30 pm »
If you lived by me i would help. :lol


You could easily make a fox catch cage, where are you in this country?
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #10 on: 23 January 2015, 02:57:07 pm »
Crawley in West Sussex.
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« Reply #11 on: 23 January 2015, 03:40:33 pm »
I used to live in Southgate by Goffs Park.
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #12 on: 23 January 2015, 03:57:52 pm »
Just over the A23 from me then. I'm in Gossops Green.
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Feckin foxes
« Reply #13 on: 23 January 2015, 05:26:00 pm »
Could you not find a way to poison the  sensor wires/ hoses ?? At least that way there's no collateral and only the brainy little fellers will kick the bucket.
« Last Edit: 23 January 2015, 05:27:21 pm by Exupnut »
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #14 on: 23 January 2015, 05:52:53 pm »
Why don't you just invite lew600fazer over for the week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
then he can fucking bore them to death  :D
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #15 on: 23 January 2015, 06:02:19 pm »
Can you run some mains electricity out there? A nice chewable live cable suspended above an earthed metal plate should do the trick.
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #16 on: 23 January 2015, 07:20:35 pm »

Quote from: dazza on 23 January 2015, 05:52:53 pm
Why don't you just invite lew600fazer over for the week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
then he can fucking bore them to death  :D

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. GENIUS!!!
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #17 on: 23 January 2015, 08:45:22 pm »
Quote from: dazza on 23 January 2015, 05:52:53 pm
Why don't you just invite lew600fazer over for the week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
then he can fucking bore them to death  :D
OMG don't mince your words :lol


Anyhow Bob, you sure its not Nick Cotton cutting the brake lines?
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #18 on: 23 January 2015, 09:13:19 pm »
It's a good job the fox didn't bite through a coolant hose that anti-freeze is very poisonous, most of it has a bittering compound in it because people were leaving it about and cats were drinking it?
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #19 on: 23 January 2015, 09:38:02 pm »
who ya gonna call slimwilly ,
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Re: Feckin foxes
« Reply #22 on: 24 January 2015, 01:07:11 pm »
foxes eh?...................................I'm leaning more to the Nick Cotton theory

buy a high powered air rifle with a night scope, add a silencer and you'll have bags of fun

ask looneytunes for advice
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« Reply #23 on: 24 January 2015, 01:22:33 pm »
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