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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 6, 2017 15:51:37 GMT
What you need to do is get a load of cardboard boxes and replicate the shape of your BMW (make sure you do a 4 series GC and not just a generic 3-series - foxes are smart) under a second car cover. Build that that near the wall while you move your car under its cover further away.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 6, 2017 16:38:59 GMT
As you can see, I have already moved the car well away from the wall, so there is no longer any good reason for any fox to jump onto it in the first place, other than purely for nocturnal vulpine shits and giggles.
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Post by michael on Nov 6, 2017 16:44:53 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 6, 2017 17:06:43 GMT
Wowsers that's ugly!
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Post by michael on Nov 6, 2017 17:08:20 GMT
So are chewed aerials.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 6, 2017 17:30:49 GMT
Yes, but (a) I'm not convinced the drive is big enough to take that and still leave space for the neighbours and (b) I think the neighbours would, with some justification, object.
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Post by michael on Nov 6, 2017 17:41:52 GMT
Then I'm at a loss as to your ways forward. You can't shield it, you'd probably be unwise to shoot it and deterrents rarely work work.
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Post by alf on Nov 6, 2017 18:05:48 GMT
I saw this on FB. Why on earth this happens in London when I have never heard of anything remotely similar in the countryside is beyond me. Maybe Townie foxes are like yoofs - using the excuse of being bored and having nothing to do to excuse vandalism...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 19:49:19 GMT
Perhaps leave some distraction nearby, something the Fox might be attracted to. Break the habit and hopefully they/it will move on.
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Post by Alex on Nov 6, 2017 21:54:26 GMT
Perhaps leave some distraction nearby, something the Fox might be attracted to. Break the habit and hopefully they/it will move on. Put some dog food on the neighbours car! Failing that and wanting to avoid upsetting next door, could you use some sort of ultrasonic device to scare it away? |
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Post by Martin on Nov 6, 2017 22:12:31 GMT
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Post by Roadsterstu on Nov 7, 2017 8:02:56 GMT
Spike strips along the top of the wall? Covering the full width of the top of the wall. Or trellis to make it slightly taller.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 7, 2017 10:50:47 GMT
The issue is that they now walk all over the car even when it is nowhere near a wall or anything else they might want to access.
I think it must be a young fox, because of the tears from claw marks which are a novelty. For at least the first six months it was just footprints but then the tears from claws started appearing. Younger animals have sharper claws as they have had less time to wear down, plus younger animals are more naturally inquisitive.
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Post by Tim on Nov 7, 2017 11:01:57 GMT
Spike strips along the top of the wall? Covering the full width of the top of the wall. Or trellis to make it slightly taller.
Do this except to the car, it'll look like a Mad Max replica 
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 11:05:07 GMT
Perhaps try the distraction with cat food, probably dried pellet, away from the car. Hopefully it will give the fox something else to do.
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 7, 2017 16:44:39 GMT
Is the material cover giving them something to get their claws into? If you left it uncovered, would the cold, smooth painted metal be a deterrent?
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 7, 2017 17:21:07 GMT
Is the material cover giving them something to get their claws into? If you left it uncovered, would the cold, smooth painted metal be a deterrent? Would you take the risk? |
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Post by PG on Nov 7, 2017 19:12:10 GMT
Ok, been away for a few days and this morning discovered that the foxes have notched their vandalism up a gear by ripping a gash in the cover and having a gnaw on the roof aerial. Your foxes just don't like your BMW. :-) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 8:36:29 GMT
Our problem is racoons, which get into the roof space and destroy the insulation. I have trapped 12 of the buggers, one of which was just this morning.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 16, 2017 13:15:00 GMT
Our problem is racoons, which get into the roof space and destroy the insulation. I have trapped 12 of the buggers, one of which was just this morning. Until today I had no idea that raccoons existed in Germany! |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 16, 2017 13:21:25 GMT
Our problem is racoons, which get into the roof space and destroy the insulation. I have trapped 12 of the buggers, one of which was just this morning. Until today I had no idea that raccoons existed in Germany! At the rate he's dealing with them they won't much longer. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2017 9:44:45 GMT
Until today I had no idea that raccoons existed in Germany! At the rate he's dealing with them they won't much longer. It was some guy who released some in the Kassel area to "enrich" the fauna. Unfortunately being non-native they have no natural predators and have become a major problem. As my house is an old water mill and is quite obviously next to a waterway, this problem is exemplified. My neighbour has a trout farm so they come in their hordes. They then would appear to sleep off their feeding frenzy in my attic. |
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 20, 2017 9:56:14 GMT
As a non native species I assume they're utterly unprotected so killing the buggers is a viable solution.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 20, 2017 9:56:52 GMT
At the rate he's dealing with them they won't much longer. It was some guy who released some in the Kassel area to "enrich" the fauna. Ah. A bit like Scots in Newcastle then.. |
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