This scent repellent is a great option when you are dealing with a lot of fouling and dropping in your garden. The product works by creating an unpleasant smell that marks the original scent of the fox, deterring it from keeping the territory.

Please note that during particularly busy periods, it may take a little longer to receive your delivery and our carrier may attempt to deliver to you on a Saturday.After the second application this activity will decrease as the foxes realise that despite their best efforts to compete with the scent the intruder's scent is stronger than their own. This signifies a threat to their territory. If you’re listening to this episode then it will come as no surprise that pooing in the garden is one of the most common and frustrating problems we experience when it comes to urban foxes. It is a popular choice in kennels and catteries due to its animal-friendly properties. This means it can be used twice as often to clean up fox messes and other mishaps that your pet might have on their internal carpets or tiles. A quality disinfectant can be a useful tool to combat unpleasant smells in the garden and pets, especially dogs. 4. Garden Pressure Sprayer There is no best way to keep a fox out your garden. What deters some foxes may not work for others, so it helps to know about the various options available so that you can try find one that works for you. Homemade Fox Deterrents Scoot may be applied in a watering can but ideally you should use a pump pressure sprayer as it more accurately mimics the scent marking characteristics ofa fox and is far easier to apply evenly, with less waste, over large areas. It is always advisable to wear a mask and safety glasses when spraying chemicals.

As i said in episode 2, urban foxes can function in very small territories of just a tenth of a square kilometre. This means they encounter each other much more often than they would in the country and a lot of their territorial battles take place in your garden, which leads me on to my next point…. Deterring foxes successfully is not an exact science, nor is it something that happens overnight – they are wild animals after all and won’t suddenly change their behaviour just because you’ve had enough of them. One traffic jam wouldn’t make us stop using our preferred route to work. But repeated traffic jams, every single time, would eventually cause us to consider taking alternative roads to get there. A similar product called RenCoco (mulched coconut shells soaked in Renardine), popular for putting on flowerbeds to deter foxes from digging, was also banned under the Control Of Pesticides Regulations 1986.These strips are made out of weather and UV resistant plastic that is flexible enough for plants to grow through it, while still being a great fox deterrent. Trim lawn, shrubs, and any overgrown areas – foxes like a lot of coverage and dark spaces to hide, so make the garden as open as possible.

One of the best selling products of its kind, this ultrasound pest repellant from Pestbye is probably one of the best chances you have of deterring foxes from making your garden their playground. The biggest mistake people make with Scoot (and fox repellents in general) is to use it once and think that’s all they need to do. However, as we discussed above, foxes are persistent with their scent-marking and don’t simply disappear at the first sign of trouble.

Pestbye Ultrasonic Fox Deterrent With Behaviour Specific Timing Designed Specifically To Scare Foxes The main downside for some people is that Scoot is higher maintenance than the FoxWatch, requiring you to be out in your garden every couple of days for around two weeks spraying the solution. While this seems a bit more hands on, it ensures the scent remains strong and consistent enough to be of concern to the fox. Creating doubt and suspicion at the entry point ensures the fox’s sensory alarms are triggered immediately, before it has even set foot in your garden. The FoxWatch is durable, safe and humane for all animals and is something you can set and forget without ongoing attention or maintenance. As foxes are especially persistent, the FoxWatch acts as a good automatic deterrent that can be left on all the time (with mains adapter or battery), deterring foxes regardless of the time of day or if you’re in or out. Secure your bin lids to make them more difficult to enter. Foxes mainly come to your garden to scavage for food, so cut this off as best you can.

A good way to use these is by boiling garlic gloves and chili peppers (or flakes) together. Put the liquid into a sprayer bottle and then spray wherever you find droppings/smell urine. The presence of its own scent lingering in your garden reassures the fox that another intruder is not trying to take over. The fox equivalent of a (very dirty) comfort blanket. If your garden smells of itself then it’s happy and doesn’t feel under threat. So when you see a putrid poo on the patio or a loathsome log on the lawn at least now you can hopefully understand why a fox is doing it.Scoot repels foxes by smelling like a predator. Foxes are territorial animals and spend a lot of time scent-marking areas of their territory. This includes your garden. The strong scents communicate to other foxes that this area should not be disturbed. You can fix them to ledges using screws, nails or a strong adhesive to create a very uninviting obstacle course along the top of your fences and walls. Attaching them to a piece of wood to be placed on the floor where the fox jumps down is also effective. They’re easy to cut down to fit a shorter or narrower space if necessary.