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How to Get Rid of Foxes in Your Yard (Without Making It Worse)
Foxes come for food and shelter. Remove both and they move on. What actually deters a fox, what wastes money, and why culling backfires.
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Topic
urban foxes
Foxes moved into cities in the twentieth century without changing much about themselves. The urban fox is the same animal as the one in the hedgerow, running the same programme in a landscape made of brick — and it holds a territory a tenth the size because the food is that much denser.
These articles cover what city life does to a fox, what it does not do, and the practical side: bins, sheds, noise, and the fox asleep on the garage roof that everyone assumes is stuck.
What these articles will let you do
- Understand why urban fox density is high without the population 'exploding'
- Fix the actual cause of a garden problem instead of chasing the animal
- Recognise when an urban fox genuinely needs help
8 articles on urban foxes
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Mange in Foxes: What It Is, How It Spreads, How It's Treated
Sarcoptic mange is the biggest disease threat to wild foxes. How to recognise it, whether it is dangerous to pets and people, and what actually helps.
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Do Foxes Come Out During the Day? Yes — and It's Usually Fine
A fox in daylight is normal, not a sign of rabies. When foxes are naturally active, why daytime sightings peak in summer, and the signs that do matter.
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How to Keep Foxes Away From Chickens: What Actually Works
Foxes get into chicken runs through gaps, under wire and over low fences. The build spec that stops them, and why chicken wire is not enough.
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Do Foxes Eat Dog Food? Yes — and Why You Shouldn't Put It Out
Foxes readily eat dog food, and that is the problem. What deliberate feeding does to fox behaviour, disease and survival, and what to do instead.
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Do Foxes Travel in Packs? How Fox Society Actually Works
Foxes hold territories in family groups but hunt alone. Why they never form packs, what a group of foxes really is, and when you'll see several together.
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Urban Foxes: How They Live in Our Cities
City foxes hold smaller territories, sleep above ground and are slowly changing shape. What urban life does to a fox, and how to live alongside one.
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What Do Foxes Eat? The Real Diet of a Wild Fox
Foxes are omnivores, not pure predators. A season-by-season breakdown of what wild and urban foxes actually eat, and why caching matters more than hunting.
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Urban foxes: common questions
- Are urban foxes dangerous?
- No. Attacks on people are extraordinarily rare and almost always involve an animal that has been fed and lost its wariness. Cats are generally safe; rabbits and guinea pigs need secure hutches.
- Why are there so many foxes in cities?
- Because food is dense and predictable, territories shrink — a city fox may hold a tenth the ground a rural one needs. Higher density is a response to the resource, not a change in the animal.
- Should I feed the fox in my garden?
- No. Feeding raises local density, spreads mange at shared feeding points, and produces bold animals that are more likely to be reported and destroyed.
Related topics
behaviour
How foxes actually behave: hunting, territory, social structure, daily rhythms and the reasons behind each.
garden
Practical, humane guidance for gardens, chickens and sheds — what works, what wastes money, and what backfires.
health
Mange, rabies and the signs that a fox genuinely needs help — plus what those signs usually turn out to mean.
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