Anybody have luck live trapping a fox?

[rdranch]

LoneCowboy: I feel your pain about the lunacy that is Boulder County.

Living on the eastern plains we have many foxes aruond. I once trapped one live and dispatched it. I felt bad about doing it realizing that another one would fill the void.

I would suggest using a product called Shake Away. It is made from coyote urine. If you have foxes around chances are you don't have coyotes around. They eat foxes.

We have used this and it does work. However doing everything you can to make sure they can't get to your chickens is your best bet.

Hope this helps.

P.S. Keep warm !!!

 

[warhorse]

*sighs*

I had some sort of weasel, mink, or polecat that had a killing spree in my coops awhile back. It would break in and kill all of them, leaving them in a pile. I had put a humane trap out to get it and got a feral cat instead.

"Of course", I took him in and got him neutered. Now, he has moved in with the other two outside cats... "barn cat" and "other cat" residing on the porch and has developed a palate for canned food. So, now I have "barn cat", "other cat", and "formerly feral cat".

Now, I learn I have to invest in coyote urine to keep the varmints away? Lovely.....

I thought that the blue heeler urine would have been a deterrant, but I guess not.

 

[Tn Gamebirds]

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If you put the dog food out for the foxes, before long you will have him and all of his buddies eating at your place!! And they would perfer a warm chicken dinner over the dog food before long!

Best thing is to shoot it before it does a lot of damage.
They can be live trapped . But i would move it a good ways from my place before letting it go

 

[LoneCowboy]

It snowed big time last night. I've got fox tracks all over the yard. and it just walked right around the trap.

This fox is used to being around people and being fed. We have a big park at the end of our street. It probably has lots of duck and goose dinners over there. People throw food out for it too. Of course those would be the city folk over the fence.

 

[chickenpiedpiper]

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you have a blue heeler, and you have a predator problem? What is your dog doing when the fox is around? Cant you leave your dog outside to attend to this issue? A good dog like that should make your fox want to relocate himself?!

 

[rdranch]

We give our dogs access to where the foxes come around. I sometimes let them out in the middle of the night just to keep the foxes on their toes.

The one I did trap fell for a chicken leg quarter tied to the back of the live trap. It took about two weeks but it did work.

Good Luck!

 

[TexasVet]

Another tip is to cover the trap loosely with hay so it looks like a burrow that another animal has hidden food in. Then place a leg trap at the entrance to the larger trap and cover it with hay too. I catch a lot of things that are inquisitive, but too cautious to enter the trap.

Around here, dry dog or cat food works well as bait. It's so popular with foxes and racoons that many of my neighbors can no longer leave food out for their pets.

Kathy in Texas

 

[warhorse]

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you have a blue heeler, and you have a predator problem? What is your dog doing when the fox is around? Cant you leave your dog outside to attend to this issue? A good dog like that should make your fox want to relocate himself?!

I got the blue heeler (Tequila) after the first attack. The second attack was a night that also had coyotes and feral dogs roving around, and I guess she was occupied with the feral dogs. Since then, I have added two more blue heelers (Salt and Lime) and shot two feral dogs. I hadn't had any other problems in over a month, but the dogs do bark and run ALL night long.

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

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you have a blue heeler, and you have a predator problem? What is your dog doing when the fox is around? Cant you leave your dog outside to attend to this issue? A good dog like that should make your fox want to relocate himself?!

I got the blue heeler (Tequila) after the first attack. The second attack was a night that also had coyotes and feral dogs roving around, and I guess she was occupied with the feral dogs. Since then, I have added two more blue heelers (Salt and Lime) and shot two feral dogs. I hadn't had any other problems in over a month, but the dogs do bark and run ALL night long.

Aren't you scared for the sake of your dogs lives, in the case of rabies?

 

[warhorse]

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I got the blue heeler (Tequila) after the first attack. The second attack was a night that also had coyotes and feral dogs roving around, and I guess she was occupied with the feral dogs. Since then, I have added two more blue heelers (Salt and Lime) and shot two feral dogs. I hadn't had any other problems in over a month, but the dogs do bark and run ALL night long.

Aren't you scared for the sake of your dogs lives, in the case of rabies?

They are vaccinated. I would be more worried about rabid critters coming up around the house and other animals if I didn't have them. As much as I love all my animals, the dogs aren't housepets; their job is varmint control.