A fox is sleeping in my hay barn!!!

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I know because there is fox poo in the barn!! This doesn't matter in itself, except he is eating the cat biscuits I leave out for the ferrel cats - who control the rats and mice.

Does anyone have any solutions on how to persuade the fox NOT to sleep in the hay barn.

I bet he is also eyeing up my rather gorgeous chooks.

Argh .................
 
They are pretty good at catching rats :D they don't half leave a stench though.

I'd be worried for the chooks. They don't like being in the open so if you can arrange the barn to be exposed e.g. Close any nooks and crannies or open it up to a draught they will soon go.
 
Human pee. Odd but very effective. My darling OH "beats the bounds" every couple of nights when there are youngsters looking for a new den and it keeps them out of our garden very effectively. Could be problematic with a lot of land but of you are able to go around the access points to your barn he'll soon find somewhere safer to be.
 
I found a young fox sleeping in my stable last Winter. It only stayed a couple of nights, think it might have been recovering from injury or illness.

I really dislike the smell they leave behind though. You can't describe it but you don't need to see a fox to know they've been around!!
 
Leave him there. He won't harm your barn cats, and as long as you secure your chooks they will be OK. My farm cats shared the haybarn with a vixen and cubs one year, and a lone dog fox the next. My ducks never got touched, neither did the cats. He will move on, but its rather nice to share your space with something so enigmatic.
 
He will waste an awful lot of hay by peeing on it though. Can you put a light on in there for a couple of nights?
 
I have never known a fox to take a healthy cat, or any other cat for that matter. Each to their own beliefs though, I won't argue.
 
Seville said:
I have never known a fox to take a healthy cat, or any other cat for that matter. Each to their own beliefs though, I won't argue.
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its not a belief, its a fact-I know it to be true-I witnessed the end of a fight and saw both parties. I doubt its a common occurrence as there is easier prey about but it can happen.
 
Friend didn't know what had killed her cat so got a vet to have a look, her skull had clear puncture wounds in it.
 
This was a barn cat at a livery yard I used to keep my horse at. I dont know what killed my last cat but it too had puncture wounds on his head and vet was thinking along the lines of badger or fox-we have plenty of both here. he was huge and am inclined to think badger tbh.
 
I had one visiting, it stopped after I covered up the cat food whenever I wasn't around (I lost a cat to a fox years ago, in broad daylight when my parents insisted she was put outside while they went shopping, it was really close to the house too)
 
I had a fox sleeping in my hay barn a couple of years ago from the mess it left around it was clearly ill. Thankfully moved on after a week but I had to chuck quite a few hay bales.
 
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