Attracting foxes, badgers, hedgogs etc

Hostafan1

Fairygirl said:

We do get foxes here, but they aren't a great issue on the whole. Plenty of farmland, woodland etc  for them. They probably get run over regularly

You'd think they'd avoid the traffic once they've been run over a few times eh?

Fairygirl

Hosta 

Littlegrower

Chickens will definitely attract foxes. Ive lost a few chickens to those pests!

Fairygirl

Electric fence is the only thing that keeps them out, Littlegrower 

Skandi

It's mink that get my chickens and ducks. we do have foxes here and as others say, my dog loves their leavings. Never seen a hedgehog where I am which is a little strange as I have seen them near here perhaps they do not like bogs.

derekt83

Fairygirl said:

Be careful what you wish for Derek - badgers and foxes can do a lot of damage! 

Thank you for the advice, my garden is not really a show garden, I like to keep it tidy but not too concerned about animals digging or scratching.

Hostafan1

derekt83 said:

Fairygirl said:

Be careful what you wish for Derek - badgers and foxes can do a lot of damage! 

Thank you for the advice, my garden is not really a show garden, I like to keep it tidy but not too concerned about animals digging or scratching.

Badgers can do this much damage in one night. 

Posy

The best way to observe wildlife is to go out into what you call the sticks and watch it in its proper environment. Badgers and foxes are healthy and numerous, they do not need feeding and they are MUCH better not to be made semi-tame which can cause dependence and also encourages nuisance behaviour on other people's property. If you bring hedgehogs together with badgers, the badgers are likely to kill or drive away the hedgehogs. Support for our native wildlife has been distorted into trying to turn them into pets but they are not. They are wild - the clue is in the name.

Dovefromabove

IMHO it’s it’s a wrong thing to do, to atttract large animals which are not scarce and not endangered, into an area which does not naturally support them or provide the sort of habitat they need to live and breed ... it’s asking for trouble both for the animals and the humans in the area. 
Sorry 

Fairygirl

Nicely put Posy. 

We have foxes visiting now and again, usually youngsters, and there are badgers relatively close by, but they aren't an issue in my garden. I certainly wouldn't encourage them, especially as I now have visiting hogs. The destruction a badger can cause in one night is quite astounding, as Hosta's photo shows.