CharlieT Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Hang your bait from the top of the cage with a bit of string then the ****** can't reach it from outside. That's what I always do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 You could well be wishing something more on to yourself than you can handle. Foxes will come at the most inopportune moments (like when you are away shoppin) when you are not able to watch for them. This is when they will inflict the most damage and you will not be able to exact revenge!While i can understand your dislike for Charlie and your desire to put him in place I wouldn't want to "invite" him to visit your chucks in case he comes when you are not ready! While I agree (it was a tongue in cheek comment) I already have systems (snares) waiting for the inevitable at key access points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Drowning is not a humane method or killing. I have had a discussion about this with another member of this forum recently. Suprisingly it is apparantly the RSPCA recommended method of despatch for vermin. When we bought our first fox trap a few years back that was the instruction that came with it. If the fox is sniffing round your trap he will go in it eventually, it may take time to overcome his suspiscions but you will get him. Prop the door open and keep baiting it. Try leaving a bit in the entrance then another bit further back inside and so on to draw him in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I have had a discussion about this with another member of this forum recently. Suprisingly it is apparantly the RSPCA recommended method of despatch for vermin. When we bought our first fox trap a few years back that was the instruction that came with it. If the fox is sniffing round your trap he will go in it eventually, it may take time to overcome his suspiscions but you will get him. Prop the door open and keep baiting it. Try leaving a bit in the entrance then another bit further back inside and so on to draw him in thats not what the rspca told me when i had quite a few rat traps round my chicken house . He asked how i killed the rats and he stated that if i was to get caught drowning them then it would be around a 1000 fine . Good job i only use my air rifle on the little **** :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 thats not what the rspca told me when i had quite a few rat traps round my chicken house . He asked how i killed the rats and he stated that if i was to get caught drowning them then it would be around a 1000 fine . Good job i only use my air rifle on the little **** :blink: Drowning them is really cruel, far more humane to poison them so that they spend several days bleeding to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I have had a discussion about this with another member of this forum recently. Suprisingly it is apparantly the RSPCA recommended method of despatch for vermin. When we bought our first fox trap a few years back that was the instruction that came with it. No - I am certian drowing is not humane and you could be prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act. (I am a Vet if it adds any credability to my argument!) Drowning them is really cruel, far more humane to poison them so that they spend several days bleeding to death. All they do is go week and sleepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Elvis Nice cat mate -- We rented a house for a year in 2009 and befriended cat from 3 doors away - they never brushed him and he was so matted up he walked sideways - mrs's and me slowley clipped the lumps off and he did look scraggy. - I think they would have let us have him but as he was deaf he was safer on ground he knew. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 No - I am certian drowing is not humane and you could be prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act. (I am a Vet if it adds any credability to my argument!) All they do is go week and sleepy. Tell that to the groggy ones that wander round our yard before they finally die !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Try hosing the trap down to help get rid of the human smells it would have picked up.That along with perhaps tinned dog food might encourage it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 :blink: Thanks for all the tips guys. Just for the record guys, the bit where i said about chucking the trap in the fishpond was a joke.I dont actually have a fish pond!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 (edited) Come on guys, there must be an open FAC holder with a .22 somewhere close to the OPs address? Send him a PM with your mobile number so when he gets it he can give you a ring. I'd do it for anyone within ten miles or so of home! EDIT.. And no, I'm not driving to Essex! Edited July 7, 2010 by njc110381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 the other option is to ask your FEO to clear your garden but not sure how well it would go down Otherwise just trap it and personally I'd shoot it out of eyesight and keep quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Otherwise just trap it and personally I'd shoot it out of eyesight and keep quiet. A relative of mine keeps chickens and is on #13 so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Is a 22 and a brick garage really a safe backstop? I don't shoot a rifle, but whenever people I know are talking about .22 all I ever hear is "ricochet" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 yes it is, they ricochet but not that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 See if it can swim in a cage On a more serious note; what's the point in baiting the trap and not setting it? If the fox goes in you've caught it. And surely if it goes in when the traps not set ur wasting time?! Or is it catching him out a few days after this when he thinks he's safe and getting the last laugh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Foxes get shot in back gardens but you need the right wording on your FAC and if you want to keep it you need to be very careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmers saint Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 How about snaring it, you will need to keep your cat in the house though. I did this after the little red f%^^ had 3 of my chooks I saw how it was getting in the garden and got a couple of wires off a keeper friend of mine, the trap was set I got it alright but it had hopped back over the fence and made a crop circle in the neighbours flowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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