emza78 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Anyone else heard these really loud "howling" sounds over the last few nights? What are they? Where are they coming from? And how do we make it stop?! I'm knackered! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
first mate Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 If the noise sounds like any of these then its foxes. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkE Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Have had it quite a lot this autumn/winter so far, in the roads between Felbrigg and Lordship Lane, at anything between 9pm and 5am. It's like a shrieking sound, and definitely foxes rather than dogs. They've not been around these parts for the last 2-3 weeks, though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whittler Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 January is usually the peak of the fox mating season and peak of the cub dispersal (with last years reaching adulthood and becoming a threat to the parents food supply), so they have a lot to 'shout' about at this time of year! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emza78 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Yes that's it, it's foxes! Directly under our window and shrieking for 10-15 minutes at a time ALL through the night! Is there anything we can do to make them go away? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first mate Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Short of calling in pest control, I don't think there is.The noises can be disturbing when you are not quite sure what is going on and especially if you think it mght be a neighbour that is not monitoring/looking after a dog, but this is wildlife and they are just doing what foxes do. Now you know this you may find it easier to filter the noise out. I hope so. When I first heard these noises I thought something was being killed and eaten alive but now I know it's to do with mating, territory, looking after cubs, it doesn't bother me. In some ways it is nice to have some connection with the natural world in the city. Would good earplugs help? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Yes its foxes. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlander Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 emza78 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Yes that's it, it's foxes! Directly under our> window and shrieking for 10-15 minutes at a time> ALL through the night! Is there anything we can do> to make them go away?Male urine. Decant it using an old water bottle or similar in the affected areas. Should push the foxes out. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Modern foxes these days laugh in the face of piss. They have mutated into a new breed of super-fox. In any case, you might be able to do your own, but getting piss into all your neighbours' gardens is a tricky business. Revellers en route home from The Adventure are usually happy to help out where they can. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I laugh in the face of your piss. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkE Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 emza78 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Is there anything we can do> to make them go away?Doubt it - from what I can tell, it's not as if it's rubbish in the street that's attracting them to the area, as they're just prowling around in the middle of the road. Ask them nicely? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 the-e-dealer Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I laugh in the face of your piss.Another satisfied client. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimby Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 LOL! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 You can get electronic devices to deter foxes.No idea if they work though. Some people seem to think they do, some people seem to think they don't.I don't mind the foxes on the whole as I like the idea of wild-ish animals living in Sarf Lahndon, and the sound doesn't really bother me now I know what it is. However I do curse them when they dig large holes in my very small garden, generally around the roots of treasured plants. GRRRRR.It was nice when one year I had a couple of young foxes sleeping where I could see them from the kitchen window :)Coming home late at night we once saw a fox making its way along the roofs of parked cars in Ulverscroft Road :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 they make some serious noise when makin' whoopee, sort of puts humans to shame. be cool if we could make so much noise during same activities that we freaked THEM out ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I think it's a bit of a myth it's whoopee noise, i think as said earlier that it's mainly bunging the adolescent males out of the pack. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebsC Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We have a battery operated device called FoxWatch(I think) that we bought on the Internet for about ?80. Since installing it a couple of weeks ago, there has been a significant difference. Whilst we can still hear the occasional fox in the distance, the device seems to have stopped them from coming into our garden which massively reduces the number of times we get woken up by them! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lameduck Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 get some of the mystery yellow pee bottles that are on all the corners! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first mate Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 The only thing that bothers me about those sonic devices is the potential impact on other animals, both wild as well as pets. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebsC Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Oh no. I hope it doesn't do any unnecessary harm to other animals. However, we have two dogs and it certainly hasn't stopped them from tearing round the garden. Our cat still happily sits out every day on the seat in the garden and the birds still visit the bird feeder each day so I certainly haven't noticed any adverse affect on other animals. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChantalDesire Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Defiantly foxes. I live just below DKH school and they make horrendous noises early hours in the morning. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Defiant foxes they certainly are. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emza78 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Where do foxes go in the daytime??! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We saw two in our back garden today, mid morning, having a scrap/getting amourous, hard to say which. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Lowlander Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> emza78 Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------Is there anything we can> do to make them go away?> > Male urine. Decant it using an old water bottle> or similar in the affected areas. Should push the> foxes out.And leave any bottles you have left over in a neat stack near the junction of Crawthew Grove and Lacon Road... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/27912-dogfox-noises-friern-road/#findComment-606857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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