Foxing the Fox Part Two: Scent Marking to Keep Foxes out of Your Garden

Now that we have taken care of the Basic Equipment so that the fox can’t get at your rabbits we now need to look at ways we can keep them away from your rabbits. Even if your pet is safe in its Rabbit Hutch if fox is close by it will still cause problems for your rabbit. Luckily there are a number of ways you can keep foxes either out of your garden or away from your pets.

One way to protect your pet rabbit is to use the foxes own natural behaviour. In the wild foxes scent mark their territory with urine. Foxes will not generally cross into another foxes territory and will keep to their own patch. There are now a number of Scent Markers that you can buy to mark out the boundary of your garden with a fox like scent. These have proven effective if used regularly and after heavy rain.

Some people say that humane urine will do the trick, but be warned this can lead to considerable neighbourhood scandal!! If there is evidence of foxes in your garden you may want to try scent marking before you get your pet rabbit so that your territory is marked out before you add any temptation.

In part 3 we will look at sonic fox deterents.