[BFix] OT- Wildlife removal/Identification

[robert goodrich]

Sounds like coyotes since foxes are usually smaller and red or gray in color. anyway both are primarily nocturnal.  go out in the early evening and look in the den with a flashlight. if they are not there block the den with a small piece of wood and put a cinder block on it. urinate on the ground around the den. this will confuse them and they may simply look for a new home! then mix a wet cement/rock mixture(post hole cement) in a wheelbarrow and pour it tightly into the den a day or 2 later when you are sure they are gone.  If you just put dirt in it they may dig it back out at alater date to use again.   use a rake or some handle to make sure it fills the void. this will we need to share our world with wildlife as long as they pose no threat to humans. the den is usually barely large enough to contain one adult and the small pups. 
 


From: RussellKA001 at aol.comDate: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:43:45 -0400To: mail at broncofix.com; ecbr at yahoogroups.comCC: Subject: [BFix] OT- Wildlife removal/Identification

My father lives in a residential area with wooded area behind his house. He lives on just slightly over an acre of land. This morning he saw what he said were either foxes or coyotes. There was an adult which was about the size of a 6 month Labrador dog and 6 babies which are about the size of a large raccoon. When he went to look the mother ran away into the woods and the babies ran towards the back of his garage. When he went to look he found that there is a hole under the rear concrete slab where they have made a den. With a mother, father and 6 babies I am worried about the size of the hole under the slab. He wasn't sure if these are foxes or coyotes. They are grayish in color with a lighter colored chest. OK now to the problem... How do we get rid of these? The neighborhood is too close house wise to shoot them which was my first idea. I think they are too large to trap in my hav-a-hart traps. Poisoning them is likely to cause them to go back to the den and die. That would be a very nasty smell since we could not get in there to get them out. Any ideas? If it matters the house is in Ohio in the Cincinnati area. Lisa Dickerson, you know the area so maybe that info can help. Thanks 
 
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