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06-14-2008, 01:12 PM

ok everyone! I know there are some wildlife people around here so I could really use some help on this one!!!!

Thought it was odd a couple of weeks ago. Came home late from the drive-in and had stepped on something on the outside doormat. I was carrying a blanket, so I guess at the time I thought it might have been dragging and that's what I stepped on.

I haven't replaced the bulb in my lampost because I like the dark outside, and I haven't been using my other outdoor lights -in an attempt to conserve energy.

The following morning, I saw the dead squirrel on the doormat! All flattened because I had stepped on it (it was already dead when I stepped on it, of course). It didn't look like it had been mawled, so I figured it had met it's demise in an attempt to jump from the tree to the roof. I've had squirrels clinging to the outside window sill or whatever they can catch onto when they miss the roof!

Since then - I started seeing 6-7 foxes at the edge of the woods in the backyard at dusk. Driving in late the other night, I aimed the car headlights into the field and saw 3 pair of glowing eyes. An hour or so later...a frenzy of wildlife noises and a cat too.

And the morning after (yesterday morning) there was what appeared to be a fawn leg in my garden bed right outside my downstairs door. And at my upstairs door, remains of a small bird and and some scat.

At 5am this morning, I caught a fox feasting outside the downstairs door! ugh! I have yet to clean this up and like yesterday morning, lost my appetite and couldn't eat!

Did a search online and found that fox mark their territory with scat - but found nothing about them feeding so close to the house and just a step or 2 from my doors???!!!! Are they leaving me "presents" like a cat would?

Kind of wish they'd catch the chipmunks that have been eating my strawberries! Pretty sure now that the squirrel may have been killed by a fox and probably, I scared it away before it could feed on it. The fox I scared away this morning, didn't come back to finish feeding.

Anything that I can do to prevent them from leaving these remains?

Pam

06-14-2008, 01:12 PM	#1
podunklander Guest Posts: n/a	Fox "territory" HELP ok everyone! I know there are some wildlife people around here so I could really use some help on this one!!!! Thought it was odd a couple of weeks ago. Came home late from the drive-in and had stepped on something on the outside doormat. I was carrying a blanket, so I guess at the time I thought it might have been dragging and that's what I stepped on. I haven't replaced the bulb in my lampost because I like the dark outside, and I haven't been using my other outdoor lights -in an attempt to conserve energy. The following morning, I saw the dead squirrel on the doormat! All flattened because I had stepped on it (it was already dead when I stepped on it, of course). It didn't look like it had been mawled, so I figured it had met it's demise in an attempt to jump from the tree to the roof. I've had squirrels clinging to the outside window sill or whatever they can catch onto when they miss the roof! Since then - I started seeing 6-7 foxes at the edge of the woods in the backyard at dusk. Driving in late the other night, I aimed the car headlights into the field and saw 3 pair of glowing eyes. An hour or so later...a frenzy of wildlife noises and a cat too. And the morning after (yesterday morning) there was what appeared to be a fawn leg in my garden bed right outside my downstairs door. And at my upstairs door, remains of a small bird and and some scat. At 5am this morning, I caught a fox feasting outside the downstairs door! ugh! I have yet to clean this up and like yesterday morning, lost my appetite and couldn't eat! Did a search online and found that fox mark their territory with scat - but found nothing about them feeding so close to the house and just a step or 2 from my doors???!!!! Are they leaving me "presents" like a cat would? Kind of wish they'd catch the chipmunks that have been eating my strawberries! Pretty sure now that the squirrel may have been killed by a fox and probably, I scared it away before it could feed on it. The fox I scared away this morning, didn't come back to finish feeding. Anything that I can do to prevent them from leaving these remains? Pam Attached Thumbnails