A few days ago, I had a very satisfying day pressure washing the patio, the tiles went from black to white. But this morning, I woke up to a murder scene.
We have mangy foxes hanging out around the house, they love sun bathing on our neighbours shed. The foxes have destroyed some part of our fences so they can go from one garden to another.
Now I kind of miss my black tiles. I probably had shit loads of blood on it without knowing but now that’s all I can see.
Is there anything I can do to keep the murderers away from those tiles? I expect a ‘no’ but I still have hope.
Oh, and I forgot, I have a spicy cat who loves chasing them away from the garden but also likes hanging out with them on their shed. This toxic relationship won’t be helping with the patio I’m afraid 🙃
Edit: my cat isn’t brave enough to kill animals. She’s an ex indoor cat wearing a bell who just sits next to a bush.
by Substantial-Sail-523
21 Comments
*hello police
You can try the ultrasonic fox deterrents.
Crikey I wonder what died. Hopefully not the cat.
I’d be so annoyed after getting it so clean
That’s a nice patio you have. Laid it yourself did you? You’re not fooling anyone. 😛
Way too much blood for an animal a fox would eat – this is either an injured fox or someone who has been running from someone has hidden in your garden.
This looks like a tail injury from one of the foxes. Foxes with mange often chew their tails until it bleeds then the blood flicks everywhere like this. Had a fox with this issue in my garden a few years ago. Left blood everywhere like this. Had to call out a wildlife rescue to help her.
https://preview.redd.it/o9xe767bxazg1.jpeg?width=1060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4c2e008672c4fb8354a99089df38a67231648bf
Is there any chance you could give the foxes medication for mange? It’s fairly easy to do and charities like Fox Angels Foundation give it out for free. Mange is a horrible way for them to die and if cured it would prevent things like this from happening as the foxes would no longer be so itchy they chew themselves until they bleed. They would also likely spend less time in your garden as healthy foxes are a lot more active and roam further. Foxes with mange have little energy and tend to just stay in one small area.
There’s been a murder…. call taggart
Fox needing some mange treatment, you can order for free from national-fox-welfare.
Treating the foxes for mange should prevent this happening again
Looks like someone has been squirting blackcurrant juice
Cat caught a bird by the wall & the bird died slowly.
Was probably your cat
Far too much blood for most fox prey, far more likely to be an injured fox.
As others have said, cure the fox, cure the problem!
So no crows in the neighborhood? /s
(I’ll get my coat…)
We have a sparrow hawk that likes to fly pigeons into our patio window, then pulls their heads off on the patio.
Those spots have come from hight, you can see smaller splashes from the larger droplets
You want the best? Get Fred West.
‘There’s been a murder’! Said in Scottish accent ofcourse!
Probably a pigeon, we had a blackbird once brought into the living room and it almost left as much blood as that, the curtains look like they’ve been used in a murder scene
Shotgun?