Over 45 Years Experience
Vergo Pest Management Ltd has over 45 years industry experience, offering both commercial and residential customers fast and effective pest control services banishing public health pests.
From damaging property and preying on small animals to spreading disease and scavenging in urban environments, foxes can create a variety of challenges. Understanding the problems foxes can cause is the first step in addressing them effectively and humanely. By using professional wildlife management services, these issues can be managed safely and responsibly.
- Damage to property: Foxes can dig holes in lawns, gardens, and flowerbeds while searching for food or building dens.
- Threat to pets and livestock: Foxes are natural predators and may prey on small pets, such as rabbits, cats, and small dogs, as well as livestock, such as chickens and ducks.
- Noise pollution: Foxes are known for their loud noises which can be similar to a scream, this can be especially disruptive during mating season or when they are in close proximity to homes.
- Spread of disease: Foxes can carry and spread diseases, such as rabies, mange, distemper and leptospirosis (weils disease) which can be transmitted to pets and humans.
- Pest control issues: Foxes are known to prey on small rodents and insects, which can be beneficial for pest control. However, they can also cause problems by killing beneficial wildlife, such as ground nesting birds and beneficial insects.
- Traffic accidents: Foxes may wander onto roads and cause traffic accidents, which can be dangerous for both humans and the animals themselves.
- Fox mess: Fox faeces has a distinctive smell it can be a nuisance and many dogs like to roll in it!
- Scavenging in urban areas: In urban areas, foxes are known to scavenge through trash cans and garbage bins, causing a mess and potentially spreading disease.
Overall, foxes can cause a range of problems for humans and wildlife. It’s important to take appropriate measures to manage and mitigate these problems, it’s important to use a professional wildlife management company when you are looking to control a fox issue.
