Cats and foxes fight at night outside my bedroom window. I haven't slept all week! Any ideas how to stop them?

Question

Cats and foxes fight at night outside my bedroom window. I haven't slept all week! Any ideas how to stop them?

Answer 1

maby one of those sonic pest controlers

Answer 2

I was greeted by the sight of a dead fox on my patio a few weeks ago as i came down in the morning, seems my dog ruby had caught it, snapped its neck and left it to make sure it didnt go anywhere. Never had a problem since!! Now everyone wants 2 borrow her for a couple of days... :D

Answer 3

a gun

Answer 4

The noise is probably cat mating rather than foxes and cats fighting. Foxes tend to ignore cats and a cat could quite easily outrun a fox.

You could buy a untrasonic sound device that can't be heard by humans but will move animals away from your building.

Answer 5

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Unit height 14.5cm. Uses one 9 volt battery (optional) or a mains adaptor (available separately). The mains adaptor has 9m of cable, with an additional 10m also available. The cable is thin bell wire-type, meaning it can often be plugged indoors and slipped below some doors or windows. Because it's at low voltage, the cable is fine and no-risk for outdoors. The mains adaptor is the plug type (like most mobile phone adaptors, the adaptor is the plug), so this may make it impossible to fit into some outdoor sockets. Consider an outdoor electrical box.

Comes with a positioning stake, or can be attached to a nail in a fence.

Answer 6

spread grease there so that they will be hugging each other instead of fighting

PS; a little diesel might help

Answer 7

I would say bucket of water as well.

Answer 8

This sounds very odd.Have you actually seen foxes and cats fighting or are you hearing a lot of animal noises and assuming this is the cause because you have both foxes and cats in your area?

Foxes seldom attack adult cats.More often the 2 species avoid each other as much as possible.It seems more likely your hearing cats fight over territory or cats mating or maybe fox cubs playing (they are REALLY noisy and can sound like a loud cat fight.)

Answer 9

bucket of cold water may help

Answer 10

The council's pest control will shoot the foxes for you if you ask them.

Answer 11

Get a dog. Both cats and foxes will stay well away from a dog.  

Answer 12

Sonic pest controller about £20 cheaper on ebay.

or get you husband to pee around the garden leaving his scent to deter the foxes, please do not kill them