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Heads up to anyone planning to camp on Sherkin Island this summer... A persistent fox broke into two of our tents while we were camping near the southwest beach this weekend - even going so far as to tear open one tent with its teeth and drag a mobile, wallet and a spoon outside!

We had all our food wrapped up, but evidently that wasn\'t enough to keep him out, and even after we frightened him away, he came back again a second night and did further damage.

Is this common behaviour from foxes and does anyone have any solutions to keeping them out of tents?

H2Obaby wrote:

Is this common behaviour from foxes and does anyone have any solutions to keeping them out of tents?

reckon it\'s more common to wake up and find a dog in your tent....

Jaysus Gerry!
What kind of Sea Kayak trips have you been on lately?
:S
JD

Thats weird, bold, behaviour for a fox. If it were on the continent the animal would be suspected of rabies. Not a likely explanation on Sherkin however....

Last time I heard of such a strange story about a Fox - It involved a Crow and a couple of Brothers - Grimm story though!!

There wasn\'t perchance a Crow in the vicinity doing look out and a couple of shifty looking characters hiding nearby and giving the fox instructions..

How many pints did you have, before the dog turned into a fox

IF IT WAS A VIXEN SHE MAY HAVE YOUNG NEARBY AND YOURS WAS THE NEAREST TAKEAWAY.

i guess there\'s no point in telling you about the 3 little piggies that passed by at about 4am or the bear that stole my boyne valley honey and left me with none for my porridge ..

In Greenland in 1975 a fox did the same to us, repeatedly, over a period of several weeks. We had two Huskies for protection from polar bears and it managed to outwit them. We ambushed it, set traps, stood guard - absolutely nothing worked. It was a huge problem.
Quite reasonable behaviour for a wild animal living on its wits and with a hungry belly.
David Walsh

JamieD wrote:

Jaysus Gerry!
What kind of Sea Kayak trips have you been on lately?
:S
JD

\'suppose you\'re more used to fending off cougars?
GS