[Plantoid]

I forgot ...... they are  .....you have to have the ties of the bins by 07.30 hrs on bin day .

[Bionic]

Well, I bought the bin suggested by foobar but it turns out it isn't fox proff either. Got up this morning to find the rubbish all over the garden again 
The bin has been out there for less than a week so it hasn't taken foxy long to learn what to do.
He has tipped ths bin over and then has undone the clips. I am going to put some heavy rocks in the bottom so that maybe he can't knock it over and hence won't be able to undoe the clips 

[SallyintNorth]

Good strong bungee strap across the clips 

[Bionic]

Sally I had a bungee strap across the other bin and somehow the fox managed to get it off. 
Actually I thought OH had forgotten to put it on so the next night I made certain it was fixed tight and foxy still managed to get into the bin.

[Anke]

Time to put a foxtrap up with some tasty rubbish in , maybe?

[Bionic]

Anke I think you are right. I will have to look up where to get one from

[tizaala]

Find out who your local gamekeeper is and he should lend you one , bait it with an old smelly piece of fish ...

[Bionic]

Find out who your local gamekeeper is and he should lend you one , bait it with an old smelly piece of fish ...

I looked up the price of fox traps and they are very expensive so I might have to try your suggestion.
 
Having said that I think I might just have out foxed Mr Foxy.
He/she gets into the bins by knocking them to the ground and can then undo the bungee ropes or clips. I have now put 2 breeze blocks into the bottom of the bin so he can't knock it over. This morning the overlap of bin bag was shredded to bits but foxy hadn't managet to get in 

[Backinwellies]

  poor my Fox  can't feed his babies   

[Anke]

Find out who your local gamekeeper is and he should lend you one , bait it with an old smelly piece of fish ...

I looked up the price of fox traps and they are very expensive so I might have to try your suggestion.
 

If you ask around, someone will have one. Gamekeper will definitely have one. We borrowed one last year after we lost a lamb, but didn't catch anything.

[plumseverywhere]

2 of us have borrowed traps - between us 7 foxes less within a 50 metre stretch of lane....baited with some of the dead hens left to us by mr fox and then a deer head (also 'lent' by the gamekeeper).

[Anke]

Just been pairing up lambs & mums and a big fox was marching through the tup field, next to where the lambs are... , clapped my hands and he was off...not that it makes any difference, hopefuly the lambs are all fit and healthy (at the moment)...

[Carl f k]

Time for a gun.. They are fox proof