Hi Sherry,
I now have a book called 'unearthing the urban fox' to help me make my garden less attractive through use of deterrents etc. There are some holes/gaps in the fencing and I'm getting a quote to sort that out before next spring and the next generation of Cubs are likely to be around.
Basically, I am in fox territory and I have neighbour's who encourage them. The book is clear i can't stop them getting in. They can squeeze through a 12cm square gap.
All I can hope to achieve is to stop them lingering and my next step is stopping the parents bringing their babies into the garden. When they are small, if I've replaced all the panels with holes and blocked the gaps, I'm assuming they won't be able to get in as they'll be too small to jump the fence. We've already ripped out the bramble the previous owner planted and the border where the den was has been cut right back and there is less cover, and the den blocked.
All fun and games! Lucky I have a microchip cat flap or I think that fox would have come in! Being realistic it could probably break in through it but I barricade it at night anyway. Damned thing did chase jagger up a tree though.
Was quite funny watching Jon run around the garden after it in his dressing gown, brandishing a garden ornament. It still kept coming back
probably thought it was a game!