Fox urine - how to deter foxes and save the roses they are killing =_(

Hi all,

Foxes have been digging holes and urinating next to my rose shrub and plants all year. Most of the leaves have fallen from the plants and the flowers have been affected as well.

I've tried scoot but it doesn't seem to be working - what are good deterrents and solutions?

And how best can I try and save the roses? They're pretty overgrown at the moment so I'm thinking of cutting them back now and putting down compost, bonemeal and rose feed? Will that work? To early? Anything else I can do?

Thanks very much,
Shy

 

Overgrown? Not weedy with weeds?

Perhaps you could buy an (used?) electric fence energiser, and some line, use that, and when they get the message, sell it on (or keep it for other purposes)?

 

Drink beer for a continuous supply. Oh, wait: thorns!

 

I have foxes around here and although they might dig around a bit I doubt they would be the reason the leaves have fallen off your roses.
Maybe the roses need a thin out as you say they are overgrown, just wonder if its more to do with a fungal disease.
I agree bonemeal etc. will actually attract foxes and get them digging, an inorganic rose fertiliser would be better.
Would perhaps have been better done in spring before growth gets going, but you could still get a crop of flowers.