Bowling Clubs / Water bottles

[Timchilli]

Odd question, but it's been bugging me for some time now...

My brother's new flat overlooks a bowling club and every night, one member of the club places about 50 litre bottles of water onto the lawn in a totally random manner. The bottles are then collected before play resumes the next day.

Can anyone enlighten me as to the reason(s) behind this? I've heard that this has something to do with deterring foxes, but I don't know whether this is true and - even if so - how it does so.

Any help would be appreciated.

Tim

[Blueboy]

A number of non toxic products are available from hardware shops and garden centres that produce unpleasant smells and deter or confuse the fox into thinking another animal is within its territory. In this case the fox will try to confront this imaginary animal but if it cannot be found the fox will normally leave the area. Another remedy, which appears to have had some success, is to place a large plastic bottle full of water in the centre of the garden lawn. For some reason foxes avoid strange objects and eventually leave the garden

[Timchilli]

A number of non toxic products are available from hardware shops and garden centres that produce unpleasant smells and deter or confuse the fox into thinking another animal is within its territory. In this case the fox will try to confront this imaginary animal but if it cannot be found the fox will normally leave the area. Another remedy, which appears to have had some success, is to place a large plastic bottle full of water in the centre of the garden lawn. For some reason foxes avoid strange objects and eventually leave the garden

Confirmed!

Cheers for that - now I need to figure out why foxes are so batshit crazy.


Tim

[Blueboy]

I thought they were supposed to be cunning....
Shitin' it fae a 2 litre plastic bottle isnae very cunning.