This fox has been coming onto my deck. I got thirty-nine shots of him on Friday night while I was out on the deck with him. I was speaking softly to him and Kenz heard me so came up onto the deck from underneath. The foxes ears pricked up. I gently picked up Kenz, put her in the house and went back out with the fox.
After fifteen minutes or so, my sister-in-law who was visiting, suggested I yell or throw something at him as they're known to kill cats. She picked up a branch and threw it at him and he ran over to it thinking she had thrown him food. He then walked toward the pond and my sister-in-law left to walk home. She called me about five minutes later to say that he had followed her up the road and nearly home.
I'd say someone in the neighbourhood is feeding this fellow. People really shouldn't as foxes become partly tame while still remaining partly wild thus dangerous. I have photos of one chasing Kenz five years ago.
This fox has been coming onto my deck. I got thirty-nine shots of him on Friday night while I was out on the deck with him. I was speaking softly to him and Kenz heard me so came up onto the deck from underneath. The foxes ears pricked up. I gently picked up Kenz, put her in the house and went back out with the fox.
After fifteen minutes or so, my sister-in-law who was visiting, suggested I yell or throw something at him as they're known to kill cats. She picked up a branch and threw it at him and he ran over to it thinking she had thrown him food. He then walked toward the pond and my sister-in-law left to walk home. She called me about five minutes later to say that he had followed her up the road and nearly home.
I'd say someone in the neighbourhood is feeding this fellow. People really shouldn't as foxes become partly tame while still remaining partly wild thus dangerous. I have photos of one chasing Kenz five years ago.
What a foxy little fella, Mary. I had to laugh at your choice of songs.
Mary MacADNski: About an hour ago just before dark I saw him running through the field up toward my neighbours barns. He could cause trouble up there in the hen house. Perfect choice of song for that reason.
I think you should encourage your neighbours to free-range chickens, so this guy becomes well fed and content...then he might not feel the need to fight with your cats.
Also...get a few taekwondo lessons for your cats, so they can defend themselves.
Mary MacADNski: My neighbour's farm is having little calves right now. Coyotes have killed newborns in the field before with foxes waiting to get their share. It's a cruel world....but my kitties! EEk!!
Mary! This is marvelous! So clear -- what a beautiful animal! It looks so cute and friendly. You're right about the dangerous part though. they certainly can be.
Mary MacADNski: I can hardly believe he would come right up on the deck with me. wild is not so wild anymore.
They are beautiful and in this country there are more foxes in towns and cities than there are in the country.
Mary MacADNski: We had a 'fox fur industry' and about 20 yrs ago prices plummeted and fox farmers opened their cages and let their foxes free. As a result our foxes, though they are all genetically red foxes, come in a wide variety of colours.
This is a nice capture of some 'wild' animal, you are so right about feeding these kinds of animal.......WRONG.....the hen house will be heaven for him....lol @ Ray....
Mary MacADNski: I remember a fox getting in the henhouse at my grandfather's when I was a little kid. It was traumatic with all the blood and reality.
ary... you are a very lucky person to have such a relationship with this animal. He is a very nice specimen. In England we love killing foxes !!! It seems to be part of our stupid make up to kill for sport. Please cherish these moments.
Mary MacADNski: I am of two minds, John. I really do cherish these moments but I'm sad that this "wild" animal has become tame. I wish he could stay in the wild. There is plenty of woods but it's easier to get your meal at a back door isn't it?
In the UK, there are now more foxes living in the urban areas than there are in the countryside. They survive quite well on pickings from leftovers from discarded McDonalds and KFC fast food boxes. Plenty of foxes now with obesity problems, I should think! I do hope that these guys leave your cats alone, though.
Mary MacADNski: That's just what Bill said. That's amazing. The old saying....they know which side their bread is buttered. I don't know how it will all turn out here but it would be better if they're not fed at doorsteps.
It is difficult, isn`t it Mary? Such a thrill to have these animals visit, but it is worrying when they get so blase with humans. I guess it really is not in the fox`s interests to be so trusting. I can understand why you would be thrilled, though, and I`m glad you managed to spend some quality time with this lovely animal. Great shot, by the way. (:o)
Mary MacADNski: That's just how I feel....of two minds. I want him to stay wild and not become tame but I enjoyed that time spent with him.
This specimen looks pretty well fed, or its winter coat is very thick. And what an inscrutable expression! Don't trust it an inch.
Mary MacADNski: I'd say that's his winter coat as he's not patchy at all. I got 39 shots of him and when he was lying down he looked like he was going to go to sleep - very relaxed. this is right after that when he came up to join me on the deck. I didn't trust him an inch either.
Wow! Impressive image. I thought that the foxes were wild animals that ate all the animals of farm... aqui seems a good domestic animal. Right like a mascot!
Mary MacADNski: This is the problem, Jose-Angel. This fox is supposed to be a wild animal but people think they are cute and feed them. This is dangerous as the animal becomes tame and wants food from every house. They eat cats so I don't want him here. He came up on the deck beside me and followed my friend up the road when she left my house. People should not feed them.
Éste es el problema, Jose-A'ngel. Este zorro se supone ser un animal salvaje pero la gente piensa que ella es linda y alimentarla. Esto es tan peligroso que el animal llega a ser doméstico y desea el alimento de cada casa. Comen gatos así que no lo deseo aquí. Él vino para arriba en la cubierta al lado de mí y siguió a mi amigo encima del camino cuando ella salió de mi casa. La gente no debe alimentarlos.
Great to have visits like this - I must say that the part where he followed your sister-in-law would have had me nervous. Parts of our country is plagued by rabies and I have a natural distrust of a wild animal doing that.
Nice picture.
Mary MacADNski: Thanks, Louis. We don't have rabies - yet. Only one case has been found - in a raccoon on the other end of the Island a few years back. People really shouldn't encourage them to come to houses though.
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