Foxy the fox
She gets ever bolder (I’m fairly sure it’s a she). The thing is, we’re encouraging her. I’ve even bought Smackos to feed to her now. Yesterday, I was sat in the garden as the sun was going down, and she came up to the seat, sniffed around, and waited patiently. I gave her one Smacko, she went and buried it (she has so far buried Smackos, breadsticks, and cooked meat in the garden – I hope she’s retrieved all of it), then she came back and waited for more, even sniffing my ankles as if I had another Smacko hidden in my socks. She takes food from my hand now, unless she’s being ultra cautious, in which case she sits and looks pathetic until you put the food down for her.
We probably shouldn’t be such soft sods. Foxy is getting bolder, which can’t be a good thing. She sat outside the door last night looking in to the living room, and saw Henry the hamster trundling around in his ball – she was looking like Christmas had come early; a snack that rolls itself across the floor to you in an easy to open container? Too good to be true. I shouldn’t forget she is wild, an opportunist, and while she would happily sleep on the bean bag next to the telly, we’d end up with fleas and the hamster would be in grave danger. That doesn’t stop her walking in the back door and sitting on the carpet like she owns the place if she gets the chance.
Can’t be good – humans aren’t all nice to foxes, she might get too comfortable around us and find that out the hard way.
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I’m sure you don’t want foxy getting too comfortable in case my cousins come galloping up on their horses wearing red coats with an army of hounds and an arsenal of buck shot? Any why shouldn’t they?
Well OK…
Nice shot of Foxy - now I know how they are so sharp.
She’s probably really “feral” as urban foxes are so close to people. I’m sorry to be so cynical but, if she trusts humans too much, because people like you are nice to her, then there’s a risk that trust will be abused by someone else. Look at what people do to their own animals!
There’s also the possibility that if your fox is really “she” then you end up with a litter of cubs at the bottom of the garden. That happened to a colleague of mine and his cats became house-cats - they weren’t prepared to risk it ( the cats not the owners)!
This is what worries me - however this evening I have just chased her off for trying to get into the house, so she has run for it and not come back…
and to think Sundara and I were excited about how bold our robin is getting
Whether or not it’s a good idea, I would be so tempted to do the same. She is lovely. Foxy Lady! (sorry, couldn’t resist being banal).