NEW to the site, sorry if I'm interrupting a theme... Just let me know if I am in the wrong place, seems like a forum is just for one question. Have read your fascinating story, found great tips and hope any of you fox-lovers, can advise. Many Thanks:
BABY FOX in the garden...what to do? pros and cons- PLEASE For a couple of days a gorgeous baby-fox has been wondering around in our garden...we have left some food for him, he has actually come in a couple of times! and seems harmless, are they so? he has obeyed (snapping fingers got him out of our couch! and knows is not a place to go near) and after some food, relaxed and went to sleep like a baby in our kitchen mat... as we cannot keep him in we had to push him out before going to bed and close the back door. The following morning he was waiting for us to open the door. We didn't but he came back that night. Last night around 7pm we saw the neighbours throwing things/stones at him to make him leave, we were silently furious, he was scared and left but 20min later came back to our place, had some food and went to sleep. Around 11pm he was quite active so we closed the door again... he was crying! and made some noise finding a place to sleep next to pots(The neigh turned lights on). This morning he was back again...We think he has nowhere to go, perhaps lost his parents, and is so cute we cannot think he means any harm. On the one hand, we do not want any
probs with neighbours who see him as a threat and this a.m were clapping to make him leave as if he was causing any nuisance. On the other hand, we'd love him coming around "for a while" as previous urban foxes we've had coming and going (
we are surprise this one wants to stay with us like a pet BUT it's something we cannot do. As you mention they usually stay for a while and then leave, but if we are in, he is around all the time, getting upset when it is time to ask him to leave. it is quite funny. In our experience, they are not dangerous, if anything they are very sensitive, and noble. What to do? + could they harm children? is it ok to touch them like you would do to a dog? shall I leave a mat/sheep skin or create space for him in the garden? are we going over the top with this?
Look forward to hearing from you
