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Old 18-03-2010, 12:46 AM
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Re: Feeding foxes?

i have about 5or 6 different foxes visit on my front lawn every night i have a badger too and of course they would polish off his food if they got a chance ....so i tried a variety of things to see what the foxes like best and they def have a sweet tooth ....so if i put out p. nuts.. go cat biscuits... and sultanas for the badger (i sprinkle them over the whole lawn ) and as the foxes seem to like to pick something up and take it away to eat , the badger food proves far too time consuming .for them ....for the foxes


i put out broken custard creams ....buttered hot cross buns and some large bonio dog biscuits ...this seems to keep every body happy and there's food for everyone our house is a veggie house too but i occassionaly buy them pet mince from the local market ...but they seem happy with anything ...but def would try a strong smelling food first to get their attention then they will be happy with whatever ...its allways gone by the morning ....and if i have a bruised apple thats allways taken too ....one thing i do keep to is the same time every night and allways feed every night whatever the weather .....i think i kept them going in the really cold weather and never missed 1 night so they see my lawn as a definate mealticket ! good luck marion.................. ps the female fox brought her 3 little cubs every night then sadly she got run over but they knew they would get a feed from my place and then i did suppliment them with a lot of tins of cat food as they seemed so small .....but boy have they grown up now
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