Fox Cubs and Fox with Cat!!

[wildherbalian85]

Recently the garden area at my work place has been home to some Fox Clubs who are not shy

Foxes in the area that i work are not and never have been rare.










This poor thing was sitting here sulking after a little fight over food with the other, the other was enjoying the meal





The one who was sulking was seen moments later by the back door and he was not alone.....





TO be honest the cat wasn't intersted and the fox seemed more worried about the cat

[pammosley]

What lovely photos. I would love the opportunity to watch foxes like that Thanks for sharing them with us

[ellen h]

Nice photos
ellen

[Tringa]

Lovely photos.

We get foxes in back gardens of the houses in our road and quite a few people put food out for them.

I have seen the interactions between foxes and cats over many years and I have never seen any fights. My own view is that in some way they both realise that the consequences could be too severe - both could be capable of causing injury to the other. Most of the time there seems to be a somewhat uneasy tolerance.

Oddly enough our cat, who is fairly small, stands her ground against all foxes. She has never thankfully, given the size of the the foxes she has challenged, attacked one, but makes it clear they are not welcome, but this could be because the garden is her territory.

[crazylilthing]

We had a Siamese cat when I was growing up. She was an an incredible hunter capable of catching squirrels, and also an awesome fighter of all other cats. One day, I saw her puffed up to double her normal size, staring out a big old fox. She ended up lashing out in full fury and he ran away.

More strikingly, there is a little cat up the road that I have seen defending herself in our garden against two foxes who wanted to eat her. She won.

Friends a postcode away lost their young cat to foxes, however.

[wildherbalian85]

Thank you all for your replies

With regards to cats and foxes; the way i see it is that a fox is capable of killing a cat where as the cat is not capable of killing the fox. The cat though is still able to inflict some serious injuries to the fox, injuries which could result in the loss of an eye! Also a cat has far more agility and could easily jump a fence, tree, gate etc.
Most cats i have come across and have known seem to have this kind of attitude where they act like they are "Gods" and everything else is below them... the cat sits high up on its own thrown..... indeed the cat yesterday with the fox seemed to be unnerved by the presence of the fox and gave it the look as if to say "and what?,,, move along"

I think in instances where the fox does kill kill a cat the cat would likely to be either young, ill and weak or getting old... but then thats just the way of nature.

[Words]

What a lovely set of photos.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by Words

What a lovely set of photos.

Thanks

[wildherbalian85]

I think these two have formed a mini pack.... every day this week i have seen them together.

Today i saw the cutest thing when one fox started to clean the other before this they where both snuggled up next to each other.

[Pippa]

I absolutely loved the pics and wow, a cat being ignored too.Fabulous.

Thankyou for sharing.