Rescued fox…
Foxy Lady | July 30, 2011
I’m not entirely convinced by the wisdom of this, but the video is good: Rescued fox reared with pet dog (BBC News)
Garden Fox Watch
Watching a family of foxes growing up in my back garden.
Family snapshots
Foxy Lady | July 29, 2011
Photos here from 9th May… one of the cubs decides to pose, Mum has a really thorough scratch, and even Dad turns up to join in the evening feed. (Doesn’t happen every day; he’s definitely still around at the moment, but not necessarily visible every day, unlike Mum and the cubs.)
Phew
Foxy Lady | July 22, 2011
Three Counties still didn’t manage to get to me today, but I think I’m actually quite thankful about that. They did, however, talk to Penny Little of Little Foxes Wildlife Rescue who made many of the same points I would have done anyhow (for instance referring people to Bristol University’s very informational fox website) and […]
Family ties
Foxy Lady | July 22, 2011
Again these are photos from early May. The cubs spent some time relaxing and watching the garden before having dinner and curling up with their mother…
Three Counties, take two
Foxy Lady | July 22, 2011
Too busy on the phones for Three Counties to come to me yesterday, apparently, but they’re going to have another go today…
Three Counties Radio today
Foxy Lady | July 21, 2011
Three Counties Radio have a phone-in this morning (Thursday 21st) on the JVS show on the topic of proposed urban fox culls. Apparently they were struggling to find anyone to speak on the foxes’ behalf; I’ve offered to have a chat to them but if anyone else feels like phoning in, do feel free 😉
Persistence is not necessarily a virtue
Foxy Lady | July 17, 2011
Any human parent — well, any parent with a child over the age of about two — will be familiar with just how persistent children can be. It turns out that this is a cross-species trait. One May morning, Mrs Fox was sitting in a sunbeam at the bottom of the garden, and peering thoughtfully […]
Cubs feeding
Foxy Lady | July 12, 2011
Some more video for you today from early May — 5th May, this time — and the cubs had still not been weaned at that point. (Not too surprising since the previous video was only one day earlier ;).) I just love the bit at about 0:37 in when one of the cubs finishes his […]
Extreme breastfeeding
Foxy Lady | July 11, 2011
The cubs are long since weaned by now, but in our continuing catch-up mode, let me point you at a couple of videos from 4th May. The first shows why breastfeeding is just not that much fun if you’re a fox — because your cubs will hang off you as you move around the garden. […]
When the mother-in-law comes to visit…
Foxy Lady | July 10, 2011
One evening back in early May we were eating dinner and occasionally glancing out to the Family Fox, working their way through the delicacies I’d provided for them on the back lawn. Something wasn’t quite right, though. A head-count suggested… one, two cubs; one, two, three adult foxes? What was going on? While it hasn’t […]