topic Re: The Fox in Garden

The Fox

violann — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:19:29 GMT

We had foxes living behind us in our previous home, and we still have them in our most recent home.

I love to watch them but always hope that if they happen to encounter one of our bunnies, the bunny wins.

Three visits from the fox this morning!

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on the bay — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:37:45 GMT

@violann -

I can so relate to your post.

I often wish nothing had to eat anything else!

We have our neighborhood hawk who is magnificent and I love seeing him but he is welcome until he searches out any of "my" friends-my chipmonk, my little birds.

They call in warning and I have to chase him off. I know like my daughter says, he has to eat too but not my friends. He has to go somewhere else.

It is amazing that you have foxes to see

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Eileen in Virginia — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:08:51 GMT

We live in the suburbs, but have several families of foxes that live in the wooded areas nearby. I won't say they have no fear of humans, but they've definitely become acclimated to us. It's cute to see the mother fox taking her young for walks through the neighborhood. Years ago, our neighborhood was overrun with rabbits. You could hardly drive down the street without dodging them. Then the foxes came along and the rabbits disappeared.

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FlyersGirl — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:50:58 GMT

The area that I live in is suburban, but not a lot of wooded areas. Most have been taken over by developers building new houses.

Sadly, this has a dramatic impact on the local wildlife. I always have Birds, squirrels, rabbits, groundhogs, and the occasional skunk in my neighborhood, but now we have many (and I really mean many) fox families, deer and some coyotes. While I love seeing the fox and deer, it is a concern as they have no where to go to live safely. They run out in traffic and so many times are injured or killed by cars. Just the other day, a fox with an injured leg was roaming around the neighborhood. (we did call animal control to report this as we were worried about the poor thing).

Our rabbit population seems to be ok, and there is a family that has taken up residence under my shed. The babies are so cute.

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okaywitheasypay — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:06:39 GMT

@Eileen in Virginia I would love to see the mother fox and babies !

I lived in a rural area growing up but only have seen foxes in pictures and maybe zoo like areas. They are beautiful.

Has anyone tried encouraging foxes to try tofu instead of bunnies ?

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queendiva — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:50:34 GMT

Foxes are my favorite animals (after dogs, of course).

I miss the foxes that lived in the backyard of my last house. I always considered it a sign of Good Luck when I would see one. Beautiful animals.

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Sooner — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:59:23 GMT

We have foxes but also rabbits eating everything we put out. Lazy foxes.

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ValuSkr — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:36:53 GMT

I'm happy to see foxes - they help keep the rabbit population in check. Cute as they are, it's maddening to see rabbits sampling the ornamental garden in broad daylight.

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MoonieBaby — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 17:09:55 GMT

Check out @juniperfoxx

she's on instagram and is the most PRESH LIL FOX you'd ever see...

The whole page is wonderful.

Please enjoy it.

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luvmybeetle — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 17:42:37 GMT

@FlyersGirl This is off subject but are you from Dayton?

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drizzellla — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:50:27 GMT

@violann wrote:
We had foxes living behind us in our previous home, and we still have them in our most recent home.

I love to watch them but always hope that if they happen to encounter one of our bunnies, the bunny wins.

Three visits from the fox this morning!

Even though we have a dog, we still had a bunny rabbit living in our backyard. We knew his habits, our dog liked to hang out in the front yard because there was more activity. So things seemed to be working out well.

Last week, I think it was about Wednesday, my husband said he saw "the neighborhood fox" in our yard. I haven't seen the bunny since then.

I am worried.

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Eileen in Virginia — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:02:43 GMT

@okaywitheasypay wrote:
@Eileen in Virginia I would love to see the mother fox and babies !

I lived in a rural area growing up but only have seen foxes in pictures and maybe zoo like areas. They are beautiful.

Has anyone tried encouraging foxes to try tofu instead of bunnies ?

Not as far as I know. Most folks just leave them alone as long as they don't interfere with their pets.

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goldensrbest — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:54:32 GMT

The babies are so cute,at last house i lived at,we had foxes,and babies ,they would run,jump,and chase each other ,i so enjoyed watching them.

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FlyersGirl — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:15:04 GMT

@luvmybeetle Hi! No I am from the Philly area (Montgomery County)

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luvmybeetle — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:26:35 GMT

@FlyersGirl wrote:
@luvmybeetle Hi! No I am from the Philly area (Montgomery County)

Oh, thanks. Here in Ohio in Dayton there is a farm baseball team called Dayton Flyers. Just wondered.

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silkyk — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:00:40 GMT

We have a large fox den on the backside of our hill and if you have never heard a Vixen call listen up. A very scary sound at night in the dark. Drives my dogs crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTx8RxK3hqQ