To help a mangy scrap of fox UPDATE

[HarrietKettleWasHere]

If anyone remembers/is interested!

(Also I know foxes aren't popular with everyone, please no fox naysers)

Briefly, in March or so I had a beautiful fox called Russel visit me where I live in Wandsworth. Then he turned up with a little scrappy mate. Thought she was a he at first, a really poor thing, all bald across her poor back. I also thought she was a funny shape- she looked very lumpy. I felt awful for her, and got some mange medication, which I gave her as drops on food every single night (foxes are fantastic time keepers if there's a test involved) and she started to improve.

One night she wasn't there, and was away for a few nights. I was so sad. Russel was still showing up though, and would carry his treat off.

Anyway after three nights, she was back- with four little babies in tow. I got to see them all grow up. Every week or so, one of them drops by to say hello. This is Vicky, who came over last night.

Ah juniper! The queen of foxes. Also little Fig- such a beautiful little soul.

This is a lovely thread. I was privileged this year to watch fox cubs playing at the bottom of my mother's wood. My mother also told me the vixen had walked into the stack-yard and all the farm cats had run up the hay stack.

Foxes are ruthless killers, but they are also intelligent, playful and endearing animals.

I remember the original thread, good to see then looking so well!

My niece sent me a photograph she'd taken in her friend's garden in London. It was a fox curled up on her outdoor sofa... next to one of her cats. Apparently it spent most of its days sleeping in the sun with its moggy mates .

Aw! Foxes do love a sunbathe!

What a beautiful update! OP you are a wonderful person

Harriet, I love this thread. Thank you for helping these beautiful creatures.

I love a good fox, and so does my youngest. Every time he sees one he sings "foxy bingo dot com!"...

Aww OK they are gorgeous. Good for you, we are a fox loving family too!

I remember your original thread though I didn't post on it. I love foxes, well done you.

I remember your original thread too. In fact I posted on it (under a different name)

Our two Cubs still come by nightly although we don't see them (they take all the food we put out each night tho). We haven't seen Mum for ages though. Hopefully she felt they were big enough to do without her so wandered off.

Thanks for updating!

#keeptheban

Aw I'm so pleased to hear you managed to treat her!

Regardless of your views on foxes no animal should be left suffering if it is possible to help.

Thank you for coming back to update!

Thank you for updating @HarrietKettleWasHere It is lovely to see more foxy family pictures. A friend has a fox that likes to sunbathe on her hot tub (when the cover is on!) they're beautiful

Lovely :)

maggie I just read back and spotted your Boris the Bat anecdote. I LOVE bats. I see little pipstrel bats round here sometimes and I always get excited

How wonderful! I love foxes. Beautiful pics. What a lovely person you are x

Grandmamoses did you give cat or dog stronghold? I've been thinking of treating a fox but only have stronghold for dogs.

one of the articles I read said you can mix medium-dog stronghold into food for foxes, since you can't apply it to their skin. I have no experience of this but considering mange is unbearable and fatal, I might have been tempted.

Oh they are lovely. I know how bad foxes can be, but I do think they are very handsome creatures.

Piglet John Thanks, I think I will try it tonight then!

We feed them here too.... Dog food.

Our freezers went out and thereis loads of food, chicken, beef, chicken, turkey, duck.
All raw. Our plan was to put a little out each night, but They havent eaten any of it? Anyone know why this would be. Because we are stumped.

(Private property, loads of land, no neighbours)

In case anyone was thinking dangerous for children or the smell or anything

Harriet, what a lovely update, I was wondering about them. Hope scrap comes back

Our freezers went out and there is loads of food, chicken, beef, chicken, turkey, duck. All raw.

We usually cook the meat (usually chicken drumsticks or wings) that we give our foxy patients at The Fox Project. But foxes are like people....some of them eat any old rubbish and some of them are quite fussy.

I always thought it was terrible to give them cooked bones...are they ok with them? I only stopped as h read a horror story about splintering bones...