I look after a family of foxes. they come to see me at my place of work
Mum Red and her 2 this years cubs, Bingo and Gipsy.
They are very much wild, but have got used to seeing me in the day.
I feed 2 wild cats that come here, and the fox started to feed with them,
Just the mum at first, it got so that when I came out of my office
She would be waiting for me to feed her, then one day she came with her 2 very very small babies, now they come for food, Red (Mum) is very brave and will come with in feet of me and so will Bingo, but Gipsy is very shy. I do not encourage them to come too near to me, as I wont them to stay very much wild.
But 2 weeks ago I saw that Bingo had a bad leg, it was very swollen and looked open, so I called the wild life sanctuary, they were so good they came with in an hour with a trap, it did not take long to get him,
And together we went to the vet.
He told us that he had been bitten possibly by a badger or another fox
And that the bit had gone right into his bone, and an infection would set in. we had two options the first one was to PTS not a choice I liked,
The second was to take his leg off, but he would only do this if he was to go back into the wild, not kept at the sanctuary for the rest of his life, he said he was too wild for that.
So after much discussion between myself and the vet letting him know he came to me for food, as it was a front leg he would not be able to hunt very well if at all, and that he was still with his mum and Sister.
The vet did the op that day, and the sanctuary collected him until he was ready to come back to us, and on Tuesday he came home at about 12.00 o’clock he had a look around and off he went, I did not think I would see him for a couple of days, at 4.00 o’clock I went out to see
If any one was they to feed, and there he was I feed him and his mum
Together, and they have been back every day since.
All I hope is that I have done the right thing as now with only 3 legs will he get picked on being the weak one, have I done the right thing
How much do i need to feed him, i give him chicken wings
he like to be fed twice a day

This post was last modified: 27-11-2009 03:41 PM by Pudding.

Hi Pudding

I`m afraid I can`t be much help, as I know very little about foxes.... but I am glad that you are watching out for them! Others on here may be able to help, as I know some people also feed the foxes!!


Joey


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