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Today we had some leftover pancakes that we didn't want (they don't reheat well), and since it was a cold,snowy day and I felt sorry for the squirrels, I tore the pancakes up and tossed them out onto the patio for the little beggars to munch on. Turns out they didn't much like pancakes, (picky, picky!) and they left most of them lying there in favor of raiding my bird feeder (grrr!). A while later, around 3 in the afternoon, in broad daylight, our friendly neighborhood fox trotted up and scarfed down what was left. So if you have ever wanted to see a fox eating pancakes*, here's your chance. ;D (sorry about the screen-door blur, if I had tried to rearrange the doors my visitor would have scarpered!)
*Yes, I know you're not supposed to feed the foxes, but I wasn't planning to! The squirrels were supposed to eat them!
*Yes, I know you're not supposed to feed the foxes, but I wasn't planning to! The squirrels were supposed to eat them!
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I think foxes are omnivorous, they'll eat just about anything.
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* The most serious problem is that the animals may become habituated to people. As they lose their fear of people, they will become bolder in approaching people and may put themselves in hazardous situations they would normally avoid. Not all people are well-disposed towards wildlife, remember. Those who aren't actively hostile may be afraid of an over-friendly animal, especially a raccoon or a fox, notorious rabies carriers (although raccoons and domestic dogs are more likely to be carrying rabies than foxes are).
* Another concern is that the animals, if fed regularly, will come to depend on humans for their food. They won't starve if you stop feeding them, but they will be hungry and unafraid of people, and could get very aggressive in approaching other people.
* There is always the fact that these are wild animals. They may eat tamely out of your hand for weeks on end, and one day they may be startled by something and bite you. If you are bitten by a wild fox, you should report the injury to a hospital, which will notify the state department of health. You will probably have to get a series of rabies shots, which are expensive and painful. There is even a chance that someone will come out to try to find the fox that bit you, in which case it will have to be killed for tests.
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V. v. pretty fox. He looks healthy. The coyotes I occasionally see around here look kinda scraggly. :(
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He has a lovely full winter coat, he (or she, not sure) tends to look scragglier in the summertime once the winter coat is shed.
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I do feed the foxes here, but we don't have a rabies problem and they don't depend on our food. The fox in my icon is "Limpy" a female fox that has a crippled back leg. She was enjoying a meal I left for her! :-)
If you are interested in photos of my foxes, I have tagged all of my posts about them:
http://peaceful-fox.livejournal.com/tag/foxes
Thank you for sharing the photos. I have become quite fond of "my" foxes. :-)
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Love the fox pictures.