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Wildlife watch: Red fox
17.10.2023 - 15:21 / gardenersworld.com
A regular visitor to our gardens, especially in urban areas, red foxes are orange-red in colour with a white throat, belly and chin, and a white-tipped tail known as a brush. Exceptional scavengers, they eat a huge variety of food, from carrion to earthworms and even berries, which is how they have become so successful at living among us. However, they’re known for taking pet rabbits and chickens and their eggs, as well as for raiding bins. This, along with digging holes, nesting under sheds and flattening plants and toppling garden ornaments when playing, can cause conflict with the people they live among.
Mating takes place in January and February, with the female issuing a blood-curdling shriek and the male responding with a “hup-hup-hup”. Females give birth to up to seven pups, which are born brown or grey, usually turning to red within a month. Both parents look after the pups until the following autumn (around now), when the young foxes start to establish their own territories.
Fox territories can be as small as 0.2 square kilometres in urban areas or up to 40 square kilometres in more rural areas. Each territory is occupied by a family group, typically consisting of a dog fox and vixen, and their cubs. However, in areas where there is a a good supply of food, a family group may contain several adults.
How to help foxesFoxes in urban areas don’t always have a balanced diet, which can increase the likelihood of them getting mange, a parasitic infection that causes intense itching and hair loss. Helping foxes can therefore include feeding them a protein-rich food like a whole hard boiled egg (in the shell) or chicken, to improve their diet. Mange treatment is also available to buy, which you can add to peanut butter
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