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By anonymous user, # 19. February 2006, 13:13:49
Great job on the blog. The foxes are pretty cool, i'm glad that your helping kinky with the medicinal food.
By anonymous user, # 28. February 2006, 22:01:14
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By anonymous user, # 8. March 2006, 10:15:51
Hello there, thanks for sharing with us fox lovers your marvellous photographs of visitors to your home.
On St David's day, 1st March, we awoke to heavy snow in Bronwydd where my wife and I live, and on looking out to the field beyond our back garden, and no more than 100 feet or so away was a young fox, not a cub, but healthy looking with a beautiful coat.
The fox was nosing around in the snow and as we looked on it obviously had found a vole or small mouse which it played with just as our pet dog used to with a favourite toy. Anyway, this went on for about 10 minutes or more, with the vole running away only to be chased again by the fox. Eventually, the fox threw its plaything into the air and it landed in the bracken and may well have escaped unharmed. At this point, the fox, with a look of disappointment retreated into the wood beyond our garden and that was the last we have seen of it.
For those ten minutes or so my wife and I were transfixed and delighted to note that Mr.Fox may well be a neighbour of ours and so we shall look out for him/her again and who knows perhaps we can encourage one of our loveliest creatures (regardless of what others might say), to pay us a visit from time to time just as those in your vicinity visit you. Thanks again for those marvellous photographs - wonderfull pictures all.
Jan and Tony Davies
Bronwydd Arms,
Carmarthen
PS. How might we encourage visits of the fox to our garden?
By anonymous user, # 26. March 2006, 20:35:56
Thanks for sharing your sighting. It must have been great to see. And you're right... it's likely the fox is local. I've posted some tips on how to encourage them over on my site. The main thing is be consistent, and very patient in gaining their trust. Of the three that visit here, only one let's us go anywhere near him.
By Words, # 26. March 2006, 21:36:20
very cool great photo and video jobs love the site.
By anonymous user, # 2. April 2006, 19:31:01
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Additionally, see this link below - featuring a talking rabbit I have as a pet.<p>
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By anonymous user, # 9. April 2006, 02:57:40
Words...
You are so so lucky and i envy you he he. Thank you for helping these foxes out,It must be hard work been a vixen with cubs in the big wide world.They need all the help they can get.I used to follow and watch foxes when i was younger for a good 12 years solid, im 24 now and live in Blackpool on the seafront so not a cat in hells chance of any wildlife round here and esp not foxes :>( We get seagulls and pigieons. If its one thing i miss over here is the greenery n wildlife,the smell of spring grass..Candy floss n fish and chips dont have the same appeal. Anyway sorry to babble he he just wanted to say keep the pics coming there great and you are so lucky.And if you ever set up a fox watch in your garden i will pay to come and watch them :>D Nice try by me...
Take Care and Grub to the foxes for me Leanne
By anonymous user, # 30. April 2006, 20:40:16
By Words, # 30. April 2006, 23:40:16
By Leanne the fox fan, # 2. May 2006, 19:33:44
After seeing your images on wildaboutbritain I had to see your site.What wonderful photos I have really enjoyed seeing them
By anonymous user, # 10. May 2006, 00:24:19
I live in Australia and it seems that there is so much fox hate here as well. To all you people out there who are kind to them, good on you.
By anonymous user, # 12. May 2006, 08:10:42
wonderful,how fortunate are to have these beautiful creatures in your back garden, i second Leanne's comment , i would pay to see them.
By anonymous user, # 13. May 2006, 20:50:17
Hi,
I have just seen your fantastic fox site it is amazing to see so many foxes going around doing what foxes do best.
Your Photo's and video are first class I will be adding your link on to my own site.
I will be back to this excellent fox site again and again.
Best Wishes Anthony
www.anthony-dacko.net
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By anonymous user, # 30. May 2006, 21:46:47
We too live in a sub-urban area where foxes visit our garden many times a day. When we moved in 2 years ago we learned that neighbours actively feed them and administer medicine (mange etc) when they are ill.
These foxes now have no fear and run around the houses and up and down the road in broad daylight. However what is one man's meat is another man's poison and we have to suffer an unacceptable amount of fox faeces, scent and urine as they constantly mark their territory.
After a little research we discovered that foxes carry and spread many diseases harmful to man and other animals including Weils disease (leading to possible organ damage/ failure); Toxacarisis (causing blindness in children) and Sarcoptic Mange which is easily transmitted to domestic dogs causing skin irritation, loss of fur, possible death and expensive vets bills.
These 'cute' creatures now mean that we cannot leave our 7 month old daughter alone in the garden for a second and when we do sit out we have to de-crap the lawn and make sure our daughter stays on a rug. We really have no idea how safe it will be for her to play alone in the garden when she is older.
Whilst this may come across as heresy for the fox lover enjoying the pictures on this site, my wife and I have a genuine fear for the health of our child and would urge people to adopt a responsible attitude toward interaction with wild creatures where young families are in close proximity.
By anonymous user, # 1. June 2006, 12:58:29
I appreciate your concerns, and wanted to respond and provide some - hopefully - useful links.
One site you might want to check out is the National Fox Welfare Society page dealing with fox problems, but making clear the generally extremely low risk of human infection from foxes. For example no cases of Weils disease confirmed as being caused by foxes.
The other site - which includes useful information on discouraging foxes - is from Trafford Local Authority. The evidence suggests that risk of human infection is very small indeed, and from my own experience a family dog will much reduce the likelihood of foxes using a garden regularly. Mange treatment, if addressed early, will not be expensive in dogs and a number of conventional flea prevention products can also help control the mite, as does regular grooming.
You are of course quite right to be concerned for the health of your daughter and I'm not suggesting for a moment that you take risks with her health. That's absolutely the correct priority. But the risk of some of the infections you mention are just as - or perhaps more - likely to come from domestic cats (via fouling etc), and there is very little evidence indeed (in the UK at least) that foxes are spreading diseases harmful to humans. Since foxes predate on rats and mice, they may actually reduce some risks.
Finally, I would concur with the advice to behave responsibly, interact with care and caution (I never even attempt to touch them, though I do allow them to sniff), and to remember these are wild native animals, not pets.
By Words, # 1. June 2006, 20:31:52
I know that my name means lover of horses but truthfuly I love foxes.
Its the first time seeing your site and I love the videos I have not been lucky enough to see a fox but here in Ontairo Canada foxes, among other animals can carrie rabbies. Isn't there some kind of thing that we can do to stop the spread?
I live in a small town but don't know where to go to see tracks or other signs of foxes, where or how can I look for tracks so that I know if there are foxes around?
many thanks,
Phil
By anonymous user, # 4. June 2006, 19:22:07
I just had to say 'Thank You' for the marvellous footage of Mum and the six cubs. What a patient girl she is! If only all people who claim to be animal lovers could be so all encompassing as you. I do get tired of hearing people say they are animal lovers and then go on to berate foxes, pigeons, magpies, etc. I have a pair of foxes that visit my front garden every night and they have given me such pleasure to watch. I hope that I may get to see some cubs soon. I am so glad I found your site. I will keep coming back for more! All the very best.
By anonymous user, # 5. June 2006, 17:18:07
Hello, I'm found this site yesterday thanks to words for posting the link on The Natural World forum. I like all the pictures and videos. I'm a huge fan of foxes, to see a fox skin just get's my blood boiling. Shame. You guys are so lucky to see foxes on such a regular basis. The pictures and videos are just so calming for me. My family was in a non-stop fight yesterday and I found comfort when watching the videos. I absolutely love this site. I'm happy to find this site and hope to learn more about foxes. There's so much for me to look at in this site, I just hope I can continue to visit and see any updated pictures of the cubs and other foxes.
A bit about me:
I'm sixteen in July. Hope to get a job and wish to see some foxes or become a biologist to study foxes.
The name I chose is just my username across the internet in honor of a character of a book that I'm writing. I've been researching information about foxes for sometime now and it makes me want to spot one all the more.
I live in Idaho, USA and it's great to hear of the things about foxes from Australlia and England.
I have my own forum; http://canidaeforum.forumup.com/index.php?mforum=canidaeforum and it would be great to see some of you there to discuss about foxes.
Great site, great foxes. Wish the best of luck to you and the foxes. It's great to have someone care so much for them.
By anonymous user, # 12. June 2006, 16:55:16
From my name, I use "the Fox" as my signature. I collect foxes, have labels, calendar, all sorts of decor in my classroom where I teach, as well as a shrine in the dining room. My stamp with a fox, means it is from "Mrs. Fox". My husband, Bill Fox, and I share in your joy of watching foxes, seeing foxes, supporting the fox wildlife in many ways. We have lots of foxes here in Missouri(USA). They make their 'den' just about everywhere! In this tiny town of 1200, Foxes have the "right-of-way"!!! This is a rural community, everyone has dogs, so everyone just admires them from afar...but lets them have their own space.
Your video was such fun to watch. Keep up the good work. You are very lucky to have those four-legged neighbors.
Beejay and Bill Fox
P.S. License plates on our autos are PHOCKS (phonetically FOX)
By anonymous user, # 10. July 2006, 10:09:18
A lot of the foxes pictured on your site appear to be suffering quite badly from mange.
If you contact NFWS they will send you some medicine supplements to treat this.
Regards
Chris
By anonymous user, # 10. July 2006, 19:47:08
Thanks for the concern.
The vixen who visited over the winter was suffering quite badly, and was successfully treated with the assistance of our local rescue centre. We used ivermectin in that instance.
We also had a dog fox visit last year in very poor condition (lots of photos of him on the site). Food supplements helped him back to full health. Here's a before and after picture (same fox):
before
after
By Words, # 10. July 2006, 20:22:30
Thanks for that.
What a wonderful recovery!
Its people like yourselves that help keep my declining faith in humanity above water!
Best
Chris
By anonymous user, # 23. July 2006, 14:15:54
What beautiful pictures and what a great site.I love foxes, their lives are a misery, they only live to be 18 months old in the wild and often die very young, and it is disgusting that rich and powerful people are still allowed to hunt them for sport and bloodlust here in the UK (if they were black and poor, they woudl all be locked up in prison I am sure, yet despite the hunting bill recently being passed hunting still goes on illegally and there are no prosecutions, despite ample evidence having been submitted in many cases to the police).
Anyway, do keep up the good work, such very beautiful pictures, similar to the ones I feed every night here in Wales. Look after them, nobody cares often if they live or die, they have no one else but we few people.
Keep up the good work.
By anonymous user, # 27. July 2006, 01:51:11
I have been visiting your site via alt.animals.foxes for a while and enjoy seeing all your photos and videos so much. I adore foxes and have been a member of NFWS and The Fox Project for sometime. Sadly, where I live in Scotland there are now very few foxes around as there are too many hunters and poachers who won't stop killing them. Thankfully these nasty people are in the minority but I wish they could appreciate the beauty and intelligence of foxes.
All the best with your delightful garden family and many thanks for letting me and all the other fox lovers share the pleasure of seeing them.
Debbie.
By anonymous user, # 30. July 2006, 17:33:47
I've been looking at your wonderful pics and vids for the last 3 hours!
I saw a fox the other day while out walking my dog .When I saw her she just stoped and turned her head and looked at us,she just watched us as we watched her.I told her thank you and I hoped we would see her again.She then walked into the woods as if unconcerned about us.I came accross your sight while trying to find out what type of fox she was.After seeing your pic of the fox dog I'm wondering if that is what she might be.Her coat was very full and shiney and her eyes were clear.she was also bigger than any red fox that I have ever seen and the legs were a bit longer. I also know what a coyote looks like,it's not one.Anyway I really enjoyed your site.I wish more people were more tuned into the animal kingdom.If they were we wouldn't have the problems we do in the world today.Oh by the way I live in North Corolina,USA.Thanks for the time.
By anonymous user, # 3. August 2006, 19:43:23
Brilliant site and impressive photography. I have foxes come to visit my garden, and it is amusing to see the foxes and my cats sizing each other up, but there has never been any problem as they seem to respect each other, but keep their distance.
By anonymous user, # 8. August 2006, 22:31:12
This is a fantastic site. Photos and video are outstanding, you are doing a great job as spokesperson for this beautiful but unjustly maligned creature. Keep it up, the foxes need you. Thanks for all the pleasure you give us fox lovers.
Best regards.
Cornelius.
By anonymous user, # 9. August 2006, 17:50:13
Awesome pictures dude.
By anonymous user, # 24. August 2006, 09:34:34
great site, i came upon it randomly. i love foxes and this site was definately worth cheacking out
By anonymous user, # 10. September 2006, 06:58:49
Wow, what an amazing site, you are very lucky to have the trust of the fox family. I could watch them for hours!
Thanks for joining the secret garden, see you in there!
By anonymous user, # 15. October 2006, 00:17:59
Thanks for sharing your pics and videos with us. I and my kids have spent ages perusing this site.
By anonymous user, # 17. October 2006, 13:16:29
Thanks for a wonderful site and all the great pics.
He's a real hit here.
By anonymous user, # 28. October 2006, 17:23:12
Absolutely love your site!
By anonymous user, # 1. December 2006, 08:46:21
I do love your site!!!
It is a great pleasure for people like me who love these dear little animals!!! Thanks a lot for sharing your experience!!!
By anonymous user, # 4. December 2006, 00:14:19
Nice foxes..thanks for the instructions on the orgone box/dream maschine..will try to built one.,
By anonymous user, # 16. December 2006, 10:43:23
I live in Paphos, Cyprus, and have on occasion seen foxes here. They are smaller, not so reddish in colour and have a lighter coat and not so thick a brush as the UK fox.
The photographs on your website are magnificent. Thank you.
By anonymous user, # 10. January 2007, 04:11:50
Surely THE best website documenting urban red foxes that I've ever come across. I can't wait to come back time and again to explore!
By anonymous user, # 11. January 2007, 00:31:16
Fantastic EiP,
i think its a great idea to use your beautiful fox documentary work in anything like this....good for you,the site looks good too.
Keep up the great work fella
By anonymous user, # 12. January 2007, 02:02:53
Love your site and all the work you are doing. Thanks for the hours of pleasure you are giving to us all. Would love to be in your shoes just for a day, what an experience. Keep up the excellent work.
Many thanks Brin Meredith
By anonymous user, # 13. January 2007, 13:24:15
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By anonymous user, # 30. January 2007, 15:42:20
I keep chickens and feel that encouragament of foxes is very misguided. Nice sentiments, but sadly flawed.
By anonymous user, # 31. January 2007, 16:40:58
Your site is wonderful. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
By anonymous user, # 5. March 2007, 15:28:23
LOVE your website. Have been a daily visitor for a couple of months now but just realised I hadn't left a comment here! Have been feeding our local foxes for over 3 years now but unfortunately, do not get the close-up views that you do! Keep up the good work.
By anonymous user, # 12. March 2007, 12:20:49
Thank you for having such a marvelous site!
Wonderful photography and beautiful foxes.
Cheers,
Blaze
By anonymous user, # 23. April 2007, 05:06:38
What a great stroke of luck to be able to observe and study these creatures on a day to day basis. You really get to know them from top to bottom. Keep up the good work.
By anonymous user, # 28. April 2007, 13:16:36
Thanks for the great website! I loved your images and videos of those beautiful little creatures. I hope one day the governments of the US and Great Brittain will outlaw hunting them for their fur or just for the sport of it. Thanks again for the great images! From Arizona, home of the Desert (Kit) Fox.
By anonymous user, # 1. May 2007, 07:03:21
Beautiful photography, superb videos.
Some of my neighbours would be happy to see the family of foxes in my garden leave. I won't be encouraging the foxes by feeding them but I won't be evicting them either, I love watching the cubs playing!
Informative and lovely website, thanks.
By anonymous user, # 12. May 2007, 20:12:05
Hey there, found your sight while looking for some interesting new books to read. I checked out Flicker after reading your review and I loved it. Bit of a rubbish ending but such a great journey to get there. I was totally engrossed start to finish and it really appealed to my film geek side!
Have you read Pelican Blood by Cris Freddi? I think you might enjoy it...
Anyhoo, just wanted to say thanks for the wicked site. Not a huge fox fan but the books stuff - awesome!
cheers
By anonymous user, # 22. May 2007, 14:43:01
I love so much foxes and your site is great !!
By anonymous user, # 27. May 2007, 09:01:36